Who wants to slave over the oven and the kitchen sink on Christmas Day? This should be a time of year for relaxing, meeting people and having fun, so choose from our wide selection of tours. All our Christmas breaks have a proper festive programme, and include a full turkey roast with all the trimmings, even on the continent. There's usually a Boxing Day buffet, and most packages have a welcome drink and entertainment. We also include loads of special excursion extras – how about a ride up the mountains on a cable car for spectacular snowy scenery, a mid-morning horse-drawn sleigh ride across snow-carpeted meadows, or a traditional horse and carriage ride through medieval cobbled streets, where the smell of gingerbread and roasted almonds hangs in the air.

Don't just dream of a White Christmas – live it! Spend a fairytale festive season in the magnificent scenery of the Austrian lakes, in a picture straight off a Christmas card, or in a mountain village surrounded by the tinkling sound of sleigh bells, and pine trees sprinkled with powdered snow. Or look to Germany for something really special: stay in luxury at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain with excursions to the fairytale castles of King Ludwig which look spectacular in the snow, or on the riverside castles and vineyards of the Rhineland. A trip on the Swiss Glacier Express through snowy mountain peaks is an experience hard to beat, as is the beautiful scenic charm of the Italian Dolomites. Or perhaps your passengers would fancy a knees up at the traditional old favourite of Ostend?

If you don't want to venture too far, then we have a stocking full of products available in the UK. How about Bournemouth or Blackpool with all the fun of the fair? Take your pick from the rolling hills of Snowdonia in Wales to the blazing log fires and bagpipes in a traditional Scottish country house, surrounded by the smell of roasting chestnuts and hot spicy mulled wine. Enjoy a true Irish celebration at a ceilidh in Dublin, with riotous live music and even livelier dancing. Or let your hair down and get in the Christmas spirit in vibrant London complete with the famous Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. The atmosphere here is truly magical, with trees that sparkle with thousands of lights, brass bands, choirs and puppet theatres all around, and the bravest can board the Giant Wheel for great views across the capital. If that's whet your appetite, give us a call on +44 (0)1225 858033 to find out about Christmas in Durham, Torquay, the English Riviera, Bournemouth, Northumberland, Cumbria, Oxfordshire, the Isle of Wight, Newquay, Cornwall and many more. Britain really does have Christmas all wrapped up.

For a longer break, how about Christmas and New Year on the Spanish Coast, at our hotel just metres from the beach. Explore the narrow streets of the old part of Calella, stopping at traditional Spanish tapas bars and bodegas. Bid farewell at a prize-giving party evening, and make sure you taste the typically Catalan flaming drink of Cremat, a delicious treat made of dark rum, sugar, cinnamon, coffee and lemon. Or how about spending the whole of the festive season in the beautiful surroundings of Lake Como – we've got a brilliant all inclusive package for you, with traditional English Christmas dinner, traditional Italian New Year's Eve dinner, and an open bar from 08.00 to 23.45 every single day. What more could you ask for? So whether it's to be festive fun in the snow, luxuriating in the milder climate of Spain, or relaxing in this sceptred isle, there's sure to be something here that will interest your passengers.