Travel Ideas from Around the World
Sometimes the travel world seems a confusing place, we’ve worked with the travel specialists at AITO to put together a few ideas of some interesting and varied trips…
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Sometimes the travel world seems a confusing place, we’ve worked with the travel specialists at AITO to put together a few ideas of some interesting and varied trips…
If you are a fan of cress then Hampshire is the place to head for this May. Held on 19 May, the 2024 Alresford Watercress Festival will see fifteen thousand visitors flocking to New Alresford…
The 2018 Alresford Watercress Festival will take place on Sunday, 20 May. A nationally acclaimed annual food festival, it brings together thousands of visitors to celebrate watercress – something…
Rewind Festival is throwing their biggest party yet this summer to celebrate their 10 year anniversary, with new stages featuring some of the UK’s top comedians. Details are…
Tamarind by Elegant Hotels has launched anew Bajan rum excursion where visitors spend a wonderful afternoon of discovery and rum tasting around the island…
Five years ago the Dubrovnik Festiwine event started as a celebration of the region’s wine. Now it has grown to an international wine fair attracting top winemakers from far and…
The Isle of Wight Walking Festival 2024 will take place from 11 – 19 May and 5 to 13 October 2024. Walkers of all abilities can join in the two weeks. With more than half of the Isle of Wight designated as…
The popular Isle of Wight Walking Festival returns from April 28 to May 13, with local and visiting walkers of all ages and abilities invited to set-off across the Island…
Whether its sunning it up in Biarritz, magical Madeira, getting Inside Asia, sampling a great chocolate festival, railing it through India, visiting the Algarve or penning that novel we all…
The Sarojin, Thailand’s luxurious 56-roomed boutique residence, is helping guests experience Thailand’s ancient water festival of Songkran, celebrating the Thai New Year…
Songkran, or Thailand’s water festival, is an occasion of great fun especially in the major cities such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The Songkran Festival 2025 plans to be even bigger than usual…
The Caribbean island of Barbados is to host the Barbados Celtic Festival, from 12 to 15 May, in the capital Bridgetown; a celebration of Celtic and Bayan music and rum. …
The countdown is on to the best Celtic Festival worldwide as Barbados hosts the annual edition of its eclectic folk music festival ‘Barbados Celtic Festival’ from May 24 to 27…
Forget tasteless tacos and boring burritos – it’s not just chillies that are making Mexican food hot right now. The country’s cuisine is so rich and tasty that it’s been…
On 17 January, the Macao Government Tourism Office launched the 2018 Macao Year of Gastronomy. The line-up of activities and celebrations will feature a programme…
In partnership with Tourism Ireland’s ‘Global Greening’ campaign, the Niagara Falls Illumination Board will once again light up Niagara Falls in green on Saturday, March 17…
With the launch of Pop! Art in a Changing Britain exhibition at Chichester’s Pallant House Gallery and the new Festival 18 line-up at the Chichester Festival Theatre…
Depeche Mode, The Killers, Kasabian and Liam Gallagher have all been named as the headliners for this year’s Isle of Wight Festival. The Script, Van Morrison, Blossoms and James Bay…
To help celebrate Thai New Year, Banyan Tree Samui has introduced a “Songkran Indulgence” package at its spa throughout the month of April…
From food and drink to music and culture, Winchester bursts with life. And for those who love festivals, England’s vibrant, ancient capital has a calendar full of them…
What better way to discover different cultures than joining in with the festivities? Marissa Carruthers throws the spotlight on ten unique festivals 2018 has in store from around the globe…
Carmen Lourido has been elected as Tenerife’s new Carnival Queen after yesterday’s colourful two-and-a-half-hour gala attended by 5,300 people. Jorge González was responsible for the design of Carmen’s winning dress…
Dubai Food Festival (DFF) is Dubai’s annual citywide culinary celebration and is returning from 22 February – 10 March 2018 for the 5th time…
To embrace winter’s climate, Québec has an ingenious antidote: take the party outside. From the home of the snowmobile and the only place in the world you can do ice…
We love a good festival or two at Travel Begins at 40, which is why we have devoted a whole section to it – along with events.
In addition to giving a round-up of the most esoteric worldwide festivals for 2019, we have unique pages on many of the best – and most quirky – festivals from around he world. From spiritual and nature festivals such as India’s colourful Hindu festivals Diwali and Holi, and the Cherry Blossom Season Japan, to the messy but fun Boryeong Mud Festival in Korea and the outrageous Songkran new year celebrations in Thailand, we’ll have it covered. It’s a good idea to check up on what festivals there are in the place you are going on your holidays before setting off, although the delight of wandering unwittingly into a major cultural event can not be overstated.
We also have details of some of the biggest events – or our favourites – in the UK. So whether you are going to the Edinburgh Festival or the Notting Hill Carnival in August, or fancy a Watercress Festival in Hampshire, we have just the place for you.
Edinburgh is, of course, one of the highlights of the festival season in the UK, and we have pages devoted to both it and the Edinburgh Fringe.
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