Christmas flights to Europe from your city
Going home for the holidays, or just going? Fares from your city 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.
Dates: Christmas and New Year's, Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027.
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Each city page shows real round-trip fares from that city, with the cheapest one for each destination.
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Where to go and why
- London: London's Regent Street lights, Boxing Day sales and New Year's Eve fireworks over the Thames
- Dublin: Dublin's Grafton Street carolers, Christmas Eve in the pub and the Forty Foot swim on Christmas morning
- Paris: Paris's Champs-Élysées lights, réveillon dinner on Christmas Eve and the Boulevard Haussmann store windows
- Frankfurt: Frankfurt's Römerberg market in the run-up, then Heiligabend at home, with the whole of Germany by train
- Munich: Munich's Marienplatz Christkindlmarkt, Christmas Eve Mass at the Frauenkirche and snow in the Bavarian Alps
- Rome: Rome's Piazza Navona market, Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's and the Pope's Christmas Day blessing
- Milan: Milan's Duomo and Galleria lights, panettone from the city that invented it, and trains to the Alps for snow
- Madrid: Madrid's Nochebuena dinner, twelve grapes at midnight in Puerta del Sol and the Three Kings parade on January 5
- Lisbon: Lisbon's Consoada supper on Christmas Eve, bacalhau on the table and New Year's fireworks at Praça do Comércio
- Warsaw: Warsaw's Wigilia supper on December 24, twelve dishes and a spare seat at the table, with the Old Town lit up
- Krakow: Krakow's Rynek Główny market and szopka nativity displays, with Wigilia at home in Małopolska
- Athens: Athens's Syntagma Square tree, kalanta carols on Christmas Eve and the vasilopita cut on New Year's Day
- Vienna: Vienna's Rathausplatz market, Silent Night on Christmas Eve and the Silvesterpfad street party on December 31
- Zurich: Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse lights, fondue nights and a train to snow in the Alps in under two hours
- Amsterdam: Amsterdam Light Festival on the canals, oliebollen stands before New Year's and fireworks over the Amstel
- Budapest: Budapest's Vörösmarty Square market, fish soup on Christmas Eve and New Year's on the Danube embankment
- Prague: Prague's Old Town Square market and tree, carp for Christmas Eve dinner and New Year's crowds on Charles Bridge
- Bucharest: Bucharest celebrates Christmas on December 25, with colindători carolers and sarmale at the family table
- Belgrade: Belgrade keeps Orthodox Christmas on January 7, with the badnjak burned on January 6; book a later return to stay
- Sofia: Sofia's Christmas on December 25, the meatless Budni Vecher table on the 24th and survakane taps on New Year's
- Stockholm: Stockholm's Gamla Stan market, julbord dinners and glögg in the darkest, coziest weeks of the year
- Oslo: Oslo's Spikersuppa ice rink, ribbe on Christmas Eve and the Holmenkollen ski jump in the snow
- Copenhagen: Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens at Christmas, flæskesteg dinners and æbleskiver with gløgg along Nyhavn
- Helsinki: Helsinki's Senate Square market, Christmas sauna on the 24th and a short train to Turku for the Christmas Peace
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)