Any ideas for Xmas snowy short break?

[desperatehousewife]

Have one 3 year old, am preg so not on for a big flight or big holiday. Have usual issues with who do we see at christmas as family dotted around the country. Best option might be for us to go away and see nobody! Any ideas of where we could go

I fancy ice hotel in Finland, but as it's minus 13 and only 4 hours of daylight my DH has said no way! Would love to do something unusual, but that doens't cost the earth. Maybe a log cabin somewhere snowy??

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try these www.countrycottagesonline.com

they have log cabins

what about centre parcs? we always go xmas time - kids love it (so do we!)

WHAT ABOUT CANADA?

western isles

italy or switzerland or prague or sweden

canada too far I think. how long is the flight?
Don't want to be in this country so centreparcs out.

The lapland Santa tours operate over christmas i believe.

I would recommend Canterbury Travel who have quite a few different tours if you are interested.

No 100% sure on the snow but how about this

family break

OOPs Sorry didn't read you didn't want to stay in this country

Disneyland Paris?

To toronto is about 7 hours flight

Would deffo have snow unless freaky year

Austria -look at Ryanair flights to Salzburg, Linz, Graz or Klagenfurt then hire a car. Have a look at www.kinderhotels.com for hotels all over Austria with childrens facilities. Also recommend www.farmholidays.com and look specifically at the childrens farms. Lastly I can reccomend www.hotel-lindenhof.at in Ramsau am Dachstien. About 1 hour south of Salzburg, we stayed there in Feb & Jul this year.

Also try myswitzerland.com for similar in Switzerland. Some hotels have small animal farms, spas, kids clubs and indoor activities if the weather outside is foul. Unfortunately they tend not to come cheap and some may require a minimum stay over Christmas and/or New Year. Also be prepared that Christmas tends to be a lower key celebration in the mountains than New Year. I did also see Snow "camping" advertised in today's Times see here but they don't take Under 12's.

gop somehwere hot

lol cod! You don't do snow do you ?!

snow is for skiing ofr looking at from inside acosey austrian cafe, other thna thta its pointelss

Come and visit me in Swiss Alps!

ah thanks footprint!!