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If the youngsters have flown the nest otherwise you’re simply looking for a hands-off festive feast the place you don’t should stress over the roasties, singles aged over 50 in search of a house from residence this Christmas can uncover inviting locations in December.
As everybody is aware of, filling these intermediary days between Christmas and the New 12 months with goal is already a problem as soon as the compulsory Christmas Day stroll has been trodden and everybody exists solely in a daze of leftovers.
Whether or not a seasonal skier, Christmas market metropolis breaker or a quintessentially British (and courageous) Boxing Day dipper, there’s a solo vacation for everybody to change issues up for the festive interval in 2023, with an added bonus of socialising with likeminded lone travellers the cherry on prime of the fruit cake.
To get away this Christmas Day, listed below are the most effective stays to contemplate, from the winter wonderlands of the Austrian Alps to Prague’s enchanting Christmas markets full with all the normal cheer.
Christmas in Austria
Solos Holidays
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Solos Holidays’ Christmas in Austria package deal consists of seven nights of breakfast-included lodging on the Johannesbad Palace Resort within the centre of Dangerous Hofgastein, return flights, airport transfers and festive excursions for a magical Christmas spent within the Austrian Alps.
Suppose idyllic excursions of the Salzkammergut district, a Christmas Eve gala dinner and a sleigh experience full with celebratory glasses of glühwein, all whereas spending some enjoyable alone time in Austria’s conventional winter wonderlands and steamy saunas.
Christmas in Austria from £2,807.50pp, departing 21 December 2024.
Learn extra: One of the best international locations for solo journey – and prime ideas for travelling alone
Chester Christmas cheer
Simply You Solo Adventures
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If any seasonal staycation can measure as much as conventional household recipes cooked in your kitchen, it’s the Doubletree by Hilton’s a five-day Christmas in Chester break. This package deal is bound to really feel like a house from residence.
Festive feasting spans traditional afternoon teas, a Christmas Day lunch with all of the trimmings, and hearty breakfasts – which all depend as a part of your half-board keep. The historic sights of charming Chester might be found on strolling excursions of the medieval metropolis, whereas invigorating Boxing Day dips are simply throughout the border in Llandudno, North Wales.
Christmas in Chester from £1,347pp, departing 23 December 2024.
Learn extra: Greatest vacation locations in Europe for single travellers
Prague for Christmas
One Traveller
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One Traveller’s Prague for Christmas metropolis break guarantees a fascinating five-day keep among the many alluring markets of the Czech capital. Accomodation at Resort Botanique, return flights, non-public coach transfers and all breakfast and conventional night meals are supplied within the package deal, alongside guided metropolis excursions, a Christmas Day lunch cruise on the Vltava River and a night folklore present on Boxing Day. Company will even have free time to seize an indulgent lunch from the Yuletide markets.
Prague for Christmas from £1,760 departing 23 December 2024.
Learn extra: The proper European metropolis Christmas market break – with a hidden spa twist
Christmas at sea
Iglu Cruise
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Christmas cruises from Southampton to the romantic shores of Hamburg, Rotterdam, Bruges and Normandy’s Le Havre sail singles to the delights of gothic structure, mild canals and, in fact, artisan Christmas markets laden with all issues mulled and fried. Full-board festive eating on MSC Cruises’s MSC Preziosa, and loads of leisure and actions on deck complement spacious cabins to unwind in after excursions on shore.
Christmas Northern Pearls Cruise from £1,579pp, departing 20 December 2024.
Learn extra: Greatest Christmas markets in Europe – and the place to remain in France, Belgium and Germany
Yuletide slopes
Solos Holidays
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Solos Holidays is providing seasoned skiers an opportunity to cruise the Swiss mountain slopes of chocolate-box Les Diablerets, with a seven-night half-board (together with one conventional raclette night) keep on the Resort Les Sources.
Return flights, transfers, welcome drinks and a Christmas Day dinner are included, the Glacier 3000 ski scene is a brief shuttle bus away and the sprawling Meilleret ski space is accessible by way of a gondola simply 400m from the resort. A full of life après scene makes the Les Diablerets slopes the perfect spot to boost a glass with new associates this Christmas.
Les Diablerets Snowboarding from £1,787.50pp, departing 20 December 2024.
Learn extra: Greatest ski holidays for solo travellers: Impartial and social stays on the slopes
