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Christmas Away Guides
37 guides
These guides are for spending Christmas itself somewhere new: what Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are like, local food and church traditions, the lights and nativity scenes, and what closes. In 2026 Christmas Day falls on a Friday.
They are not Christmas-market guides; markets get a short mention where they matter. Pair each one with the December guide for the weather.
Albania
Austria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
- Christmas in Bologna: What the Holiday Season Is Like
- Christmas in Genoa: Where to Go & What to Do
- Christmas in Pisa: What the Season Is Like and What's On
- Christmas in Sorrento: What the Holidays Are Really Like
- Christmas in Taormina: What the Holidays Are Like in Sicily
- Christmas in Turin: Lights, Markets and Holiday Days
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Poland
Portugal
Spain
- Christmas in Canary Islands: Where To Go & What To Expect
- Christmas in Málaga: Lights, Weather and What's Open
- Christmas in Mallorca: What Christmas Week Is Really Like
- Christmas in Nerja: What the Holiday Week Is Really Like
- Christmas in Sitges: What the Holiday Week Is Really Like
- Christmas in Spain: Traditions and What to Decide