Christmas is that time of year in which many travelers find the perfect excuse to redo the backpack and embark on the last trip of the year. We do not care too much if the destination is new or is repeated, in the end, returning to any city on these dates is like traveling to it for the first time. These days some cities dress in their best clothes, adorning themselves with Christmas lights and ornaments that turn them into scenarios of stories and other destinations, which flee in a certain way from Christmas, become the perfect scenarios to enjoy the last getaway of the year. We leave you a selection of what we believe are some of the 6 best getaways for Christmas:
1- Barcelona
And being on these dates we could not forget the places we have closer to home. Cities like Barcelona will allow us to enjoy one of thebest getaways for Christmas, especially when the month of December begins and the city begins to be covered with Christmas lights and decorations and prepares to live one of the most familiar and festive times of the year.
Although in Barcelona you could spend months and not finish discovering it, we recommend that if it is your first visit to the city you dedicate a minimum of 3-4 days, to know the most tourist places. We propose a route for a weekend in Barcelona that will take you through some of the most iconic places in the city, including the Cathedral area, where you will find a Christmas market where you can buy and take a special souvenir of the city.
Day 1: Las Ramblas de Barcelona - Paseo de Gracia
Day 2: El Born - The Gothic Quarter - El Raval
Day 3: Olympic Port - Barceloneta
Barcelona
If you decide on this getaway for Christmas, be sure to check the discounts that Cupon.es will publish during Black Friday for Iberostar Hotels in Spain.
2- Budapest. Hungary
Budapest is a city full of charm and more on such special dates as Christmas when the Pearl of the Danube It looks especially beautiful. Also known as the spa town, Budapest is the perfect destination if you are looking for a combination of culture, cuisine and relaxation during the holidays.
We propose you a 2-day city route, based on our trip to Budapest, which will allow you to discover the most important and touristic points of the city. If you have more days, you can intersperse these visits with the Christmas markets, so typical of this time of the year and thus have more relaxed days, enjoying a unique getaway, which you will surely not forget.
Day 1: Váci Utca, Central Market, Liberty Bridge, St. Stephen's Basilica, Chain Bridge, Shoes Monument, Visit to Parliament, Jewish Quarter, New York Café, House of Terror, Nyugati Train Station and finish the day enjoying a few hours at the Gellért Spa.
Day 2: Freedom Square, Breakfast at Gerbeaud Pastry Shop, Andrassy Avenue, Heroes Square, Vajdahunyad Castle, Eat at the Central Market, Váci Utca, Chain Bridge, Buddha Hill, Fisherman's Bastion, Enjoy one night at the Budapest Opera
Budapest The 6 best getaways for Christmas
3- Madrid
Another of the cities that we can not forget and less in these dates is Madrid, the quintessential Spanish city in which to celebrate the New Year, in the middle of Puerta del Sol, while listening to the bells that all Spaniards have in the background in the hall from home, accompanied by the traditional 12 grapes. There are many places to visit Madrid, a perfect city to discover both the days before and after the most important dates of the calendar and live the atmosphere that is created in the city at this time of year, which we are sure, will not disappoint you.
Madrid. The 6 best getaways for Christmas
As in Barcelona, we recommend that you pay special attention to the accommodation, especially if your getaway includes New Year's Eve, a very special night and also one of the nights with more demand in the hotel sector. Whatever your destination with the discounts for Black Friday offered by the Iberostar chain for hotels in Spain you will surely find the best option to enjoy an unforgettable getaway.
4- Naples. Italy
If you feel like enjoying a different destination, one of the best getaways for Christmas stop by going to Italy, one of our favorite countries, to which we return whenever we can.
In this case we focus on a city less known, often forgotten and somewhat overshadowed by some other much more tourist Italian cities such as Rome, Venice or Rome, such as Naples, from where we can make several exits to places as incredible as Pompeii or Herculaneum or, if we have several more days, get closer to the Amalfi Coast, one of the most beautiful areas of the country.
We leave you the route we made on our trip to Naples and Pompeii in 4 days waiting to help you organize your Christmas getaway:
Day 1: Flight to Naples
Day 2: Naples - Herculaneum - Pompeii - Naples
Day 3: Naples: Spaccanapoli, Via Tribunal, Duomo, Via San Gregorio Armeno, Church of San Angelo a Nilo, Capella de San Severo, Chiesa San Domenico Maggiore, Piazza Bellini, Archaeological Museum of Naples, Via Port'Alba, Via Benedetto Croce , Basilica of Santa Clara, Umberto I Gallery, Spanish Quarter, Piazza del Plebiscito, Castel dell'Ovo, Castel Nouvo
Day 4: Naples: Spaccanapoli, Underground Naples, Spanish Quarter, Port Naples
Naples
5- New York. U.S
What can we say about a city that everyone wants to visit and more at a time of the year like Christmas? If it is already an incredible city at any time of the year, when the month of November ends and the streets begin to fill with lights and Christmas trees, when the shops are filled with Christmas motifs and ice skating becomes one of the activities In the afternoon, New York becomes one of the best getaways for Christmas What can you do
We recommend, especially at this time, that you do not take a closed itinerary, since time or some activities may take longer than you think, not allowing you to do everything you had planned. That is why we believe that it is best to take an itinerary in New York by neighborhoods and adapt it according to the day and the needs of the trip.
Another of the very important points of a trip to New York is the accommodation, especially at this time of the year, that prices soar and much more if you do not book with time.
If you have 9-10 days, we propose an itinerary similar to this one that will take you through the most emblematic places of the city, enjoying them and the Christmas atmosphere that is lived in New York from the middle of the month of November until the last day 31 from December.
Day 1: Hearst Tower, Columbus Circle, Central Park, Museum of Natural History in New York, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center
Day 2: Contrast and afternoon tour in Brooklyn: Brooklyn Promenade, Empire Fulton Ferry Park - Jane's Carousel, Brooklyn Bridge, Front Street, Jay Street, Manhattan Bridge
Day 3: Harlem: Bethel Gospel Assembly (Apollo Theater in Harlem), Apollo Theater, brunch in Harlem, Central Park: The Pound, The Rocks, Wollman Rink, Tha Mall, Bethesha Terrace, The Lake, Alice in Wonderland, Fifth Avenue
Day 4: Lower Manhattan: 11S Museum, One World Observatory, Winter Garden, Cunard Building, Century21, St. Paul's Chapel, Wall Street Bull, Battery Park, Ferry Staten Island
Day 5: High Line, Meatpacking District, Greenwich Village, Chelsea Neighborhood: Chelsea Market, Manhattan Cruise, China Town, Little Italy
Day 6: Soho, China Town, Little Italy, Financial District, New York by helicopter, Central Station, Sunset on Top of the Rock
Day 7: Times Square in New York and Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, New York Public Library, Lower East Side, Union Square, Flatiron Building
Day 8: New York Museums: Metropolitan and MOMA, Lincon Center
Day 9: Brunch at 230 Fifth, Roosevelt Island - Broadway play
Times Square at nightfall. The 6 best getaways for Christmas
6- Anywhere in Spain ...
And in the end, if we think about it, is destiny really so important when what we want is to enjoy a getaway or a trip to forget for a few days the monotony of our day to day?
How would you like to take a map, point to a place and prepare what will be for you one of the best Christmas getaways? We would not doubt it for a second. And if you are looking for something different, Do not you want to embark on a getaway that takes you to one of the most incredible islands in Spain in which Iberostar is present as Ibiza, Mallorca, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote or Tenerife? You don't always have to wait for summer to enjoy the crystal blue waters of paradise, do you sign up?
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