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Stay cheaply in Sweden, spiritually in Austria, plus deals to Bolivia and Canada, and family days out at Christmas
Escapism
Visitors to On Space Time Foam look like spiders in a giant web as they stagger about on sheets of transparent PVC stretched 24 metres above the floor of a massive former industrial unit, Hangar Bicocca in Milan. The aerial artwork, by Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno, is open until 3 February. Entrance free.
• hangarbicocca.org/exhibitions/On-Space-Time-Foam-Tomas-Saraceno
Snow watch
There are good conditions across the Alps, especially in Switzerland (Verbier has almost two metres at the top) and France (Flaine also has a couple of metres). There's been fresh snow in Colorado, which had a slow start to the season. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has excellent conditions, with snow over one metre deep.
• skiclub.co.uk
Cheap date
Canadian Affair launches its January sale on Boxing Day. Among its deals are a seven-night tour of Ontario by motorhome in May for £799pp including flights, and a three-night break in Toronto for £479pp. It will also have flights to Vancouver and Calgary from £398pp return.
• 020-7616 9933, canadianaffair.com
What's new?
Accommodation
Moment Hotel (+46 7256 25970, momenthotels.com/en) is a new budget option in Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city. Its smart little rooms, with Wi-Fi, flatscreen TV and a big comfy bed, are handy for the railway station and cost from £79 a night including breakfast.
Design Hotels' first member hotel in Malaysia has opened in George Town, Penang. Macalister Mansion (Singapore +1 800 3746 8357, designhotels.com/macalister_mansion) comprises eight rooms in a revamped century-old mansion, and has an amazing white restaurant, pictured, with a pastel-coloured woodland scene of sculptures, from £160 a night including breakfast.
For something more spiritual, Inghams (01483 791114, inghams.co.uk) has added monastery stays in Austria to its 2013 holiday collection. Three monasteries in beautiful mountain regions offer half- or full-board and extras such as a meditation session with a qualified monk, dream analysis and Bible lessons. Twin rooms cost from £699pp for seven nights including flights from Gatwick.
Flights
Bolivia is not particularly well-served by airlines, but a new twice-weekly route with Air Europe, from Gatwick via Madrid to Santa Cruz should widen the market (0871 423 0717, aireuropa.com, from £786 return).
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• Rain kissing during post-apocalyptic-style thunderstorm in Venice #unexpectedromance @laurenbeckett
• Being in NYC while #sandy hit was hard to beat, in terms of experiences!! @heleddjones
• Ice and fire of Iceland, snowmobiling, scenery, natural hot springs ... if only it were cheaper! @MerryMeriMary
• Watching my 4 & 6 YOs fall in love with the vibrancy, chaos, colour and beauty of Brazil @startpointpr
• Cayman Islands – blue iguanas, swimming with rays – I was 3 months pregnant ... @cathywinston
• The Arctic. I don't believe my grandchildren will be able to see what I saw @shaneyhudson
• Honeymoon in Borneo – spied pygmy elephants& baby hawksbill turtles hatch @jentravelstweet
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Family days out at Christmas
Christmas isn't over by Boxing Day. Plenty of attractions run festive events right up until the kids go back to school. At the Warner Bros Studios in Watford (closed 25 and 26 December, wbstudiotour.co.uk), the Harry Potter tour, pictured, has been given a festive makeover until 6 January. Harry's first Christmas at Hogwarts has been recreated around the castle; the Great Hall is set for a feast, and there is a partridge hunt around on a special trail.
At Bristol (closed 24-26 December, at-bristol.org.uk), the science centre, is running Santa's Invention Workshop until 6 January. Children can make science-inspired stocking fillers. The Xscape entertainment centres (closed 25 December, xscape.co.uk) in Glasgow, Castleford and Milton Keynes each have slopes with real snow for skiing and snowboarding. Glasgow also has a log cabin where children can play the snowball snowman challenge; Castleford has sledging with Santa's elves; and Milton Keynes has a giant snowglobe.
At the Roald Dahl museum (closed 24-26 December, roalddahlmuseum.com) in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, they are celebrating the Delumptious Days of Christmas from 27 December to 6 January (except New Year's Eve and Day). Children can discover the Norwegian Santa, and make a BFG dream bottle with a resolution for the new year. At Eureka! (closed 24-26 December and 1 January, eureka.org.uk), the national children's museum in Halifax, there is a pantomime until 6 January and Interstellar Cinderella, a journey through the solar system with Cinders and Prince Charming. Finally, for a festive day out without the crowds, Ripley's Believe It or Not! (ripleyslondon.com) in London even opens on Christmas Day.