Christmas flights to Europe from Richmond
Going home for the holidays, or just going? Fares from Richmond to Europe for December 18, 2026 to January 3, 2027, the busiest weeks of the year to fly, covering Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's.
Saved round trips for Christmas and New Year's (Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027).
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Where to go from Richmond
Round-trip totals · Economy · USD · 1 adult unless shown. "From" is a starting total: you pick the return in Axel. Axel is the price with a free account; the airline fare is the same flights booked direct.
| Destination | Why go | Axel | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London (LHR) | London's Regent Street lights, Boxing Day sales and New Year's Eve fireworks over the Thames | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Dublin (DUB) | Dublin's Grafton Street carolers, Christmas Eve in the pub and the Forty Foot swim on Christmas morning | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Paris (CDG) | Paris's Champs-Élysées lights, réveillon dinner on Christmas Eve and the Boulevard Haussmann store windows | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | Frankfurt's Römerberg market in the run-up, then Heiligabend at home, with the whole of Germany by train | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Munich (MUC) | Munich's Marienplatz Christkindlmarkt, Christmas Eve Mass at the Frauenkirche and snow in the Bavarian Alps | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Rome (FCO) | Rome's Piazza Navona market, Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's and the Pope's Christmas Day blessing | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Milan (MXP) | Milan's Duomo and Galleria lights, panettone from the city that invented it, and trains to the Alps for snow | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Madrid (MAD) | Madrid's Nochebuena dinner, twelve grapes at midnight in Puerta del Sol and the Three Kings parade on January 5 | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Lisbon (LIS) | Lisbon's Consoada supper on Christmas Eve, bacalhau on the table and New Year's fireworks at Praça do Comércio | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Warsaw (WAW) | Warsaw's Wigilia supper on December 24, twelve dishes and a spare seat at the table, with the Old Town lit up | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Krakow (KRK) | Krakow's Rynek Główny market and szopka nativity displays, with Wigilia at home in Małopolska | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Athens (ATH) | Athens's Syntagma Square tree, kalanta carols on Christmas Eve and the vasilopita cut on New Year's Day | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Vienna (VIE) | Vienna's Rathausplatz market, Silent Night on Christmas Eve and the Silvesterpfad street party on December 31 | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Zurich (ZRH) | Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse lights, fondue nights and a train to snow in the Alps in under two hours | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | Amsterdam Light Festival on the canals, oliebollen stands before New Year's and fireworks over the Amstel | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Budapest (BUD) | Budapest's Vörösmarty Square market, fish soup on Christmas Eve and New Year's on the Danube embankment | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Prague (PRG) | Prague's Old Town Square market and tree, carp for Christmas Eve dinner and New Year's crowds on Charles Bridge | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Bucharest (OTP) | Bucharest celebrates Christmas on December 25, with colindători carolers and sarmale at the family table | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Belgrade (BEG) | Belgrade keeps Orthodox Christmas on January 7, with the badnjak burned on January 6; book a later return to stay | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Sofia (SOF) | Sofia's Christmas on December 25, the meatless Budni Vecher table on the 24th and survakane taps on New Year's | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Stockholm (ARN) | Stockholm's Gamla Stan market, julbord dinners and glögg in the darkest, coziest weeks of the year | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Oslo (OSL) | Oslo's Spikersuppa ice rink, ribbe on Christmas Eve and the Holmenkollen ski jump in the snow | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
| Copenhagen (CPH) | Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens at Christmas, flæskesteg dinners and æbleskiver with gløgg along Nyhavn | No matching fare saved | Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested) | Search these dates |
About these places
Fares are for December 18, 2026 to January 3, 2027. Spain's Three Kings parades are on January 5 and Serbia's Orthodox Christmas on January 7, so pick a later return if you are staying for them. See Christmas market trips for early-December weekends.
Facts checked October 8, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia: Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve supper, December 24) · Wikipedia: Cavalcade of Magi (Spain's Three Kings parades, January 5) · Wikipedia: Serbian Christmas traditions (January 7, Julian calendar) · Wikipedia: Revised Julian calendar (Romania and Bulgaria keep December 25)
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