Europe’s best Christmas markets – from Prague to the Peak District

Market: If you want to stay close to home, it doesn’t get much better than Chatsworth House. Set against the backdrop of the stunning Peak District National Park, amidst its own 1,888 acres of parkland, the stunning Grade I listed stately home has 25 grand rooms filled with antiques. It has been home to seventeen generations of a Devonshire family, and at Christmas comes over 100 market stalls selling gifts and some of the same pretty trinkets that adorn the Christmas trees that line its halls at this time of year. year At least 20,000 balls were hung and 48 Christmas trees were installed. The market features live music that can be enjoyed with a mulled wine or German beer in hand, or while snacking on a gourmet burger, sausage, hot pork roll, or churros. Festive Blighty at its best.