Festivals and Events - Travel Features
Romantic Breaks
Posted in: Festivals and Events
Tags: Rome, Prague, Boston, Paris, Bruges, Florence
Whether it\'s for Valentine’s Day or not, one gift that most people will be guaranteed to enjoy is being whisked away on some romantic holidays. Valentines weekend breaks and romantic holidays are the...
World Festivals
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Tags: Bangkok, Bunol, Bohinj, Ivrea, Perugia,
It’s that time of year where there appears to be a festival on every week. We all go to the street festivals or the music festivals, but when you go to these year after year they can become a bit...
St Patrick's Day 2012
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Tags: Boston, Dublin, Vancouver, London, Chicago,
For such a small island Ireland really comes into the spotlight worldwide on March 17th as the whole world joins in with the Emerald Isle to celebrate its patron saints day. St Patrick’s Day, or Paddy\'s...
New Year's Eve
Posted in: Festivals and Events
Tags: Edinburgh, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Berlin, New York, Sydney,
Around the world New Year’s Eve is marked with celebrations of all kinds to countdown to January 1st. Both capital cities and small villages play host to people enjoying the festivities and looking forwar...
Christmas Markets
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Tags: Nuremberg, Bruges, Tallinn, Chicago, Strasbourg, New York, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Vienna, Madrid
It’s that time of year when there’s a certain magic in the air as festive lights sparkle in the dark nights. It’s also around this time that town and city squares are taken over by little...
Festival of World Cultures
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For the last weekend in August the town of Dun Laoghaire, Dublin will be immersed in cultures from across the world. The Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Festival of World Cultures is back again on the 29th and 30th...
September Holidays
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Tags: Dublin, Brisbane, Brussels, Galway, New York, Munich, Boston, London,
The summer months are drawing to a close and for many people their summer holidays are just a distant memory. However, if you are one of many people who haven’t managed to get their annual getaway in...
Summer Festivals Brussels Belgium
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Tags: Brussels
Brussels is a popular European city destination with plenty to see and do. Some people visit Brussels with political interest, others come with a thirst for the variety of Belgian beer that the city has to...
La Tomatina The Tomato Throwing Festival
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Tags: Bunol
Playing with your food takes on a whole new meaning at La Tomatina, which is arguably the world’s biggest food fight with the weapon of choice being the tomato. Taking place on the last Wednesday of Augus...
Summer Music Festivals
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Tags: Chicago, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Budapest, San Diego, New York
Summer’s here and with it comes its usual endless supply of events, festivals and sporting occasions! So that means it’s time to root out your rarely used wellies, test that your tent still stands u...
Antwerp Gay Pride 2011
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Tags: Antwerp
From Thursday 23rd until Sunday 26th of June Antwerp Gay Pride will take place in Belgium. The city’s population swells as tourists flock to experience this four day city festival which is bursting with...
Cities you wouldn't expect to find St. Patrick's Day celebrations
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Tags: Birmingham, Manchester, Montreal, Buenos Aires, Beijing, Hong Kong, Moscow, Montserrat
St. Patrick’s Day is synonymous with certain places - Ireland obviously is the first that comes to mind. Other places like New York, London, Boston and Sydney are all associated with the Irish...