This year I want to go to a Christmas Market...

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I've convinced DH (he's but he's going along with it )
The DC are on board.

We do a Christmas day out, but London is so busy and TBH we do the same things. (Winter Wonderland, Hamleys, the South Bank Christmas Market)

DH and I do a shopping day, and I really fancied going away overnight, but couldn't decided where.

So...
a trip to a Traditional Market solves it all (well I think so )

Somewhere different. Traditional. We can stay in a hotel and buy some unusual things.

Should I go on an organised trip (the bus tours, they book it and take you to the market?)
or plan it myself?

(I'm in Essex)

TIA

Winchester epitomises Christmas to me. Glorious, it is.

Thanks Wilf! Don't know how we missed that then!

OP Premier Inn have a sale on at the mo...cheaper than Travelodge and usually much nicer

Serin, the Manchester one is pretty big but difficult to find your way round if you don't know where you're going.

I love the traditional German Christmas market that comes to Leeds, usually from the middle of November onwards.
Wooden huts, hot mulled wine, bockwursts and bratwursts (yum) and lovely wooden craft things for the Christmas tree/stockings etc.
Ooh, can't wait now....

Did Bath a couple of years ago - was disapointed toooo busy, couldnt get near stalls, lacked atmosphere. Wouldnt do it again.

Never forget many years ago Germany, was staying with friends on RAF camp near dutch border. It was amazing proper homemade crafts and the smells were stunning.

Nothing here has touched on that.