Christmas Markets: Vienna
Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2011
Images of St. Nicholas- with his devilish nemesis, Krampus- Advent wreaths, twinkling lights, roasting chestnuts, sausages and kartoffelpuffer (potato cakes), hot glühwein and fruity punsch... all signs of Christmastime in Vienna! Many Christkindlmarkts big and small grace Austria's capital at yuletide, and you'll explore two of the major ones. Magic's in the air at the Wiener Christkindlmarkt on the Rathausplatz in front of the city hall, Vienna's oldest and largest Christmas market... live music, tastefully lit trees, holiday arts and crafts, tempting treats and smiling faces are everywhere. And at the opulent Schönbrunn Palace, you'll tour rooms that the Habsburgs once lived in, and browse through lovely hand-blown glass ornaments, red Viennese hearts, Victorian-style sweets and other treasures in the palace's own, equally impressive Christmas Market... guaranteed to warm your heart.
Christmas Markets: Passau
Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2011
Navigating the narrow lanes and archways of this Bavarian town on the Danube and Inn rivers is a pleasure any time of year- but never more so than now, when the Christmas Market transforms Passau's historic Baroque center into a wonderland brimming with bratwurst, lebkuchen, glühwein and good cheer. At the center of it all is St. Stephan's Cathedral, whose massive pipe organ- the largest in Europe- stars in concerts throughout the season. Your day in Passau includes a visit to Café Simon to see how they've been making their delicious gingerbread for four generations.
Christmas Markets: Regensburg
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011
Sausages and song are big in Regensburg, as your visit to its centuries-old Christkindlmarkt on the Neupfarrplatz will attest. Market goers feast on the city's famed sausages, along with steamed dampfnudel dumplings, gingerbread, roast chestnuts and, naturally, glühwein from Bavarian claret, as they admire the work of glassblowers, chandlers and potters, and listen to the joyous strains of the acclaimed Regensburger Domspatzen choirsome of whose alumni will perform on your riverboat tonight! The Thurn und Taxis family's Palace of St. Emmeram is the setting for your exclusive tour and visit to its private Christmas Market.
Christmas Markets: Passau
Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2011
Navigating the narrow lanes and archways of this Bavarian town on the Danube and Inn rivers is a pleasure any time of year- but never more so than now, when the Christmas Market transforms Passau's historic Baroque center into a wonderland brimming with bratwurst, lebkuchen, glühwein and good cheer. At the center of it all is St. Stephan's Cathedral, whose massive pipe organ- the largest in Europe- stars in concerts throughout the season. Your day in Passau includes a visit to Café Simon to see how they've been making their delicious gingerbread for four generations.
Christmas Markets: Salzburg/Linz
Posted on Saturday, August 27, 2011
The angelic voices of choirs singing carols on Cathedral Square... the pealing bells of old Salzburger Dom, overlooking neat rows of lit-up booths fragrant with the aroma of roasted almonds and hot mulled wine... ornate Baroque domes, towers and rooftops tipped with snow in the heart of Old Town... the clatter of horse-drawn carriages over cobblestoned streets... sweet candy apples and marzipan... the warm laughter of families having the time of their lives... and music everywhere, in the city that gave us Mozart. The Christmas Markets of Salzburg... a true feast for the senses that continues with lunch at the historic Stiftskeller St. Peter and a visit to Linz's Christkindlmarkt... the curving roofs of its stalls symbolizing the waves of the Danube.
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