Washington, Dec 25 : Popstar Beyonce Knowles is making sure her first holidays as a married woman are as stress-free as possible, for the stunner has planned relaxed Christmas cruising around the Mediterranean.

"I''m taking the whole month off - the end of December and the first week of January. I wanna travel, I wanna go to the South of France," Contactmusic quoted Beyonce, s saying.

"I wanna relax and maybe go on a boat and stay away from the cameras. You feel like you''re in your own world, you feel like you''re protected from everything and you''re right in the middle of the ocean," she added.

Beyonce, who has been working round the clock for her new album `I am Sasha Fierce', is bent upon making the most of her holidays.

"It''s the only time I can really relax, because then I have no excuse; I''m stuck and I have to take care of myself and eat good food... I can''t escape," Beyonce said. (ANI)