2018 Coach Brochure Mailing Festive Insert by Newmarket Holidays

2017 UK & European

Festive Coach Breaks Festive Markets Christmas Holidays Seasonal Shows Christmas Shopping New Year Breaks Breaks from £99 per person

Choose from almost 400 local pick-up points!

All Our Tours Include: • Accommodation and breakfast (and dinner on selected itineraries) at good quality hotels • Visits as described • Coach travel throughout • The services of a friendly tour manager

Enjoy the magic of

the festive season 2 days from

£119 per person

Victorian Carol Singers, Blists Hill

Ironbridge Gorge Victorian Christmas

2 days from

per person

£139 per person

Chatsworth House

Lions of Longleat

Christmas at Longleat & Salisbury’s Christmas Market

Here’s your chance to see Chatsworth in all its festive glory! Described by one visitor as “One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen”, the ‘Palace of the Peaks’ is transformed at Christmastime with specially decorated trees, foliage and lights.

2 days from

3 days from

per person

Experience Christmas at Longleat as this beautiful stately home is transformed into a world of enchantment. Enjoy a winter-Safari, the stunning ‘Festival of Light’ and visit Salisbury’s Christmas Market!

£105 £185

per person

£109

Durham Cathedral

London

Four-star London Christmas Shopping

Durham’s Lumiere Light Festival

Combine an evening in London’s West End with time to get the Christmas shopping underway on this great value two-day break.

Find the area code for your local pick-up point on pages 48-49 of your included brochure.

£129

Christmas at Chatsworth

Step back in time at Blists Hill Victorian Town, one of the museums that make up the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge, and learn how the festive season would have been celebrated in the 1800s.

2017 Departures

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See the beautiful, historic city of Durham transformed into a nocturnal wonderland as Britain’s largest light festival returns for four magical nights. Bridges, buildings, streets and even the river are turned into illuminated works of art - an unforgettable sight. This magical weekend also includes a visit to the ever-popular city of York.

Ironbridge Gorge Victorian Christmas Christmas at Chatsworth Christmas at Longleat & Salisbury

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Four-star London Christmas Shopping

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Durham’s Lumiere Light Festival (2-day)

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Our festive breaks are always very popular. Book today to secure your place! 2 days from

2 days from

£119 per person

£99

Ludlow Castle & Fayre

Manchester Christmas Market

per person

Manchester’s Christmas Markets

Ludlow Medieval Christmas Fayre One of England’s best preserved fortresses, Ludlow Castle is the perfect setting for a medieval Christmas fayre. Festooned with seasonal greenery, and bustling with jesters and costumed entertainers, the castle boasts more than 80 festive stalls. Add to this a visit to Stratford-uponAvon, and you have a great-value break you won’t want to miss.

2 days from

Experience these award-winning Christmas markets with over 300 beautifully decorated stalls and chalets spread across the city centre.

2 days from

£109

£105

per person

Harrogate Christmas Market

Christmas Market at Bath Abbey

Harrogate Christmas Markets

Bath Christmas Market & the Cotswolds

Time in delightful Harrogate to enjoy its ‘British’ Christmas Market, plus a visit to Buxton and a scenic tour through the Peak District, make this a not-to-be-missed pre-Christmas break.

Look no further for a couple of festive days away than this great value break to Bath’s famous Christmas market. Combining the very best of seasonal shopping, fine food, family fun and entertainment with Bath’s spectacular Christmas lights, it’s a Yuletide experience to remember! This break also includes visits to the picturesque Cotswolds towns of Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold.

Includes dinner! 3 days from

2 days from

£209

3 days from

£109

per person

£179

per person

Beamish

per person

Scott Monument

York at Christmas

Christmas at Beamish

York Christmas Fair

Experience all the magic of Christmas past at the award‑winning Beamish Open Air Museum, and soak up the atmosphere of historic York. Dinner is included on both evenings.

Visit York’s St Nicholas Fair on this Yuletide weekend. The fair offers a magical mix of crafts, gifts and food, fun and entertainment, all set in one of our best-loved cities.

AREA CODES: Ludlow Medieval Christmas Fayre Manchester’s Christmas Markets Harrogate Christmas Markets Bath Christmas Market & the Cotswolds Christmas at Beamish York Christmas Fair Edinburgh Christmas Market

Edinburgh Christmas Market The beautiful city of Edinburgh is the perfect choice for a weekend break of Christmas shopping and sightseeing. M

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2017 Departures Find the area code for your local pick-up point on pages 48-49 of your included brochure.

Call 0330 160 7933 or visit us online at www.newmarketholidays.co.uk

All Our Tours Include: • Accommodation and breakfast at good quality hotels • Visits as described • Coach travel throughout • The services of a friendly tour manager

Christmas shopping treats from

Europe... 3 days from

2 days from

£179

£119

per person

Brussels Grand Place

Brussels, Bruges & Ghent Christmas Markets

Bruges Christmas Market & Arras Christmas Town

Visit a trio of Belgium’s most famous cities and soak up all the magic of their enchanting Christmas markets on this great-value weekend break. Begin in Ghent, one of Europe’s best kept secrets, home to more listed buildings than any other Belgian city; continue to Brussels, where traditional wooden chalets offer a wealth of festive gifts; and finish in Bruges, strolling along its quaint cobbled streets past medieval architecture and a picturesque network of canals.

3 days from

£195

per person

Reims Christmas Market

Champagne & Reims Christmas Market Don’t miss this sparkling pre-Christmas break to Reims and another of the region’s magical Christmas markets in historic Arras.

Find the area code for your local pick-up point on pages 48-49 of your included brochure.

Take a short hop across the Channel and visit two of northern Europe’s most enjoyable Christmas markets.

3 days from

£189

2017 Departures

Bruges at Christmas

Maastricht Christmas Market

Magical Maastricht & Valkenburg’s Christmas Cave This fun-packed festive break includes visits to the beautiful Dutch city of Maastricht, where the famous Vrijthof Square shimmers with seasonal colour and charm, and to the fairy-tale town of Valkenburg, home to some of Europe’s most enchanting and colourful festive markets, including one held in an underground ‘Christmas Grotto’.

Brussels, Bruges & Ghent Christmas Markets Bruges Christmas Market & Arras Christmas Town Champagne & Reims Christmas Market

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Magical Maastricht & Valkenburg’s Christmas Cave

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15 Dec

25 Nov

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...or musical treats

at the Royal Albert Hall

2 days from

£145

£145 per person

Christmas with the Stars 2015

per person

Classical Spectacular

Christmas with the Stars

Classical Spectacular

Join us at the Royal Albert Hall for a starry night of brass bands and melodious choirs, classic carols and sing-along favourites as well as some of TV’s top stars – all in aid of helping beat blood cancer. This annual, sell-out festive extravaganza is always full of fun, surprises and Christmas cheer.

Don’t miss the UK’s most popular classical music show. This combination of the best classical music, laser displays and an electrifying finale just gets better and better!

2 days from

£145

2 days from

£149

per person

£139

per person

Royal Albert Hall

per person

Katherine Jenkins

Alan Titchmarsh

John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration

Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic Carols with Alan Titchmarsh

Celebrate the magic and music of Christmas with an evening of festive favourites and choral anthems, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The King’s Singers.

Start your Christmas celebration in style as Katherine Jenkins performs a concert of seasonal music and songs.

Join us for a wonderful concert of traditional Christmas music and classic carols hosted by much-loved presenter and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh.

2017 Departures Find the area code for your local pick-up point on pages 48-49 of your included brochure.

AREA CODES: Christmas with the Stars Classical Spectacular John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall Classic Carols with Alan Titchmarsh

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Our Tours Include:

Brussels © Eric Danhier / EDanhier

• Four nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast accommodation in resort • Two nights’ bed & continental breakfast accommodation en route at a comfortable hotel • Christmas in Normandy includes six nights in resort with no en route accommodation • Tours, visits & entertainment – dependent on destination • Comfortable coach travel throughout & return Channel crossings • The services of a friendly tour manager

Celebrate Christmas Day

Abroad

Whether you choose to stay in a historic, atmospheric European city, or would like to enjoy some late sun on the Mediterranean, taking a holiday at Christmastime is a great way to relax. Let our coaches and hotels do all the hard work as you relax and raise a glass to the festive season!

7 days from

£519 per person

Costa Brava

Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona

Christmas in Spain Leave behind the cold and grey. Instead, spend the festive season on Spain’s beautiful Costa Brava. Enjoy Christmas with all the trimmings in the four star Alegria Pineda Splash Hotel situated in the pretty and historic seaside town of Pineda de Mar. Visit fascinating Barcelona on Christmas Eve and take a Christmas Day tour of the dramatic ‘Wild Coast’. Situated about 350 metres from the beach and town centre, the hotel has recently been refurbished and offers a bar, a snack bar, a buffet style restaurant, pool tables, table tennis, a sun terrace and a computer zone. All the 264 rooms are decorated in neutral colours and feature a balcony, a security deposit box, hairdryer, satellite TV and mini-bar. Bathrooms are all equipped with a shower.

7 days from

£639

£629

per person

Diano Marina

Salzburg

Austrian Christmas Magic

Christmas on the Italian Riviera

Discover the alpine paradise of Austria for a special atmosphere this Christmas season including Mozart’s Salzburg, home to one of Europe’s most colourful Christmas markets.

Journey south to warmer climes and spend the festive season on the colourful shores of the Mediterranean, enjoying the welcoming atmosphere of a delightful family run hotel in the heart of the charming resort of Diano Marina, down the ages one of the most favoured watering holes of discerning visitors to the beautiful ‘Riviera of Flowers’.

2017 Departures Find the area code for your local pick-up point on pages 48-49 of your included brochure.

AREA CODES: All holidays on this page

22 Dec

Call 0330 160 7933 or visit us online at www.newmarketholidays.co.uk

“Wonderful - very good value and well organised.” Ms Wightman, Widnes - Christmas in Spain

7 days from

£595 per person

Limone, Lake Garda

Venice

Christmas on Lake Garda Join us for an unforgettable festive holiday on the picturesque shores of Italy’s largest and most spectacular lake. The emphasis is firmly on rest and relaxation, combined with a little exploration of a place that has drawn visitors to its beautiful shores and surrounding region for centuries. Famous Riva, the location of your hotel at Lake Garda’s northern tip, has a busy historic centre surrounded by elegant, pastel-painted buildings. A good selection of cafes, gelaterie, bars, restaurants and shops make it one of the lake’s most popular spots. Based in the comfortable Hotel Sole, you’ll enjoy half-board accommodation, including a turkey lunch and a five-course dinner on Christmas Day, following a visit from Santa with a small gift for everyone.

Six nights in resort 7 days from

7 days from

£629

£599

per person

Honfleur

Black Forest

Christmas in Normandy

Christmas in the Black Forest

Picturesque Normandy, with its historic towns, villages and ports, is the perfect choice for a Christmas away from home. Highlights include the historic Bayeux Tapestry, Rouen and Honfleur, and an optional excursion to explore iconic Mont St-Michel.

The scenic setting for the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm with ancient villages of half-timbered houses, the Black Forest provides the perfect backdrop for a wonderful Christmas break including visits to Colmar in the Alsace region, cuckoo-clock-making centre Triberg, and an en route stop in exquisite Strasbourg – home to ‘Europe’s oldest Christmas market’. Your six-night break includes a five-course traditional, candle-lit dinner on Christmas Day.

2017 Departures AREA CODES: All holidays above

22 Dec

Meet Santa in 2017! Discover unspoilt Lapland – Exclusive to Newmarket Holidays! Join us for the most exciting, most magical and without doubt most unforgettable day ever. Fly direct from your local airport to a still, white wilderness high above the Arctic Circle where, as children of all ages know, there also lives, hidden from view, amongst the snowy forests, in a land inhabited by the ancient Sami people, with their husky dogs and herds of reindeer, a Very Special Person.

Day trip from

per adult

per child

Find the area code for your local pick-up point on pages 48-49 of your included brochure.

£549 £499

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Make 2017 a year to remember! Includes three-course meal each night & a glass of bubbly! 3 days from

3 days* from

£399

£179

per person

New Year on the Thames

L‘Arc de Triomphe

New Year in London - Dine and Dance & River Cruise

New Year in Paris

See London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks from the best vantage point, a river cruise on the River Thames, on this three-day New Year break. You will stay in a good four-star hotel, with dinner and a disco on the first night, time for London shopping and sightseeing, and a visit to London’s New Year’s Day Parade.

Join us for a truly exciting and glamorous break as you see in 2018 in the incomparable ‘City of Light’, dressed in its festive finery.

2 days from

£165

£129

per person

Showjumping at Olympia

The London International Horse Show

Emmerdale Studio Experience & Leeds Christmas Market

Be there for the most important show jumping event in the equestrian calendar!

2 days from

Don’t miss this chance to discover the magic behind one of Britain’s most loved and enduring TV shows at The Emmerdale Studio Experience. This great-value break includes a visit to the original Woolpack pub in Esholt, and time to shop for special festive gifts at Leeds Christmas market.

2 days from

£195

2 days from

£119

per person

£195

per person

Blenheim Palace Hall

Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Join us for an unforgettable night of music in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Elvis’ Life and Legacy.

2017 Departures Find the area code for your local pick-up point on pages 48-49 of your included brochure. * We also offer a four-day New Year in Paris break from £239 per person. Call or see our website for information.

Christmas at Blenheim Palace

Daniel O’Donnell at the Brighton Centre

Here’s your chance to see Blenheim Palace in all its Christmas glory and enjoy a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon – guaranteed to get your Christmas shopping off to a flying start!

Join us in Brighton for a wonderful, festive concert with Daniel O’Donnell and enjoy a mix of classic hit songs and festive tunes. This is one Christmas party you won’t want to miss!

AREA CODES: New Year in London New Year in Paris* London International Horse Show Emmerdale Studio Experience & Leeds Christmas Market Elvis Christmas at Blenheim Palace Daniel O’Donnell

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