Vienna, Austria - The number one Xmas vacation spots with the absolute best hotel prices!

Vienna effervesces with X-mas good cheer, and the vacation season is easily the most festive season to see this marvelous city. Twinkling christmas lights glimmer, strung from every conceivable property and tree, while the city's trademark Xmas markets spring to life with stalls offering for sale hand-crafted gift ideas and suppliers hawking mulled wine and street foods.

While meandering through the marketplaces, enjoy traditional austrian treats, like lebkuchen (gingerbread), waffles, maroni (sweet chestnuts), bratwurst and spiced, warm glühwein (mulled wine).

Then immerse yourself in a winter wonderland by going ice skating at the incredible rink on the Rathausplatz plaza, set before the town's spectacular town hall building, skillfully bedecked in a dynamic arrangement of X-mas lights. The plaza in addition houses the city's biggest Christkindlmarkt, or Christmas market, with over 140 merchants offering every thing, from wood games to candle lights and pickle jars. Don't forget to reserve tickets to rejoice in Christmas Mass at the Hofburgkapelle chapel, presenting the world renowned Vienna Boys Choir.