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Home of the original Christmas market and the Christmas tree, Germany easily captures the magic of yuletide. And as temperatures drop, the Rhine Valley lights up with festive sparkle. Here are your options for celebrating Christmas along the Rhine.
Take a Christmas Cruise
The best way to take in the Rhine Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is on a river cruise. Winter is one of the most scenic times to enjoy the views, as the already fairytale-like landscape transforms into a winter wonderland. Take a festive afternoon Christmas cruise from Rüdesheim or Cologne and look out over the snow-capped turrets of Katz and Marksburg castles, get romantic during a candlelit Christmas dinner cruise, or sample a spread of seasonal foods while listening to Christmas carols on a Sunday brunch cruise.
Indulge in Seasonal Specialties
Sip on mulled wine (glühwein) and try lebkuchen, the gingerbread cookie that has been a local Christmas staple since the 14th century. Several Rhine River cruises offer meals, and indulging in local specialties such as dumplings in beef broth, cold smoked fish, and spiced Christmas ham around town is a great way to enjoy the Rhine Valley and treat your tastebuds too.
Go Shopping at the Christmas Markets
Germany’s legendary Christmas markets are the focal point of seasonal city tours, and the Rhine hosts several atmospheric markets all the way through Christmas Eve. The wine-making town of Rüdesheim am Rhein swaps Riesling for glühwein during the holiday season, with a giant Christmas market held in the old quarter in front of its town hall, while Trier’s Christmas market crowns an annual German Mulled Wine Queen and Cologne is home to numerous markets, including the famous Christmas market held just in front of the city’s UNESCO-listed cathedral.
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Magic Christmas Tour in Cologne
The exclusive tour only in the Christmas period! This special times brings magic Cologne city. Together with the professional local guide, you will visit the most beautifully decorated places. You will feel spellbound with the charming atmosphere in the streets which you can feel only this time of the year! What is the story of the Christmas tree? Who was the first to decorate it in the world? What magical things can happen during the Christmas period? Have you heard about Christmas spells? You will hear miraculous Christmas legends about Cologne city. You will visit the old-fashioned Christmas Market situated in Kölner Dom. What makes it so popular? What local products is must taste at Christmas? Fill your heart with the joy and experience magic of Cologne city.
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$761.14
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$761.14
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Christmas tour
Discover the different Christmas markets in the city center
Learn the background of some Christmas traditions
incl. 1 Christmas cookies and 1 mulled wine / cocoa
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$16.11
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2 Hour Private Guided Walking Tour of Mainz Christmas Market
NOTE: This year, due to COVID, the traditional Christmas Market has been canceled so this tour cannot take place.
Visit one of Germany's most atmospheric Christmas markets traditionally nestled under the towering 1000 year old Mainz Cathedral. Hear about old German Christmas customs while strolling around the festive stalls that sell everything from the famous hand-crafted wooden Christmas tree decorations, nativity scenes and candle arches, angelic figurines from the romantic little town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, authentic Christmas nutcrackers from the Erzgebirge to traditional gingerbread men and fruity stollen loaves. Experience the aromatic smells of spices, roasted nuts and the typical waft of the Glühwein pervading the winter air. Included in the price is a glass of warming red or white mulled wine or one of the tasty non-alcoholic alternatives.
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$284.95
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$284.95
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Guides required to regularly wash hands

Bonn Christmas Market Tour
The Münsterplatz Christmas Market is the perfect place to get your Holidays groove on the move. Come and stroll through quaint town squares lighten up by the twinkling Christmas lights, while visiting the many wooden stalls selling spiced mulled wine, many hand made decorations, chocolate covered fruits, cinnamon pastry, roasted almonds and other local mouth watering delicacies. All that while enjoying a profound knowledge of the past and present of these Christmas traditions, well known by our local guide. Experience the joy of Christmas in the best place and step into the wonderful world of the Holidays.
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$190.48
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$190.48
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Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Aachen Christmas Market Tour
The Christmas Market next to Aachen’s cathedral is the perfect place to get your Holidays groove on the move. Stroll through quaint town squares lighten up by the twinkling Christmas lights, while visiting the many wooden stalls selling spiced mulled wine, many hand made decorations, chocolate covered fruits, Aachener Printen (kind of gingerbread), roasted almonds and other local mouth watering delicacies. All that while enjoying a profound knowledge of the past and present of these Christmas traditions, well known by our local guide. Experience the joy of Christmas in the best place and step into the wonderful world of the Holidays.
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$190.48
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$190.48
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Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Düsseldorf Christmas Market Tour
The Altstadt (Old Town) Christmas Market is the perfect place to get your Holidays groove on the move. Stroll through quaint town squares lighten up by the twinkling Christmas lights, while visiting the many wooden stalls selling spiced mulled wine, many hand made decorations, chocolate covered fruits, cinnamon pastry, roasted almonds and other local mouth watering delicacies. All that while enjoying a profound knowledge of the past and present of these Christmas traditions, well known by our local guide. Experience the joy of Christmas in the best place and step into the wonderful world of the Holidays.
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$190.48
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$190.48
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Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Koblenz Christmas Market Tour
A Christmas Market is the perfect place to get your Holidays groove on the move. Pass through quaint town squares lighten up by the twinkling Christmas lights, while visiting the many wooden stalls selling spiced mulled wine, many hand made decorations, chocolate covered fruits, cinnamon pastry, roasted almonds and other local mouth watering delicacies. All that while enjoying a profound knowledge of the past and present of these Christmas traditions, well known by our local guide. Experience the joy of Christmas in the best place and step into the wonderful world of the Holidays.
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$190.48
per group
From
$190.48
per group
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- North Rhine-Westphalian State Parliament (Landtag)
- Cologne Chocolate Museum (Schokoladenmuseum)
- St. Goar (Sankt Goar)
- German Football Museum (Deutsches Fussball Museum)
- Cochem Castle
- EL-DE Haus
- Wiesbaden
- Hombroich Museum Island (Museum Insel Hombroich)
- SEA LIFE® Konigswinter
- Deutsches Eck (German Corner)
- Museum Ludwig
- Marksburg Castle
- Media Harbor (MedienHafen)
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