If you’re after a really festive winter break, New York has got to be up there with top places to visit. There’s nothing more magical than snow falling in Central Park, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, enjoying the Christmas windows or counting down during New Year’s Eve in Times Square. With so many movies set in New York at Christmas, you’ll feel like you’re on a film set with cold weather and blue skies. The celebrations start at Thanksgiving so the ‘Holiday’ period is well drawn out and will undoubtedly get you in the festive spirit. Don’t miss the ‘Holiday Walk’ on Fifth Avenue where the shop windows of Macy’s, Sak’s and Bloomingdale’s are spectacularly decorated with a coordinated theme. For ice skating there’s the rink at the Rockefeller Centre but the rink in Central Park is the best for atmosphere in the iconic park setting. To visit New York and the USA refer to our USA multi centre page.
Christmas markets in Berlin
Another wonderfully festive city is the German capital of Berlin. Again due to the cold weather, the tradition of festive lights and wonderful smells of food and drink on every street corner mean that Berlin becomes a winter wonderland. Renowned for its Christmas markets, there are plenty to choose from and are a great way of seeing around the city. There’s the famous Weinachtszeit behind Alexanderplatz which is a wonderful place to soak up the Christmas spirit along with the aromas of roasted almonds, mulled wine and hot chocolate. Every weekend in Advent the Renaissance Palace of Jagdschloss Grunewald makes a fairy-tale backdrop to a traditional market selling arts and crafts and traditional toys. You’ll need to wrap up warm as Berlin gets so cold that the lakes freeze over – head to a cosy café and warm yourself with a delicious apple strudel.
Iceland for the Blue Lagoon
If you fancy more of a relaxing spa-like break, what about a weekend in Iceland where you can visit the famous Blue Lagoon? With its therapeutic milky blue waters and plenty of spa treatments on offer, you’ll keep warm from the naturally heated saltwaters and benefit from the natural minerals whilst surrounded by snow! Although unpredictable, an added bonus is that being mid-winter heightens your chances of seeing the Northern Lights too, so keep your fingers crossed for a clear night and you might be in for a treat! If the weather is not complying, head into the capital of Reykjavik for boutique shopping around Skolavordustigur and visit the nearby impressive church of Hallgrimskirkja. The city is also a great place to celebrate New Years Eve – it’s not jam packed like New York so you can enjoy some bubbles out on the streets at midnight and not have to stand around for hours penned in massive crowds.
Sweden for the Ice Hotel
What about visiting the world’s first hotel made entirely of ice and snow? Re-made every year 200km north of the Arctic Circle, the Ice Hotel is all sculptured by artists who make it different and original every year. You can stay in your own suite, have drinks at the Ice bar and enjoy the creativity of a truly unique experience which is probably Sweden’s most extensive private art hall too. Again you might also be lucky enough to see the Northern Lights here too – one way to make your search even more memorable is to go dog sledding in search of the of the Aurora Borealis – and with a team of Huskies pulling you along you will be in need of a sauna to warm you up afterwards!
Dubai – for some warmth!
If you’ve had enough of cold weather and your ideal winter break is actually to escape the wintery feeling, then head for some guaranteed sunshine in Dubai. With average daily temperatures of 25 degrees you can lie in the sun, swim in the sea and enjoy pristine beaches without your toes being cold. You can shop till you drop without the need gloves and scarves and you can play your favourite sport in the sunshine – there’s everything imaginable on offer here! Don’t miss Old Dubai where you can walk along Dubai Creek, enjoy the lanes of the arty Bastakiya quarter and explore the textile souks before taking a dhow boat back over the creek.
Nadine is one of the directors of eShores. She left school at 16 and went straight in to a travel agency. Over the 28 years she has worked her way up in various sectors of the industry and also as an overseas representative in both summer and ski resorts. She has travelled to many countries from Europe to the Far East, USA to Lapland. Her extensive knowledge and experience has helped build eShores and the best team around! As a mother of 2 girls she is just as busy out of the office as he is in, but she always makes time to chat and being an ex rep she knows how to put on a good staff party!
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Holly
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Linda
Fabulous service. I rang to ask about our short break to Istanbul and it was booked for us within the hour. You can’t get better service than that. Thank you Dave Felton
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Stephen
Kelly arranged my recently booked multi centre holiday, having used eShores on a couple of occasions previous the usual high standards remain! They get an understanding of you requirements, pull together a proposed itinerary, and then happily amend/ provide alternative costings for different hotels/ flights as required once you get in to the detail of what you want (easier to do with their proposed itinerary!). Great service, and at a good cost!
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TinaSmyth
Just returned from a trip to Singapore and Bali arranged by Andy had a brilliant time, couldn’t fault the service I had he arranged everything from flights accommodation and transfers. I would highly recommend eShores and would definitely use them again. ThankYou Andy
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Stephen
Kelly from eshores listened and understood what we wanted from our holiday of which she was fantastic,very patient and set the whole holiday up. Very professional. Thank you.. Ste Leather
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SarahC
Used eShores to book a multi destination holiday for 4 days in Miami then 10 days Jamaica. Really pleased with the hotels chosen especially Shelbourne in Miami and the service received especially follow up call to check everything was ok. Whole trip when smoothly
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Stephen
We are looking forward to our 3 centre holiday in November to the USA, everything has been set up for us Chris was excellent in giving us all the details. We changed a few things after the first quote like you do but sorted it straight away. Excellent service, reasonable price and quick response just looking forward to the trip
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ANDREWand Caroline McKie
We recently travelled to Bali much delayed by covid restrictions but found eshores very good with excellent communication keeping us up to date with advice on travell restrictions as circumstances changed. Our holiday when we were able to travel was fantastic exceeding our expectations ,and we feel certain that we will be using eShores for our next trip .
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Tom& Gloria
We have just returned from a fantastic holiday at the Habtoor Grand Resort in Dubai - all organised by Kadie. The location of this hotel is at the end of the beach, near to the Sky Diving school, and the new Marina. It's also close to The Walk which has many shops and restaurants. Staff and service at the hotel were 5* and we would reccommend the upgrade to Club Rooms. We have travelled several times with eShores to different regions all of which were organised by Kadie. From our initial enquiry we are always given options on where to stay, activities and excursions and any potential offers that are available. The service provided by Kadie and eShores is exemplary and we have never had an issue using them. Looking forward to our next adventure to Australia - organised by Kadie of course.
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Patricia
I can’t rate eShores enough and Andy in particular. Not only did he find us the best package for the best value but he was also very supportive and reassuring when I needed to contact him before and even during the trip with a couple of questions. Everything was organised like clockwork and took all the stress out. Next time I won’t bother shopping around and will go directly to eShores.