Winchester Christmas Market & Windsor Christmas Fair

Itinerary

Day 1

Join your coach at your convenient local pick-up point, and head for The Royal Windsor Racecourse on the outskirts of Windsor. Here the Windsor Christmas Shopping Fair will be taking place with around 150 high quality exhibitors. Pick the perfect present from festive food, gorgeous gifts, fabulous fashion and sensational stocking fillers. You have time at leisure to explore the fair and pick up a treat or two.

We will then travel for our comfortable overnight bed and breakfast stay at the Ibis Reading Centre, which is ideally located in the town centre. Either simply relax at the hotel or your central location allows you to stay out as late as you like making the most of all the town has to offer including great shopping, food and drink options. You can also find Reading Winter Wonderland within around 15 minutes walk with rides and attractions and plenty of festive food and drink.

Day 2

After a hearty breakfast, board your coach for the medieval city of Winchester, England’s ancient capital. You can visit the Great Hall and King Arthur’s Round Table, a fully restored working water mill and the famous medieval Cathedral, where Jane Austen is buried. There are many shops, cafes and restaurants to choose from and you can also enjoy the wonderful Christmas Market set in a stunning location with over 100 pretty wooden chalets offering excellent quality specialist goods and festive treats. Make time to explore the magnificent Cathedral, one of the finest medieval cathedrals you will ever see.

You have time at leisure to wander through the city and explore the Christmas Market, then rejoin your coach later and relax during your journey home with great festive memories.

Windsor Christmas Shopping Fair

INCLUDED Visitor Destination

Held at Royal Windsor Racecourse, celebrate all good things for Christmas from food and drink to arts, crafts and gifts. Set in floored heated marquees connected to the Grandstand with the racecourse as the backdrop to this event, you can enjoy browsing, sampling and buying from a mouth watering array of stallholders, with around 150 high quality exhibitors of Arts & Craft, Fashion & Design, Food & Drinks and more!

Winchester Christmas Market

INCLUDED Visitor Destination

From its relatively modest beginnings, the Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market now attracts visitors from around the globe each year and has achieved a reputation as being amongst the very best in Europe. Within the stunning surroundings of the Cathedral’s historic Inner and Outer Close you’ll find over 100 attractive wooden chalets brimming with goodies. The stallholders are individually selected by the Cathedral’s in-house team to ensure superior quality, uniqueness and that a wide range of products are available. There’s a strong emphasis on British and artisan amongst the stallholders. Look out for Hampshire’s finest cheese and sourdough toasties – these alone are reason to return regularly! With the dramatic medieval architecture as a backdrop, it’s an idyllic setting at any time of day, but it really comes into its own after twilight when the Cathedral is lit up and a warm glow radiates from the market stalls.

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Winchester itself is an unspoilt cathedral city on the edge of the rolling South Downs, and is England's ancient capital and former seat of King Alfred the Great. Aside from the fabulous eleventh century Cathedral, it is most well-known for its Great Hall, which for over 700 years has housed the mysterious King Arthur's Round Table. Popular for its bustling shopping streets, the many bars, traditional pubs and restaurants make eating out a pleasure, and there are pretty riverside walks past tranquil water meadows.

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Tour includes

• 1 night's hotel with breakfast
• Entry to Windsor Christmas Fair
• Visit to Winchester and its popular Christmas Market
• Direct Coach Travel
• Net Zero Carbon Offset Certificate

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Accommodation

Ibis Reading Centre Reading

The Ibis Reading Centre Hotel is located in the bustling centre of Reading close to the shops and amenities. There are a number of restaurants, cafes and bars nearby. The bedrooms are compact but are bright, modern and quiet and have all you need for your stay including a comfortable bed and en-suite shower room with walk-in shower. All rooms come equipped with individual air cooling system, LCD TV, tea/coffee facilities and hairdryer. The stylish on-site bar is the perfect place to kick back and relax. Breakfast is buffet style hot and cold breakfast choices to set you up for the day.

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Hotel Location

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