TUI Adds Alicante and Salzburg City Breaks
The travel company expands its city break packages to 57 destinations through a new partnership with Ryanair.
Updated on Nov. 1, 2026 in Europe
TUI has added Alicante, Spain and Salzburg, Austria to its city break holiday packages. The additions bring its total to 57 city breaks, enabled by a recently launched partnership with Ryanair.
Why it matters
The expansion gives travelers more European and international options under package holiday deals. The added destinations reflect TUI's use of supplier partnerships to broaden its offerings.
TUI now offers 57 city breaks, and most of its services operate two or three times a week. The number of Alicante and Salzburg bookings or the flight frequency specific to those routes has not been disclosed.
The players
TUI
TUI is a major European travel and tourism company that sells package holidays and operates its own airline and hotel brands.
Ryanair
Ryanair is a low-cost European airline headquartered in Ireland that operates a large network of short-haul routes.
The details
TUI added Salzburg and Alicante following a recently launched partnership with Ryanair that allows it to offer more destinations. The company also offers city breaks to Paris, Dubai, Rome, Amsterdam, New York, and Christmas-season trips to Berlin, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, and Gdansk.
Timeline
Recently launched: TUI-Ryanair partnership enabled the new destinations.
Lead-up to Christmas: TUI offers festive city breaks to European Christmas markets.
Travel Outlook
The expansion follows a broader pattern in European leisure travel where tour operators rely on low-cost airline capacity to add short-haul city destinations. Seasonal Christmas market trips are a recurring element of this winter city break strategy.
Travelers interested in Alicante or Salzburg packages can compare TUI's city break offers against independent flight and hotel bookings. Those planning Christmas-season trips may want to check route frequency, since most TUI services run two or three times a week.
The takeaway
Package holidays are increasingly built on partnerships between tour operators and airlines, which can widen destination choice for travelers. Comparing package prices with separately booked flights and hotels remains the practical way to judge value.
Further reading
Explore more about Europe destinations and how package holidays are changing across the continent.
Source note: This article includes information reported by EXPRESS.
