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THE CHIARA! CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

What a lovely Christmas!

Markets, little towns and lovely discoveries

An afternoon under the lights. Hot chocolate to share. A gift chosen with love. Your next Christmas memory starts here.

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Christmas market in Strasbourg’s old town in 2018. Archive photograph, not the 2026 edition.
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Bormio

Province of Sondrio · Lombardy · Italy

Admission and costs
Admission is free with no booking for the market in Giardini di Piazza V Alpini. Shopping and refreshments cost extra; Bormio Terme and the Civic Museum are separate experiences with their own admission and calendars.
Getting there
Arrive by train at Tirano and reach the FS/RhB bus station in Via Calcagno: Perego line A070 runs to “Bormio, Autostazione, Milano”. From the Via Milano terminal continue on foot to the Giardini di Piazza V Alpini and the nearby historic centre.
Time to allow
Allow around 3 hours at the destination, excluding travel.
If it rains
Bormio Terme, Via Stelvio 14, offers a thermal route with indoor areas. It is a paid alternative with day or two-and-a-half-hour admission, without reservations and subject to capacity, separate from the market.
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Valkenburg

Limburg · Netherlands

Admission and costs
Gemeentegrot is a paid Christmas market with tickets for a 30-minute arrival window. Buy through the cave’s official website; Fluweelengrot is a different venue with its own ticket and is not automatically included.
Getting there
From Valkenburg station, walk to Gemeentegrot: allow about ten minutes on foot. The cave market entrance is at Cauberg 4; afterwards, continue through the town centre towards Walramplein for the outdoor section.
Time to allow
Allow around 3 hours at the destination, excluding travel.
If it rains
Gemeentegrot itself is the sheltered section, but requires a ticket and booked arrival window: it is not an unrestricted public rain shelter. The town-centre sections remain exposed to the weather.
Route and accessibility
Gemeentegrot accommodates wheelchairs, mobility scooters and walkers. Corridors are at least 2.5 metres wide.
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