European City break in Dec / Jan

[Sport_Turismo_GTS]

Looking to book something towards the end of the year, or maybe early next year, probably 4 nights.

Any suggestions for a nice City break that is particular good at that time of the year?

Thanks

[Vasco]

Vienna
Budapest
Prague

[twohoursfromlondon]

Amsterdam, Barcelona, Oslo, Stockholm - pretty much any major capital imho.

[Boringvolvodriver]

Can’t say for winter but Budapest right now (I am there) is very enjoyable.

Plenty to see, beer reasonably priced and lots of bars!

Can also recommend Barcelona or Rome.

Vienna May be a bit pricey - haven’t been for over 30 years but even then I can remember thinking how expensive it was.

[Vasco]

Boringvolvodriver said:

Can’t say for winter but Budapest right now (I am there) is very enjoyable.

Plenty to see, beer reasonably priced and lots of bars!

Can also recommend Barcelona or Rome.

Vienna May be a bit pricey - haven’t been for over 30 years but even then I can remember thinking how expensive it was.

Envious. I've always enjoyed Budapest, one of the most forgotten cities.

[Sport_Turismo_GTS]

Thanks for the ideas so far, I should have narrowed things down a little:

Cities we’ve not been, but which are under consideration:
Vienna, Tallinn, Helsinki, Budapest, Prague, Riga, Monaco, Warsaw, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Bern, Barcelona

Would also consider staying out of the main cities in the countryside and doing some walking etc.

Edited by Sport_Turismo_GTS on Saturday 7th May 18:29

[Vasco]

Been to most of them but I'm not sure that Riga or Warsaw have too much of great interest (nice as they are in parts).

[RoamingBull]

Copenhagen.

[maxdb]

If it's 4 days you are planning to do then why don't you make a mixture of Helsinki and Tallinn?

Tallinn old town is nice but you might run out of things to do after a few days.

It will be very cold that time of year though!

[Sport_Turismo_GTS]

RoamingBull said:

Copenhagen.

Been there, done that!

[2 GKC]

Gdansk

[LuS1fer]

Granada?
The Alhambra Palace is stunning.

[Teddy Lop]

Even as someone who doesn't generally care for sun or beach, you can't do much better at that time of year than to escape the cold and damp for somewhere on the med.

[flight147z]

I went to Lisbon last December for 3 nights. Great weather and a nice winter break.

[Sport_Turismo_GTS]

I think Lisbon or Vienna.

[abzmike]

You mention December/January … lots of places are pretty dead after new year, restaurants shut etc. If you’re ok with that fair enough, and it’ll be a lot cheaper, but a city break is December is going to be more fun I’d expect.

[Sport_Turismo_GTS]

abzmike said:

You mention December/January … lots of places are pretty dead after new year, restaurants shut etc. If you’re ok with that fair enough, and it’ll be a lot cheaper, but a city break is December is going to be more fun I’d expect.

Good point. Potential for December to clash with my wife’s choir concerts, but maybe earlier in the month could be ok.

[QJumper]

In which case that gives you the option of the Christmas markets in France/Germany/Switzerland, if you like that kind of thing.

[Sport_Turismo_GTS]

QJumper said:

In which case that gives you the option of the Christmas markets in France/Germany/Switzerland, if you like that kind of thing.

You’ve seen one Xmas market, you’ve seen them all…

But Vienna could be an option for this reason!

[abzmike]

Also remember that northern and Eastern Europe can get a good deal colder than UK in December. Being from Scotland I know how to dress in winter (abiding by the old Connelly gag that there’s no such thing as bad weather just the wrong clothing) but visited Copenhagen (great destination) early one December and it was so cold I had to go and buy a big coat, as my Barber was hopelessly inadequate.