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Brandy Festival in Hungary (and tips to drink it)

Every spring, Budapest hosts one of its most famous and traditional festivals. Known as Pálinka Festival, this event is named after the famous Hungarian brandy. Pálinka has a flavor, usually strong, made of all kinds of fruits and revered for its flavor and fragrance. The “star place” to taste the many varieties of this brandy is the [...]

Events you shouldn’t miss in May

May is the month when the warm weather begins, the fields are full of flowers, summer approaches and the desire to travel increases, therefore, as each month, we have prepared a compilation of the best world’s events in May, with the help of National Geographic. In London, the Chelsea Flower Show takes place from 21th to [...]

Vuollerim’s 1000 Lights Festival

In Swedish Lapland and near the Finnish border, it is the village of Vuollerim. With about 750 people and touching the Arctic Circle, Vuollerim is a charming village, whose traditions serve to host events as fabulous as The 1000 Lights Festival, that takes place each year on first Tuesday in February. Thus, on 5 February and for [...]

Burning Man Festival, a big party in the desert

The Burning Man Festival is one of the most expected events in the U.S. and it is held in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. This year, it began on August 27th and ends on September 3rd. It is a neohippie festival, where thousands of people live in the desert with its own rules. This project [...]

Diwali, the Festival that illuminates India

Diwali is celebrated for four or five days a year for members of various religions of India like Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism. This year 2011, takes place on 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 October and commemorates the victory of good over evil. It is held at the new moon of the month of Kartika, [...]

The most Bizarre Festivals in the world

Throughout the world, there are a huge number of popular celebrations rather unusual and weird that we wanted to collect for you from BBC Travel and The Blog of Rates to Go. Would you dare to participate in any of them? 1. Japan‘s Naked Festival (Hadaka Matsuri)  is a type of Japanese festival in which participants wear a minimum amount of clothing; usually just a Japanese loincloth (called fundoshi), sometimes [...]

The Korean Buddha’s Birthday

Vesak is the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar as it celebrates the birth of Buddha, about 2,550 years ago. It is held the first full moon in May. The word Buddha literally means “who is awake “, denotes a person who has attained the wisdom of enlightenment, a state in which the individual attains [...]

Luxury and culture in the French Rivera

Cannes is one of the most glamorous destinations of not only France but also in Europe. This coastal town located in the Gaul country, will live  its moment to shine  tomorrow, on May 11, since it be held the 64th edition of the famous Cannes Film Festival. Its major boulevards such as the Croisette, at the end of which [...]

Orange tide in Amsterdam on Queen’s Day

Amsterdam is one of the liveliest cities in Europe. Its nightlife, coffee shops and night clubs are known worldwide; however the  more festive and funny day in the country is April 30th, when the famous Queen’s Day or Koninginnedag is held. It is the national holiday of the Netherlands and it marks the birthday of Queen Juliana (the present Queen Beatrix’s mother). This year’s celebration will begin on April 29th because the 30th is Sunday. During the Night of Queen, events are organized in clubs [...]

Holi, The Festival of Colours in India

Holi is a spring religious festival celebrated by Hindus mainly in India and other countries with large Indic populations as Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South Africa or United Kingdom. This event is also known as spring festival, since it celebrates the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month which usually [...]