Are you ready for some German Christmas market magic? Fun as those regular commercial ones dotting virtually every city center can be, sometimes you might yearn for something that appears, at least on the surface, a little more traditional.

In your quest to see as much of Europe as possible within a limited time frame and on a budget, do you get frustrated when the best deals on flights always seem to be to the same destination? For example, Prague, London and Rome are cities to which it’s fairly easy to find a bargain fare. But just try to find a cheap flight to Corsica or Sicily — it’s nigh-on impossible, any time of the year. So what’s a good work-around solution?