Category: Festivals
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Best Fall Festivals in Italy in 2026: Wine, Truffles, Chocolate, Film, Comics & More
There is something especially beautiful about Italy in the fall. Summer slowly loosens its grip, vineyards move into harvest season, truffles begin appearing on menus and in market stalls, and cities that are extraordinary at any time of year take on a completely different atmosphere. Tuscany turns toward wine and the vendemmia. Piedmont celebrates one…
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Best Fall Festivals in the USA in 2026: Apple Festivals, Pumpkins, Oktoberfest & More
Fall in the United States is not one single experience. In one part of the country, you can spend the morning watching hot-air balloons rise over the desert. Somewhere else, you can walk through a Virginia apple orchard with a cup of cider, watch people race giant pumpkins across the water in Maine, celebrate German…
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Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre 2026: The Complete First-Timer’s Guide to Paris’s Grape Harvest Festival
Paris has the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre-Dame, Seine cruises, sidewalk cafés, fashion, pastries and some of the most famous streets in the world. It also has a working vineyard. And every October, an entire section of Paris throws a five-day party around its grape harvest. If you have never heard of the Fête des…
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Oktoberfest 2026 in Munich: The Complete First-Timer’s Guide to Beer Tents, Outfits, Packing & What to Know
There is Oktoberfest, and then there is Oktoberfest in Munich. For sixteen days every fall, the Theresienwiese fills with glowing carnival rides, enormous beer halls, brass bands, embroidered dirndls, lederhosen, roast chicken, pretzels bigger than your head, strangers singing together on wooden benches, and millions of people arriving from around Bavaria and around the world.…
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Best Places to Visit in Japan in Summer: Flowers, Beaches, Festivals & Mountain Escapes
Japan in summer can be dazzling: lavender fields in Hokkaido, turquoise beaches in Okinawa, alpine valleys in the Japanese Alps, fireworks over rivers, festival streets glowing at night, and mountain lakes that feel worlds away from the heat of the big cities. But summer is also the season when many travelers realize that the classic…