2009-12-18

Top 10 Christmas shopping hotels

Prague, Czech Republic

Hotels rooms in the Czech Republic’s gem of a capital are being given away at unbelievably low prices – the perfect excuse to stay over and stock up on traditional Czech gifts like glass and crystal, beads and jewellery and wooden toys and puppets for children.

Sumptuous luxury: Buddha Bar Hotel proves it’s time Prague came back into fashion.

Or stay in Hotel Jalta on Wenceslas Square.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Enjoy a winey gløgg and tasty æbleskive and pick up handmade Christmas gifts from the countless craft shops in the city centre’s Tivoli Gardens Christmas Market. Entertain the children with the fairground rides in Nissekøbing, or Pixieville with hundreds of robotic pixie helpers.

Wild designs: each room is colourful and unique in Hotel Fox.

Or flip the coin and recline into the traditional: Hotel D’Angleterre.

Dresden, Germany

The home of the fruity stollen cake, the historic East German city is a favourite for those Christmas market addicts and Christmas shopaholics wanting to avoid the hustle and bustle of the big city.

5 star luxury with Frauenkirche view: Hotel Suitess

Or chill out in the spa away from the christmas crowds: Romantik Hotel & Restaurant Pattis

Paris, France

A stroll along the glittering Champs-Élysées or a slide across the numerous open air ice skating rinks; a view from the Eiffel Tower or a mosey around the Louvre… there’s so much to distract from your shopping. Days and nights are a feast for the senses in Paris.

Get away from it all in tiny boutique Hotel Recamier where silence is golden.

Style and luxury: Hotel Pershing Hall.

New York, United States

My only impressions of festive New York are thanks to Kevin heroic thief-thwarting antics in Home Alone 2. Macaulay Culkin’s cheeky escapades take in Times Square, Central Park and a luxury hotel. That was 1992 but retracing his trip across the Big Apple would be more than magical this Christmas!

Unwind with Spanish flair in Room Mate Grace.

Or lap up the luxury by Central Park: The Pierre.

And last, but far from least: Berlin, Germany

Aside from the endless shopping arcades on Alexanderplatz and Potsdamer Platz or the more upmarket boutiques of Friedrichstrasse and Ku’damm, Berlin’s generous selection of Christmas markets are a microcosm of the city’s diversity.

We’ve already reviewed the Top 5 so take your pick: Top 5 Christmas Markets in Berlin.

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