HOLIDAY GURU

Helping you find the perfect break

QWE ARE planning well ahead for a trip to go to the Christmas market in Vienna in November. Can you recommend a four-star hotel for three nights?

Mrs D. M. Chatefield, Sutton, London.

AGRAND Ferdinand Hotel is modern and well-located with a well-regarded brasserie serving wiener schnitzel — three nights in November from £450 for two ( grandferdinand.com).

QNEXT year I am 70 and would love to do a Rhine cruise. Please can you recommend one that incorporates the summer firework festivals held at Rudesheim am Rhein in Germany?

Julie Johnson, via email.

ATRY Arena Travel, which has a ten-day ‘Rhine in Flames’ cruise holiday beginning in Andernach and ending in Cologne from £ 895pp, full- board but excluding flights ( arenatravel. com/river-cruises/rhine-in-flames).

QWE WILL be taking the Hurtigruten from Kirkenes to Bergen in Norway. The ship docks in Bronnoysund, from where I wish to visit Torghatten mountain, about a 15-minute drive away. Is there a taxi I could catch to go there for a couple of hours?

Ray Millar, Tamworth, Staffs.

AYES, book a taxi in advance via the tourist office on 0047 75 01 80 00 ( visithelgeland.

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IF YOU need advice, the Holiday Guru is here to answer your questions and provide tips on how to make the most of your time off. Please send questions to

holidayplanner@dailymail.co.uk or write to Daily Mail Travel, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT — and include your contact details. We will do our best to answer your queries but we can’t reply to every enquiry. Please do not send in any original documents. We look forward to hearing from you.