From watching the fireworks in Berlin to dog-sledding in Lapland, get ready to welcome 2011 in style, says NICOLA ISEARD

1 BERLIN WITH A BANG
Brave the midnight chill and j oin in Europe's largest open-air New Year's Eve celebrations.
Attracting more than a million revellers, a one-mile strip between Berlin's Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate is transformed into a street party with live music, light shows and food stands.
As the clock chimes midnight, fireworks light up the sky.
Dertour (0207 290 1111/dertour.co.uk) offers a two-night stay at InterCityHotel Berlin from £280pp (two sharing), B&B. Price includes return flights from Heathrow to B erlin and transfers. Departs December 30.

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2 WIGHT FOOT FORWARD
If it's a laid-back break you're after rent The Milk House, a 200-year-old stone barn surrounded by countryside in Chale, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Isle of Wight's south coast.
It sleeps six and has a cosy living room with exposed stone w alls, a bathroom with a roll-top bath and a Shaker-style kitchen.
On New Year's Day explore part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path.
Green Getaways (0871 376 0013/ wightlink.co.uk/greengetaways) offers seven nights from £164pp (six sharing), self-catering. Price includes return car ferry crossings from Portsmouth or L ymington. From December 28.

3 BUOYANT IN VENICE
Looking for a new year celebration with a difference?
How about an eight-day round-trip adventure that includes a night in Paris, followed by a scenic train j ourney across the Alps to Venice?
From here you can board a cruise ship for a five-night stay on the Venice Lagoon. Highlights include a New Year's Eve gala dinner and a lagoon cruise.
Treyn (01904 734 940/railholidays.com) offers seven nights from £1,365pp (two sharing), mixed board. Price includes return rail travel, hotel and cruise accommodation and most meals.
Departs London St Pancras I nternational, December 27.

4 GO SOLO IN MALTA
For single travellers looking for some winter sun, try this specialist trip to Malta where the average winter temperature is 18C.
Staying at the Hotel Fortina in Sliema, near Valletta, you'll have a New Year's Eve dinner in the hotel's restaurant overlooking the sea, go on a harbour cruise and learn about the island's history.
Solo's (0844 371 8860/solosholidays.co.uk) offers a seven-night break to Malta from £619pp, half-board. Price includes return flights from Heathrow.
Departs December 28.

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5 CREAM OF CORNWALL
There will be a house party atmosphere at the family-friendly Sands Resort Hotel & Spa near Newquay from December 30 to January 3, 2011. There's everything from treasure hunts and discos to a New Year's Eve gala dinner. On New Year's Day parents can lie-in or visit the spa while their offspring are supervised at a special arts and crafts event.
Sands Resort Hotel & Spa (01637 872 864/sandsresort.co.uk) offers new year breaks from £473 per adult, £237 per child (four sharing), half board. Price includes use of spa facilities and activities.

6 ALPINE CAROLS
If you're keen to see in 2011 on the slopes, how about a seven-night stay at the Chalet L'Ours Blanc in Montgenèvre from December 27?
The town, in the Hautes-Alpes region, is one of the highest in France and links to the vast Milky Way ski area in Italy to provide more than 250 miles of piste.
New Year's Eve will see a torch-lit mountain descent by the resort's ski instructors, carol singing and fireworks.
Zenith Holidays (01737 852 242/ zenithholidays.co.uk) offers seven nights from £399pp (two sharing), half board. Price includes return Eurotunnel crossings.

7 PARTY ISLAND
Join the new year revelry in the village square in the atmospheric old port of Garachico on Tenerife's north-west coast.
Stay at the Hotel La Quinta Roja where guests will be treated to a celebratory meal on New Year's Eve before joining locals for fireworks and dancing.
Inntravel (01653 617 000/ inntravel.co.uk) offers four nights from £510pp (two sharing), B&B.
Price includes New Year's Eve dinner and car hire. Ryanair (0871 246 0000/ryanair.com) offers return flights from London Stansted to Tenerife South from £151.

8 IT'S A BUTE
Go seal-spotting on the beach after celebrating the new year in style in 16th-century Saddell Castle on the Saddell Estate in Argyll and Bute.
Perched on the edge of the Kintyre peninsula at Saddell Bay it has gleaming wood floors, beamed ceilings and antiques.
Saddell Estate (01628 825 925/ landmarktrust.org.uk) offers a five-night stay at Saddell Castle from £245pp (eight sharing), self-catering. From December 30.

9 NORTHERN LIGHTS
Celebrate the arrival of 2011 amidst the majestic snow-covered forests of Swedish Lapland.
Take a guided trip which includes snowmobiling on New Year's Eve and dog-sledding across the winter landscape on New Year's Day before checking into the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi. You can also go snowshoeing, ice fishing and spot the spectacular Northern Lights.
The Adventure Company (0845 287 6278/adventurecompany.co.uk) offers seven nights from £1,929pp (two sharing), mixed board.
Price includes most meals, return flights from Heathrow to Stockholm and transfers to Kiruna. Departs December 27.

10 NARROW YOUR OPTIONS
Albertine is a 60ft narrowboat sleeping up to 10 based at Stretton under Fosse, in Warwickshire. It's available to hire for four nights from December 30.
Chug along the serene South Oxford Canal and Grand Union Canal as you go, before sitting down to a New Year's Eve feast in the spacious open-plan saloon.
Waterways Holidays (0845 127 1020/waterwaysholidays.com) offers four nights from £97.50pp (10 sharing), self-catering. Price includes fuel and tuition on arrival.