The Top 24 Best Holiday Destinations in December

PARIS, FRANCE

Paris is a city famed for its elegance and romance, making it one of the best winter city breaks in Europe if you and your other half fancy some quality time together. Wrap up in your most fashionable coat for a nighttime stroll along the Seine – with the pathways illuminated by golden lamps that twinkle on the river – and pause for a glass of rich red wine before retiring to your glamorous hotel. But be sure to get out and about in this magnificent city: make the most of the fact that summer tourists have left (leaving plenty of room at the Louvre and the Notre-Dame), window shop at Rue de Rivoli and the Belle-Epoque, and sample the delights in Paris’ numerous patisseries.