Three nights at the four-star Casa
Marcello starts at £498pp for two, including flights, transfers and breakfast, with Kirker Holidays (020 7593 1899; kirkerholidays.com).
BERLIN, Germany
Germany ’s main metropolis takes its Christmas markets seriously — some 50 of them, in total, are dotted across its centre. One of the largest and most tinsel-laden is the Weihnachts Zauber (gendarmenmarktberlin.de), staged in the giant Gendarmenmarkt square from November 21 to December 31. But the prettiest is a smaller affair that plays out below the Kaiser-Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche church, a bomb-struck reminder of the war.
Three nights at the five-star Westin Palace (with two sharing), flying from Luton on December 1, start at £298 pp with Expedia (0203 027 8682; expedia.co.uk).