One of the most idyllic Christmas vacations has got to be a cruise in the Caribbean. Not only do you get to relax in the middle of the endless ocean but you can also visit a number of Caribbean islands over the course of a week or two. Some packages will offer a seven day cruise with a visit to one island a day. At the end of the cruise, you get to decide which island to stay on for the rest of the vacation. So you sample the delights of a handful of islands and then you get to stay at the best of the lot!
You can decide on the kind of cruise that you want. Some of the ships are huge and are a vacation all by themselves, with great food in amazing restaurants and wave pools and games on deck. Smaller, equally impressive, cruise ships might give the impression that you are on a luxury yacht. The amazing mix of cultures in the Caribbean, from the British to the African, means that you are enjoy every minute that you spend in your island Christmas vacation.
Islands in the Caribbean include:
St. Lucia
Barbados
Punta Cana
Aruba
Jamaica
Grenada
St. Kitts and Nevis
Island Christmas Vacations- Soak up the History of the Canaries
The Canaries are off the African coast. A Spanish territory, their weather is better than most European destinations around Christmas time and islands that include Tenerife feature archaeological sites and natural history museums just in case the weather isn’t as good as it could be.
Warm all year round, the peak season in the Canaries isn’t at Christmas time so you might get a cheap island Christmas vacation there if you search around for a good deal. Even an overcast day in the Canaries is still warm, and with art museums and history aplenty to take in, you’ll never be bored even if the weather isn’t at its very best.
La Laguna and the Teide are both World Heritage Sites, so there’s plenty of culture to be found in the Canaries.
Island Christmas Vacations- Feel the Heat in the Pacific
Fiji is yet another option available to you if you are looking for an island Christmas vacation in the Pacific. There are package deals offering Christmas themed community activities, so you have all the pleasures of living in a thatched hut on a tropical beach while celebrating the Yuletide season in ways you might back home, except with a tropical twist.
If you want a less exotic holiday in the Pacific, why not travel to New Zealand? Summers there are warm but extremely manageable for those who don’t like the heat. The scenery is incredible, with snow capped peaks and vast open plains. Take a hike to a spring or stay at a hotel in one of the small but beautiful cities. It’s attractive to movie directors as a location (the Lord of the Rings trilogy was shot there). Island Christmas vacations there may be more familiar thematically too, as the population celebrates Christmas in a similar vein to both American and European vacationers.
St Lucia All Inclusive Resorts
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