ADVENTUROUS shoppers are urged to grab their passports and put on their shopping shoes to visit the famous Austrian Christmas Markets.

Allan Poyner, a community worker at the Tolladine Community Centre, is organising a coach for people aged over 50 in Tolladine and Brickfields to leave Worcester on Monday, December 6, to indulge in Austria's festive shopping for six days.

The party will be staying in an Alpine hotel en-route, and will visit Innsbruck and Salzburg. A half-day excursion into Italy is also on the cards.

"Anyone is welcome as long as they are over 50 and live in the Tolladine and Brickfields area," said Mr Poyner.

The trip will cost £130. For more information, contact Mr Poyner on 01905 20922.