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  • The Bruges belfry above the brick façades of the old town
  • A dirt road between cypresses leading to a Tuscan farmhouse
  • Half-timbered houses in Colmar lit up during the Christmas market
  • Angel Falls dropping from the tepui wall through the mist
  • White sand and turquoise water with a driftwood trunk on the shore
  • Andean moorland with frailejones rising through the mist
  • An Alsatian street with half-timbered houses and coloured shutters
  • The dome of Florence cathedral seen from a narrow street

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December is planned in October.

Five breaks worth looking at before prices climb and the places sell out.

A cobbled Bruges street with the façades lit up

Bruges at Christmas

2 days Colmar's square decorated and lit at dusk

Colmar at Christmas

2 days A narrow Alsatian street with half-timbered houses

Alsace at Christmas

4 days A Roman street with a lit star strung between the buildings

Rome at Christmas

3 days A monumental Vienna façade lit up during the Christmas market

Vienna at Christmas

3 days

Short breaks with a clear plan

Pick how much time you have and how you want to get around. The plan follows.

1 day

Bruges in a day

The centre fits into one day if you order it well: canals in the morning, Markt at midday.

 1 day

Brussels express

Grand-Place, the galleries and an unhurried afternoon. No car, no luggage.

Venezuela is like nowhere else.

Tepuis two billion years old, the highest waterfall on earth and a Caribbean coast that is still almost empty. Andaventura's backbone.

Angel Falls dropping from the tepui The cays of Morrocoy National Park Venezuelan Andean moorland Venezuela's mountainous coast A tepui among the clouds The Gran Sabana landscape

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The Bruges belfry above the cobbled streets Belgium Brujas Gante Bruselas The dome of Florence cathedral above the rooftops Italy Florencia Toscana Roma Half-timbered houses beside the canal in Alsace France Alsacia Colmar Estrasburgo

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