Festivals and Events

Aug 30, 2012 • 3 min read

Alice Springs claims to be 'the biggest little town in Australia'. And it's true. Ask most locals and they'll tell you it's just a Northern Territory…

Aug 10, 2012 • 6 min read

Long before fresh ingredients and a 'back to basics' approach to cooking became trendy in the UK, the fertile Cotswolds – a picturesque stretch of hilly…

Aug 3, 2012 • 4 min read

Brazilians know how to throw a party on a mammoth scale and make other festivals look like trainspotting conventions. So charge your caipirinhas, don your…

Jul 16, 2012 • 3 min read

Sydney is one of the most gay friendly cities in the world and has something on every day of the week to keep any guy or girl entertained. So if you had…

Jun 21, 2012 • 5 min read

Summers in Finland are short but sweet. For three brief months, from mid-June to mid-September, temperatures soar as high as 30C and the Nordic forests…

Jun 21, 2012 • 4 min read

It’s early August in Vancouver and across a pristine city beach - driftwood-strewn, tide pool dotted, hemmed by forest and twinkling in the sun - dashes a…

Jun 20, 2012 • 5 min read

Edinburgh Festival is a singular event most accurately referred to in the plural. In the general vicinity of August a host of festivals come to town…

Jun 15, 2012 • 4 min read

Is winning a cracker duel or getting an oversized knitted cardi from your Gran your idea of a good Christmas?  It's not ours... Let us suggest some…

Jun 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Head to the heel of Italy's boot and discover a region with reasons to celebrate local food all year round. Gourmet heaven, thy name is Puglia!

Jun 10, 2012 • 2 min read

Seville is Andalucía encapsulated. Proud men in black sombreros, passionate flamenco dancers, hooded penitents following a candlelit statue of the Virgin,…

Jun 5, 2012 • 4 min read

It was party time for the Romans. It was party time for the Christians. And it's still party time for everyone who loves a sequin, a spectacle, and the…

Jun 1, 2012 • 3 min read

Like most truly cool cities, Montréal is understated but brimming with style. Rarely flashy but never predictable, this is a bohemian, culture-loving city…

May 29, 2012 • 4 min read

Easter Island, a tiny speck in the Pacific Ocean, is known the world over for its stone statues. Let these solemn entities draw you to the annual Tapati…

May 10, 2012 • 1 min read

Location: Woodford, Queensland, Australia

May 8, 2012 • 4 min read

Festivals make a rewarding subject for travellers to photograph. You can expect vibrant colours, powerful portraits, buzzing atmosphere and photogenic…

May 8, 2012 • 3 min read

The sun had just cracked the horizon, and already crowds had formed. They huddled around fires, roasted meats and waited for their Dark Lord.

Apr 27, 2012 • 9 min read

Which countries will come into their own as travel destinations in 2012? We've collated hundreds of ideas from everyone at Lonely Planet, including our…

Apr 11, 2012 • 4 min read

It’s just past midnight. In a few moments all hell breaks loose.

Feb 11, 2012 • 4 min read

New Orleans is a city that likes to party, and Mardi Gras is its marathon party event of the year. Contrary to the drunken debauchery you see on Cops,…

Jan 31, 2012 • 2 min read

Despite the chilly temperatures, more than 30,000 people flock to Swedish Lapland every February to revel in the history of one of the world’s oldest…

Jan 11, 2012 • 3 min read

What do Guimarães in Portugal and Maribor in Slovenia have in common, apart from that most people cannot find them on a map? This year, the pair of cities…

Jan 5, 2012 • 4 min read

The arrivals hall of Faro airport is flooded with golf club-toting tourists every day, and multimillion-dollar yachts bob in the resort-style harbour of…