{"id":508843,"date":"2025-10-18T07:17:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/508843\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:17:28","slug":"the-79-day-trip-taking-shoppers-to-one-of-europes-best-christmas-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/508843\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u00a379 day trip taking shoppers to one of Europe’s best Christmas markets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trips depart in NovemberThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a>\"ShoppersWowcher has a deal that lets Christmas shoppers pop over to Bruges’ Christmas markets for the day(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

With autumn now officially here, many of us will be thinking about Christmas<\/strong><\/a> gifts and trips. Christmas markets are a great way to get into the festive spirit, with their many stalls, decorations and delicious treats, and there\u2019s a current deal that will save shoppers some cash.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a Bruges Christmas Markets Day Trip<\/strong><\/a>, which includes return coach and ferry travel from six pick-up points, currently available on Wowcher for \u00a379, reduced from \u00a3139. Shoppers will save 43% with this deal, so it\u2019s worth taking a look.<\/p>\n

The Bruges Christmas Markets Day Trip<\/strong><\/a> is perfect for anyone looking for unique gifts or just to enjoy a day out with friends and family. Plus, if travellers haven\u2019t yet visited Bruges in Belgium, this offer ticks multiple boxes.<\/p>\n

Wowcher says there are coach pick-up points from London Victoria, Bexleyheath, Maidstone Services, Sainsbury’s at New Cross Gate, Hammersmith Apollo and Dover Port. The Bruges Christmas Markets Day Trip<\/strong><\/a> departs on selected dates from November 22 until December 21 2025 and at different times, depending on the pick-up location.<\/p>\n

Along with the return coach travel, there\u2019s a return ferry crossing between Dover and Calais included. There\u2019s duty-free shopping available onboard the ferry on the return journey to the UK, so shoppers can grab their favourite goodies.<\/p>\n

While in Bruges, shoppers will have a full day, up to seven hours, to explore the city and the different Christmas markets. With twinkling lights, an ice skating rink and festive performances, along with Belgian waffles, mulled wine and its famous hot chocolate, shoppers will be dazzled and spoilt for choice.<\/p>\n

Day trips to Bruges Christmas markets<\/p>\n

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Shoppers can get day trips to Bruges Christmas markets through Wowcher<\/p>\n

If travellers want to make their own way to Bruges, many low cost airlines offer flights. For example, EasyJet<\/strong><\/a> has flights from London Luton to Bruges from \u00a338.99 in December.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, travellers from Manchester could look at FlixBus<\/strong><\/a>, which has coaches from Manchester to Bruges for around \u00a335 in December. It takes around 15 hours, but they’ll get a great road trip through Europe.<\/p>\n

Reviewers on Wowcher commented on how easy it was to book the Bruges Christmas Markets Day Trip<\/strong><\/a>. Although there\u2019s only two reviews currently on Wowcher, they have left either four or five stars out of five.<\/p>\n

\"Bruges'Bruges’ Christmas markets are a major tourist attraction every year(Image: (Image: Getty))<\/p>\n

One wrote: \u201cEasy to book – not been yet but the booking process was good.\u201d While the other said: \u201cI haven\u2019t gone on my trip yet but the booking process was painless, just inserted my Wowcher number and, viola.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reviews for Coach Innovations, the company that is being used for the Bruges Christmas Markets Day Trip<\/strong><\/a>, are positive on Google too. One wrote: \u201cJust used for the first time, by far the most comfortable coach journey ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

While others were critical of the comfort of the coach and the organisation. One person wrote on Google: \u201cGreat trip to Bruges Christmas Market 1st December 2024\u2026 my only gripe is that I found the coach seat uncomfortable and I felt a bit squashed.\u201d Another said: \u201cWe enjoyed Bruges, however it was lacking in organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bruges Christmas Markets Day Trip<\/strong><\/a> is available on Wowcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trips depart in NovemberThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[35745,144780,2000,299,5187,2049,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-508843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-christmas-markets","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-money-saving-and-offers","14":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115393950305326429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}