The dreamlike Christmas market hidden underneath a viaduct – with 40 stalls and its own post office

EVERY year, a scenic gorge successful Germany's Black Forest is transformed into a charming Christmas marketplace with implicit 40 stalls and unrecorded euphony performances.

Ravenna Gorge Christmas Market, besides known arsenic Ravennaschlucht Weihnachtsmarkt, is located betwixt Hinterzarten and Freiburg successful confederate Germany.

The German Christmas marketplace is acceptable underneath the 40m-high Höllental Railway Viaduct, making it look similar it's been plucked consecutive from a Harry Potter film.

Ravenna Gorge Christmas Market archetypal started arsenic a tiny gathering of section vendors successful the aboriginal 20th century.

However, it has since go 1 of the region's astir fashionable festive markets.

The viaduct is lit up during the festive period, with woody huts and snow-dusted trees lining the bottommost of the gorge.

The Christmas marketplace is location to implicit 40 stalls that merchantability a scope of handmade items, including woody toys, cuckoo clocks and ornaments.

There's besides a scope of food and drink vendors serving a scope of section grub similar Bratwurst, Flammkuchen (smoky German pizza), fire-roasted nuts and crepes.

Traditional choirs and bands execute astatine the Christmas market, portion a bid of unrecorded demonstrations besides instrumentality place.

Younger guests tin besides instrumentality portion successful a Christmas quiz and travel a nativity trail.

Ravenna Gorge Christmas Market adjacent has its ain post office wherever younger visitors tin nonstop letters to Father Christmas.

Previous visitors person raved astir the Christmas market.

Travel blogger Prost with the Proppes writing: "The Christmas marketplace astatine Ravenna Gorge is 1 of the astir magical we person been to.

"The marketplace is smaller than the ones successful bigger cities, truthful I don’t deliberation you request much than a time oregon two."

Another question blogger, known arsenic A Dangerous Business, added: "This magical Christmas marketplace successful the woods lived up to each my expectations."

Ravenna Gorge Christmas Market volition unfastened to the nationalist connected prime dates successful November and December.

The Christmas market volition beryllium unfastened connected November 22, 23, 29, and 30, and it volition besides beryllium unfastened connected December 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15.

The marketplace volition beryllium unfastened from 3pm to 9pm each Friday, opening an hr earlier connected Saturdays and Sundays.

Entry tickets outgo €5.50 (£4.60) for adults who get earlier 4pm, with this interest rising to €7.50 (£6.27) for entrants who get aft this time.

Tickets for children aged betwixt six and 15 are free.

Shuttle services run from respective adjacent towns and villages, including Titisee, Hinterzarten, Himmelreich and Freiburg.

Children volition request to wage €2 (£1.67) to committee the shuttle work from Titisee, Hinterzarten and Himmelreich, with shuttle services from Freiburg costing €28 (£23.41).

Visitors tin besides publication onto torchlight hikes, lantern walks and winter hikes to the Christmas Market.

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is the closest airdrome to the Christmas market, with British Airways and easyJet some operating a nonstop way from London.

One-way fares commencement from £15 successful December, with instrumentality fares from arsenic small arsenic £32.

Meanwhile, this question writer thinks their hometown has the champion Christmas attraction successful the UK.

A metropolis successful Germany has been dubbed "Christmas city" due to the fact that it has 1 of the world's oldest and astir celebrated Christmas markets.