Archive for November, 2010

Attractions in the UK that have family tickets for 5 or more!

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Are you a family of 5 or more and fed up of visiting attractions that have family tickets for families of 4? You’d think there would be better discounts for bigger families but we have to buy the family ticket plus and extra child.  Here are a list of attractions in the UK that I have found to date that have family tickets for a family of 5 or more:

Alton Towers  - They have a family ticket for 5 and 6!!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children or 1 adult & 4 children) costs £135 a saving of £28!! Save a whopping £55 when booking online!

Family of 6 ticket (2 adults & 4 children or 3 adults & 3 children) costs £162 a saving of £39!! Save a whopping £71.40 when booking online!

Lightwater Valley - They have a family ticket for 5, 6, 7 & 8!!!!!

Familyof 5 ticket  costs £82.50.

Family of 6 ticket  costs £99.

Familyof 7 ticket costs £115.50.

Family of 8 ticket  costs £132.

Savings vary on heights.  Family tickets for up to 6 people admit a maximum of 2 adults, a family ticket for 7 admits a maximum of 3 adults and a family ticket for 8 people admits a maximum of 4 adults.  BOOK ONLINE AND SAVE UP TO £3.50 PER PERSON

Chessington World Of Adventures - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children or 1 adult & 4 children) costs £40 a saving of £9!! Save a whopping £17 when booking online!

Cadbury World - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family of 5 ticket (2 adults & 3 children) costs £49 a saving of £9.10!

Edinburgh Zoo - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family of 5 ticket (2 adults & 3 children) costs £57.60 a saving of £6.40!

Oceanarium - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children) costs £30.95 a saving of £6.15!

City Cruises , London – They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children) costs £32 a saving of £13.50!

Heritage Motor Center Museum - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children) costs £28 a saving of £11!

The Deep, Hull - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children) costs £36 a saving of £5.50! Save a further £3.60 when buying online.

Camelot Theme Park - They have a family ticket for 5 and 6!!

Family ticket for 5 (5 guests) costs £85 a saving of £25! Save another £7.50 when booking online!

Family of 6 ticket (6 guests) costs £102 a saving of £30! Save another £9 when booking online!

Dinosaur Isle - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children) costs £17.00 a saving of £2.95!

Windsor Castle - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 children) costs £42.00 a saving of £18.50!

Oakwood Theme Park - They have a family ticket for 5 and 6!!

Family ticket for 5 (2 adults & 3 juniors) costs £76.65 a saving of £6! Save another £2 when booking online.

Family of 6 ticket (2 adults & 4 juniors) costs £93.50 a saving of £3.40! Save another £2 when booking online.

Paultons Park  - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family of 5 ticket (2 adults & 3 children) costs £87.50 a saving of £5, save  another £2.50 when buying online. (Not a massive amount really:(

But if your children are under a metre there is no saving on the family ticket, it costs £37 as children under a 1m are free.

The SS Great Britain, Bristol - They have a family ticket for 5!

Family ticket (2 adults, with 2 or 3 children) – £33, saving up to £10.25!!

Belfast Continental Christmas Market 20th November – 19th December 2010

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

The Christmas Continental Market will be at Belfast City Hall until 19 December, selling a range of food, drinks and crafts.

Kids can enjoy the merry-go-round and visit Santa in his grotto! They can also post their letters to Santa using Santa’s postbox.

Highlights include:

  • Bratwurst sausages and German beers
  • warming gluhwein
  • liqueur coffees
  • gourmet burgers
  • Spanish paella
  • toasted baguettes
  • waffles, crêpes and Dutch pancakes
  • cakes, fudge and sweets
  • Continental and Irish cheeses
  • exotic meats from around the world

If you are looking for an unusual Christmas gift then you are bound to find something among the great selection of gifts and crafts, including:

  • leather handbags, purses and wallets from France
  • candles
  • jewellery
  • ‘smellies’ from Provence
  • natural carved wooden furniture, statues, figurines from Kenya
  • pashminas and scarves.

For more info please visit: http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events/christmascontinentalmarket.asp

Do you fancy visiting Belfast Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Belfast on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

Swindon Christmas Market 9th – 23rd December 2010

Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Swindon are pleased to announce that between Thursday 9th December and Thursday 23rd December Wharf Green will become home to it’s first German Christmas Market.
 
Yes that’s right, for two weeks only the square will be transformed into a magical array of festive lights and up to 20 wooden chalets are expected. There’s no need to visit any other town when Swindon has everything you need.
 
The market will be opened by the Mayor of Swindon, Cllr Rex Barnett on Thursday 9th December at 10.00am.

Do you fancy visiting Swindon Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Swindon on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

Manchester Christmas Market November 18th – December 21st 2010

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

No Mancunian winter is complete without a wander through the chalet-lined streets of Manchester’s famous Christmas market.

The perfect place to get your evening started, pick up some fabulous Christmas gifts, or relax after a hard day’s Christmas shopping, the markets really have become a very firm fixture of everybody’s yuletide countdown.

The array of stalls is mind-boggling, with mouth-watering delicacies from all over Europe. Try sweet and savoury treats from Dutch mini pancakes and Hungarian goulash to Spanish paella and French profiteroles. Relax with a hot chocolate, warming Gluhwein, German or Spanish beer or French wine. Soak up the atmosphere of a truly international event with a uniquely Mancunian flavour.

For more info visit: http://www.manchestermarkets.com/Specialist-Markets/Christmas-Market/Christmas-Markets_15_p1.asp

Do you fancy visiting Manchester Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Manchester on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

Edinburgh Christmas Markets 2010

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Edinburgh Traditional German Christmas Market
Thursday 25 November – Friday 24 December 2010

Experience all the magic of a traditional German Christmas market in the heart of Edinburgh’s city centre. Browse stalls packed with handmade decorations, toys and gifts and warm yourself up with a mug of Gluhwein and traditional German snacks. 

Christmas markets have been a tradition since medieval times and Edinburgh’s German Christmas Market is provided by stallholders based in Frankfurt. The popular market is back as always, selling a mix of classic and contemporary gifts as well as a range of German food and drink ideal for warming up the chilly bits. Tasty delights include hearty sausages, fried potato cakes, crepes and German beer, as well as the now famous Glühwein.
Highland Village Christmas Market
Thursday 25 November 2010 – Tuesday 4 January 2011
East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
Visit The Highland Village Christmas Market for unique Christmas presents from a selection of locally produced food, jewellery and craft. Enjoy a hot mug of mulled wine or whisky toddy and stroll through the market.

Edinburgh bursts to life with parades, fireworks, Christmas lights and the iconic winter wonderland. Gluhwein flows and for the first time as well as the German Christmas markets, there will be a Highland Village-style market selling food, drink, clothing and jewellery from all over Scotland!  From Scottish foodie treats to woolly hats and Scottish teddy bears, this market is eclectic, vibrant and fun. Scottish produce is on sale from a range of food producers and retailers including venison burgers from Well Hung and Tender, as well as candles gifts, jewellery and quirky clothes. Beneath the Edinburgh Wheel and above the ice rink, the lovely location of this market makes Christmas shopping a real pleasure.

For more info please visit Edinburgh 360 or Edinburghs Cristmas

Do you fancy visiting Edinburgh Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Edinburgh on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

Dublin Christmas Market 3rd December – 22nd December 2010

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

The Docklands Christmas Market 2010 is a unique celebration of yuletide cheer with a magical German twist 

The Christmas markets of Germany are famous for evoking an unparalleled magical festive feeling. This year that authentic Germanic magic is coming to the IFSC in Dublin’s Docklands at the Docklands Christmas Market, running from December 3rd to December 22nd. Now in its fifth year, the Docklands Christmas Market is being brought to Dublin by German events company, Go GmbH and will now extend to 20 days, featuring some of Germany’s most experienced Christmas marketers.

The Docklands Christmas Market will be filled with brightly decorated wooden huts and chalets selling an array of unique Christmas gifts, including beautiful Christmas decorations, hand made arts and crafts, and other unusual stocking fillers. The Docklands will play host to almost one hundred German traders as well as plenty of home grown Irish stalls and an exciting mix of African traders.

For more info visit http://www.visitdublin.com

Do you fancy visiting Dublin Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Dublin on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

Cardiff Christmas Market, Cardiff Bay 4th & 5th December 2010

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Imagine……   Walking into Landsea Square, and seeing Cardiff Bay’s first Official Christmas Market!.
Stallholders selling handmade crafts and food delights, Santa and his Elves creating excitement telling children the story of Christmas. The sound of choirs singing joyfully with the smells of festive delights filling the air on a crisp winters day.

Designed to give the people of Cardiff, Wales and the rest of the UK a wonderful Christmas experience of both the market and the city.

This will be the first time an official Christmas Market has taken place in Cardiff Bay which is sure to enhance the area and its beautiful surroundings.

The Christmas Market will be in conjunction with the switching on of the Cardiff Bay Christmas Lights which also includes fireworks, Red Dragon FM and fairground rides in association with Cardiff Bay Waterfront Partners.

For more info visit http://www.cardiffchristmasmarket.co.uk

Do you fancy visiting Cardiff Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Cardiff on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

Christmas markets in & around Bradford (Haworth, Shipley, Saltaire) 2010

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Here is a list of markets leading up to Christmas in & around Bradford:

Haworth Christmas Market – 20th and 21st November. Located on Main Street, Haworth, this seasonal Market will offer 20 – 25 stalls selling festive treats for all the family

Bradford Christmas Market - 2nd to 5th December. This bustling market with over 30 stall’s on Darley Street, Kirkgate, Bank Street and Tyrell Street has something to offer everyone! As well as lot’s of festive treat’s for the family there’s lot’s of lovely Christmas cuisine on offer.

Shipley Christmas Market - 10th and 11th December, Shipley Market Square. Located next to the Shipley Open Market, Shipley Christmas Market will offer 20 – 25 stalls selling festive treats for all the family.

Saltaire Local Produce Market- 18th December, Caroline Street car park, Victoria Rd, Saltaire. This is your last chance stock up on your locally sourced goods before Christmas Day! So why not make a date in your diary and see for yourself, what some of the region’s finest local producers have to offer.

Source: http://www.bradfordmarkets.com

Do you fancy visiting Bradford Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Bradford on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

 

Gloucester Victorian Christmas Market 25th – 28th November 2010

Monday, November 15th, 2010

The hustle and bustle of a Victorian Christmas will be brought to life as a traditional market comes to Gloucester Docks and  Gloucester Quays Designer Outlet for the first time.

The event in Gloucester Docks and Gloucester Quays will feature decorated stalls selling hand-made gifts and fine food and drink, characters in Dickensian costume, street entertainers, family activities, real ale tavern, Victorian waterside and Waterways Museum and choirs and brass bands, all against the historic backdrop of the city’s Historic Docks. The perfect place to pick up that special Christmas gift.

For more info please visit: City Of Gloucester Website

Do you fancy visiting Gloucester Victorian Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Gloucester on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!

Oxford Christmas Market 26 November – 12 December 2010

Friday, November 12th, 2010

The Oxford Christmas Market is a German-style Christmas Market that takes place in the heart of the city at the Oxford Castle from 26 Nov – 12 December 2010 and includes beautifully decorated wooden stalls offering wonderful Christmas gifts and seasonal treats.

Come along and enjoy the magical atmosphere. Local choirs and brass bands will perform Christmas carols throughout the 17 days, adding to the festive atmosphere, and a small Victorian carousel will again delight the children.

Thursday – Saturday 10am – 8pm, Sunday – Wednesday 10am – 6pm

For more info visit http://www.oxfordchristmasmarket.co.uk

Do you fancy visiting Oxford Christmas Market with your family but need a hotel room for the night? Find lots of hotels and guest houses in and around Oxford on www.roomfor5.co.uk that have family rooms that can accommodate a family of 5, 6, 7 or more!!