EDWARDS COACHES
Three Countries Christmas Markets
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Choose your departure & see monthly prices →The little spa town of Valkenburg comes alive with the advent of its Christmas markets, with stalls uniquely located inside caves protected from the elements. From here we’ll also visit Liège in Belgium and its Christmas Village and Cologne in Germany which offers a total of seven Christmas markets.
Hotel Schaepkens van St, Fijt, Valkenburg ****
The Hotel Schaepkens is a cosy hotel offering good cuisine and Limburg hospitality a few hundred metres from the centre of Valkenbug.
• Comfortable en-suite bedrooms • Television • Free Wi-Fi • Hairdryer • Restaurant • Bar • Indoor swimming pool & sauna (additional charges may apply) • Lift
hotelschaepkens.nl
Plan this tour with Kat & Simon Morgan — Personal Travel Consultants at Hays Travel. Call 0800 0662 694 for help comparing dates, departure points and room options.
Tour highlights
- Executive coach travel
- Short sea ferry crossings
- 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast in Valkenburg ( extensive buffet breakfast and all you can eat buffet dinner with live cooking )
- Happy Hour twice a day ( various drinks at reduced rates as advertised )
- City tax in Valkenburg
- Visit Liège in Belgium and visit one of the countries largest Christmas markets known as Le Village de Noël
Further highlights
Your itinerary
In supplier order. Some entries may cover multiple days; optional experiences are described by the supplier.
Day 1
TO VALKENBURG
Following our Channel crossing to Calais, we make our way to Valkenburg where we stay for the next four nights. (D)
Day 2
LIÈGE CHRISTMAS MARKET
We'll cross the border into Belgium and visit Liège which hosts one of Belgium's oldest and largest Christmas markets, known as the Christmas Village (Le Village de Noël). It is spread across three main locations featuring more than 200 wooden chalets.
Day 3
VALKENBURG CHRISTMAS MARKET
Spend the day exploring the Christmas markets in Valkenburg. There are two markets to visit - The Velvet Cave, the smaller of the two and the Municipal Cave which is the largest and oldest underground Christmas market in Europe. (B, D)
Entrance cost not included
Day 4
COLOGNE CHRISTMAS MARKET
Travelling into Germany we visit the city of Cologne which offers a total of seven Christmas Markets. Among them the Christmas market at near Cologne Cathedral is the most impressive one due to the huge backdrop of the imposing Cathedral. (B, D)
Day 5
FROM VALKENBURG
Continue to Calais and complete the journey home. (B)
Your accommodation
Planned hotels or ships as published by Edwards Coaches. Alternatives of a similar standard may be used. Hotel options are grouped as supplied and are not necessarily all included in one departure.
Published hotel information
The little spa town of Valkenburg comes alive with the advent of its Christmas markets, with stalls uniquely located inside caves protected from the elements. From here we’ll also visit Liège in Belgium and its Christmas Village and Cologne in Germany which offers a total of seven Christmas markets.
Hotel Schaepkens van St, Fijt, Valkenburg ****
The Hotel Schaepkens is a cosy hotel offering good cuisine and Limburg hospitality a few hundred metres from the centre of Valkenbug.
• Comfortable en-suite bedrooms • Television • Free Wi-Fi • Hairdryer • Restaurant • Bar • Indoor swimming pool & sauna (additional charges may apply) • Lift
hotelschaepkens.nl
What’s included
- Executive coach travel
- Short sea ferry crossings
- 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast in Valkenburg ( extensive buffet breakfast and all you can eat buffet dinner with live cooking )
- Happy Hour twice a day ( various drinks at reduced rates as advertised )
- City tax in Valkenburg
- Visit Liège in Belgium and visit one of the countries largest Christmas markets known as Le Village de Noël
- Explore the Christmas markets in Valkenburg, including the oldest underground Christmas market in Europe
- Visit Cologne in Germany which offers a total of seven Christmas markets, the most impressive being the one near Cologne Cathedral
Dates & prices
Indicative supplier snapshot. Confirm price, room basis and availability before booking. Monthly estimates deduct a £250 deposit per person for Europe or £395 elsewhere, then divide by whole monthly payments ending no later than 42 days before departure. Rounded to the nearest pound; final payment adjusted.
Possible coach joining points
Pickup points vary by departure. We will confirm your joining point, time and any supplement before booking.
- Bristol Aztec West — Approach Road Bus Stop, Bristol BS32 4AQ
- Cardiff Gate Services — Cardiff Gate Services CF23 8RA
- Cardiff West Services — Cardiff West Services Coach Park, CF72 8SA
- Clackett Lane Services — Clackett Lane Services, TN16 2ER (Anticlock)
- Dyffryn Depot Swansea — Edwards Travel Centre, Dyffryn Close, Llansamlet, SA6 8QG
- Edwards Depot LLANTRISANT — Edwards Depot, Llantrisant, CF72 8QZ
- Extra Services Cobham EB — Extra Services Cobham Eastbound, M25 Jct 10-9
- Leigh Delamare Eastbound — Leigh Delamare Services Eastbound Before J17
- Magor Services NP26 3YL — Magor Service Coach Park
- Maidstone Services — Maidstone Services, Junction 8 - M20
- Membury Services EB — Membury Services Eastbound (M4 J15/14) RG17 7TZ
- Neath - Railway — Neath - Outside Railway Station, SA11 1BY
- Newport RAILWAY STATION — Bus Stops outside the RAILWAY STATION,NEWPORT NP20 4AX
- Port Talbot Customs — Port Talbot Bus Stop OUTSIDE Customs House Just past the Plaza, SA13 1HW
- Pyle Cross — Pyle Cross, bus stop outside supermarket.Pyle Road CF33 6AG
- Reading Services — Reading Services, Junction 11-12, RG30 3UQ
- Sarn SERVICES — Sarn SERVICES - Coach Park, CF32 9SY
- Stop 24 Svcs (M20 J11) — Stop 24 (Westenhanger) Services (M20 J11)
Pickup points vary by departure. We will confirm your joining point, time and any supplement before booking.
1 published departure and room-basis records. Standard prices are per person sharing; solo fares are labelled separately. Sold-out records are shown for reference.
| Departure | Departure point | Duration | Room basis | Price per person | Status |
|---|
| 13 December 2027 | Coach joining point — confirm with us Edwards Holidays is a South Wales based operator offering pickups all along the M4 Corridor and at the port of Dover. | 5 days | Two sharing | £659 | Snapshot — confirm availability |
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