Newmarket Holidays adds four new European itineraries for 2027

Escorted tour operator Newmarket Holidays has expanded its European portfolio with four new itineraries, including the reintroduction of Austria.

The operator said the new packages either complement existing bestsellers in its portfolio or respond directly to customer demand.

The Spirit of Budapest & the Danube is a four-night city break featuring a city tour and a full-day Danube Bend excursion returning to Budapest by boat.

Timeless Romania – Bucharest & Transylvania is an eight-day tour through four cities, taking in the Palace of Parliament in the Romanian capital, Unesco-listed Saxon villages in Transylvania, Dracula’s Castle at Bran, and the Libearty Bear Sanctuary.

The operator said the launch of this tour responds to growing customer interest in the region, building on the success of Slovenia and Albania.

Prague, Dresden & Colditz Castle is an eight-day tour combining the Bohemian capital with the Czech spa towns of Karlovy Vary and Marianske Lazne, the landscapes of Saxon Switzerland National Park, the Baroque streets of Dresden, Meissen porcelain, and a guided visit to Colditz Castle.

No other Newmarket Holidays tour combines all these locations within a single itinerary, which the operator said will be a “valuable selling point” for agents.

Austria – Salzburg & the Eastern Alps reintroduces Austria to the Newmarket Holidays programme, in response to customer demand.

The seven-night tour includes excursions to Salzburg, Zell am See, the Salzkammergut lake region, Bad Gastein, and a schnapps distillery.

Hayley Morris, head of trade sales and partnerships, said: “These four new tours give travel agents a strong and varied set of options for customers looking at Europe across 2027.

“From a four-night city break in Budapest to eight days across Transylvania, and from Colditz Castle to an Austrian all-inclusive with no single supplement, there is something here for a wide range of customers.

“These are destinations customers are asking for, and the itineraries are built to make them easy to recommend.”

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