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Valkenburg Christmas Market

Destination: The Netherlands	Operator: Crusader Holidays Terms
Departs: 06/12/2024	Type: Festive Breaks
Duration: 4 days	Quality: Good * * *
Departs Via: All Areas	Board: B & B
Tour Code: D47619	Transport: Coach Pickup

Supplements

4 Day European Holiday Insurance	£50.00 per person
Per passenger supplement for pick up from Dover, Folkestone, Canterbury or Ashford	£25.00 per person
Single Room	£120.00 per person

Adults £469.00
Deposit Per Person £75.00
* Children: Not allowed
* Babies: Not allowed
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Description

Early booking is advised for these great value popular tours to the Dutch town of Valkenburg, experiencing Christmas markets with a difference - staged in the illuminated municipal caves!
Also on this special weekend join the coach to pretty Aachen - where the centre is transformed into a Christmas Village.

Departure points to suit you...
Crusader Holidays uses an interchange system, taking place at either Beaconsfield Services (M40), South Mimms Services (M25/A1M) or Thurrock Services (M25).

Here you may have to change to your holiday coach and we are renowned for ensuring that this is smooth and efficient.

The holiday coaches typically depart from Beaconsfield Services at 11.15, Thurrock Services at around 09.30 and South Mimms Services at 10.30. Some customers find it more convenient to join direct at the interchange, please let is know when booking if this is the case.

*Due to increased operational costs, from Monday 16th October 2023 Dover, Folkestone, Canterbury & Ashford joining points will be subject to a £25.00 per person supplement on all 2024 UK Tours.

NOTE: Pick up points are a guide so please refer to your holiday confirmation for specific locations as details are subject to change.

Itinerary

Highlights
- Hotel for 3 nights with breakfast- Last night dinner in the hotel- One evening with live music- Leisure Time in Valkenburg- Included visit to Aachen Christmas Market

Your Itinerary
DAY 1 From your chosen joining point your feeder vehicle will take you to your designated interchange point where your holiday begins. After joining your holiday coach, head to Dover for the short sea crossing to Calais. Drive through France and Belgium and onto your hotel in Valkenburg, Holland for your 3 night stay. First 2 nights with breakfast, last night with dinner included in the hotel.

DAY 2 - 3 At leisure in Valkenburg with one INCLUDED excursion

Visit Valkenburg town centre where you have ample time to explore the shops and the Christmas Market. Valkenburg's Christmas Market is spectacularly held in the Town Cave and the Fluweelengrot (Velvet Cave). Twinkling lights and magic illuminations reflect off the walls and soft Christmas music gently disturbs the serene silence more typical of these surroundings. You will see caverns, decorated niches, stalls with various Christmas items for sale and stalls demonstrating old Dutch trades and handicrafts. On Saturday evening the Christmas Parade passes through the centre of Valkenburg (starts at 19.30).

NB Your free day in Valkenburg is likely to be the Sunday and an entrance fee applies to both caves (not included). In the past few years timed entrance tickets had to be pre-booked and pre-paid online (https://www.christmastownvalkenburg.com/tickets/) with no option to buy these locally at the caves themselves. This is likely to still be the case for 2024 but tickets should not be booked until your tour has been guaranteed to operate as once booked, the tickets cannot be amended or refunded. As a guide, entrance tickets in 2023 were Velvet Cave approx €8.50 pp and Municipal Cave approx €8.50 pp plus booking charges.

INCLUDED EXCURSION
Aachen Christmas Market
For about four weeks before Christmas, the squares and lanes around Aachen Cathedral and the town hall are transformed into a Christmas village. Twinkling lights and the scent of mulled wine and Aachener Printen (kind of gingerbread) wherever you go - and all in a unique atmosphere! It's no coincidence that Aachen Christmas market has regularly made it to the top tenBest Christmas Markets in Europe in recent years.

DAY 4 After breakfast, travel back through Holland, Belgium and France to Calais for your return to England arriving back early to mid-evening.

Venue Information

3 Star Hotel .

GRAND HOTEL MONOPOLE, VALKENBURG - 3 STAR
Stay for 3 nights at the family-run Grand Hotel Monopole, which is a firm favourite with Crusader clients.This hotel features a restaurant, terrace and cosy bar with a conservatory. Monopole is located in the centre of Valkenburg, 15 minutes' walk from Thermae 2000 and Holland Casino Valkenburg.Each of the rooms at Grand Hotel Monopole features a TV and bathroom with shower or bath. Some of the rooms benefit from a seating area.

Guests can enjoy a daily buffet breakfast.Lift to all 48 en-suite bedrooms all with TV and telephone.

Please note that porterage is not included at this hotel

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Pick-Up Points

.Amersham Bus Stop, Railway Station End Map

.Ashford Bus Stop Opposite Catholic Church Map

.Aston Clinton Bus Stop,ADJ Layby Map

.Aylesbury Bus Shelters E2 & E3 Map

.Basildon Coach Stop Outside Trafford House Map

.Beaconsfield Beaconsfield Services, Coach Bays Map

.Beckenham Bus Stop R Near War Memorial Map

.Berkhamsted Bus Stop Outside WHSmith Map

.Bexleyheath Central Library Map

.Bicester Outside JB Barbers Map

.Billericay Bus Stop Map

.Birchanger M11 Services Coach Park Map

.Bletchley Bus Station Map

.Brentwood Bus Stop - Near Holiday Inn Map

.Brighton Bus Stop Opposite Joker PH Map

.Bromley Outside Bromley South Railway Station Map

.Buckhurst Hill Outside Premier Inn Map

.Bury St Edmunds Tesco St Saviours Interchange Map

.Canterbury Canterbury East Railway Station Map

.Chatham Go Outdoors Bus Stop, Adjacent To Gala Bingo Map

.Chatham Outside Holiday Inn Map

.Chelmsford Coach Bay Map

.Chesham Bus Stop Map

.Cheshunt Turners Hill (B176) Map

.Clacton-on-Sea Outside Railway Station Map

.Cobham Cobham Services Map

.Colchester Coach Stop Stand A Map

.Colchester United Way, Near Football Stadium Map

.Dartford Bus Stop Opposite Aldi Map

.Dover Bus Stop A Map

.Dover Dover Passenger Terminal Map

.Dunstable Bus Stop Outside Poundland Map

.Eltham Railway Station Bus Terminus Map

.Faversham Bus Stop Opp Makenade Ave Map

.Folkestone Bus Stop Outside BP Garage Map

.Gravesend Layby Outside Sainsburys Map

.Grays The Oak Public House Map

.Haddenham Bus Stop Map

.Harlow Bus Station, Near Taxi Rank Map

.Hatfield Galleria Centre Main Entrance Bus Stop Map

.Hazlemere A404 Opp, Hazelmere Court, Outside Shell Garage Map

.Hemel Hempstead Bus Stop M Map

.High Wycombe The Coachway, Bus Stop A Map

.Hornchurch North Street Queens Theatre Bus Stop Map

.Ipswich Railway Station Map

.Kelvedon Bus Stop Outside The Institute Map

.Kirby Cross Bus Stop Opposite Railway Station Map

.Leighton Buzzard Outside British Legion Map

.Luton Travel Lodge Map

.Maidenhead Outside Stafferton Lodge Map

.Maidstone Bus Stop Adj To Moncktons Lane Map

.Marks Tey Bus Stop Outside Fish & Chip Shop Map

.Milton Keynes Bus Shelter W3 O/s Weatherspoons Map

.Newmarket Outside Hughes Electrical Store Map

.Newport Pagnell Tickford End Bus Stop, Opposite Downs Field Map

.Northampton Bus Stop Opposite Europcar Rental Map

.Northampton The Coach Park, Northampton Services Map

.Northchurch Darrs Lane Bus Stop Map

.Olney Bus Stop Opposite The Bull Hotel Map

.Pease Pottage M23 Services Map

.Rainham Outside Cricketers PH Map

.Rayleigh Outside Railway Station Map

.Reading Gateway Layby Opposite Burger King Map

.Reading Bus Stop NC (outside Car Park), Reading Railway Station Map

.Redbridge Outside Tube Station Map

.Reigate Bus Stop R - Outside Buenos Aires Steakhouse Map

.Rochester Bus Lay By Near Dickens Centre Map

.Romford Bus Stop H Map

.Sevenoaks Bus Layby O/S Rail Station Map

.Sittingbourne Bus Stop 1, Bus Hub Map

.Slough Salt Hill Three Tuns, Opposite Metro Bank Map

.South Benfleet New Bus Stop Map

.South Mimms M25/A1M Services Coach Park Map

.St Albans Bus Stop Outside DM Jewellers Map

.Strood Bus Stop By Prince Of Wales Map

.Thame Bus Layby Outside Town Hall Map

.Thurrock Moto Services Coach Park Map

.Tring Bus Shelter Near Church Map

.Tunbridge Wells Bus Stop B Near Railway Station Map

.Upminster Bus Stop A Opp. Railway Station Map

.Waltham Cross Hertford Road Bus Stop Map

.Watford Bus Stand One, Watford Junction Station Map

.Wendover The George & Dragon PH Map

.Wheatley M40 Services - Coach Layby Map

.Wickford Halls Corner Map

.Witham Newland Street Map

.Wokingham Railway Interchange, Stop 1 Map

.Woodford Green Bus Stop Outside St Aubyns School Map

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