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Best Christmas solo holiday destinations for midlife travellers

Simon Calder’s Travel

If the kids have flown the nest or you’re just in search of a hands-off festive feast where you don’t have to stress over the roasties, singles aged over 50 seeking a home from home this Christmas can discover inviting destinations in December.

As everyone knows, filling those middleman days between Christmas and the New Year with purpose is already a challenge once the obligatory Christmas Day walk has been trodden and everyone exists solely in a daze of leftovers.

Whether a seasonal skier, Christmas market city breaker or a quintessentially British (and brave) Boxing Day dipper, there’s a solo holiday for everyone to switch things up for the festive period in 2023, with an added bonus of socialising with likeminded lone travellers the cherry on top of the fruit cake.

To get away this Christmas Day, here are the best stays to consider, from the winter wonderlands of the Austrian Alps to Prague’s enchanting Christmas markets complete with all the traditional cheer.

Christmas in Austria

Solos Holidays

Experience Austria’s snowscapes on a solo trip from Salzburg

Experience Austria’s snowscapes on a solo trip from Salzburg (Getty Images)

Solos Holidays’ Christmas in Austria package includes seven nights of breakfast-included accommodation at the Johannesbad Palace Hotel in the centre of Bad Hofgastein, return flights, airport transfers and festive excursions for a magical Christmas spent in the Austrian Alps.

Think idyllic tours of the Salzkammergut district, a Christmas Eve gala dinner and a sleigh ride complete with celebratory glasses of glühwein, all while spending some relaxing alone time in Austria’s traditional winter wonderlands and steamy saunas.

Christmas in Austria from £2,807.50pp, departing 21 December 2024.

Read more: The best countries for solo travel – and top tips for travelling alone

Chester Christmas cheer

Just You Solo Adventures

A staycation to historic Chester is full of festive feasts and old-world charm

A staycation to historic Chester is full of festive feasts and old-world charm (Getty Images)

If any seasonal staycation can measure up to traditional family recipes cooked in your kitchen, it’s the Doubletree by Hilton’s a five-day Christmas in Chester break. This package is sure to feel like a home from home.

Festive feasting spans classic afternoon teas, a Christmas Day lunch with all the trimmings, and hearty breakfasts – which all count as part of your…

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