German Christmas Markets - day trip

seesaw

Anyone have any ideas on cheapest way to do this trip for a day out please ?

richardw

Which airports in the UK can you fly from?

silverhairgranny

Hi
Sounds like a good day trip, can anyone tell me where to fly into. can go from stanstead, luton,birmingham,
thanks

richardw

Markets look their best in the dark and only some open at dusk, so this may mean the last flight home and arriving late at night, so consider how easy it would be getting home from a UK airport.

jd87

The cheapest way to do it would be to go to the one in Birmingham. It's the largest christmas market in the UK and just as good as any you would go to in Germany.

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/frankfurtmarket

phatbear

We've done a daytrip to lubeck from stansted a couple of years ago.

Town isnt huge but it had some nice christmas stalls and the town is easily reached by a bus outside the terminal.

Also you can have an amazing breakfast with a pot of hot chocolate at Niederegger marzipan shop.

However just looked at lubeck to stn daytrip and alas you cant do it anymore, unless you want to spend 20mins at the airport and come back again

richardw

From Stansted

Out on german wings

Outward flight: Basic tariff
London-Stansted Stuttgart
Departure: 27.11.2010, 08:00 h
Arrival: 27.11.2010, 10:35 h
1 Adult
49.99 £

return from Karlsruhe on ryan air

Coming Back: 27/11/2010 21:35hrs
Karlsruhe-Baden - London-Stansted
1 x Adult 11.69 GBP
Taxes/Fees 0.00 GBP
1 x Web Check in 5.00 GBP

http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&gl=uk&biw=1275&bih=703&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=%22pforzheim,+christmas+market%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

richardw

Munich from stansted on easyJet

London Stansted to Munich
Dep 28 November 2010 08:15
Arr 28 November 2010 11:00
Flight 3411
1 Adult
1 x £25.99

Munich to London Stansted
Dep 28 November 2010 21:30
Arr 28 November 2010 22:25
Flight 3418
1 Adult
1 x £51.99
Total flights and options for all passengers:£77.98

geordieracer

jd87 wrote: »

The cheapest way to do it would be to go to the one in Birmingham. It's the largest christmas market in the UK and just as good as any you would go to in Germany.

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/frankfurtmarket

the one in manchester is also very good

daveyjp

Stay in the UK. All the stallholders sell the same stuff which is all made in China.

martindow

I would go to these markets for the atmosphere and to be in Germany which is not going to be the same as UK ones. My German friends tell me that the best one is in Nuremberg.