Category: Events

Boutique Hotel Summit 2013

Boutique Hotel Summit 2013

By on May 17, 2013 in A Luxury Travel Blog, Accommodation, Europe, Events, Hotels, Regions, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 1011 times

The boutique hotel industry is an area which has shown considerable growth in recent years and seems to be going from strength to strength. If you happen to be involved in the industry and in London next week, then do get yourself along to the Boutique Hotel Summit. Sadly I can’t be there but A [...]

The 10th Noosa Food & Wine Festival, Queensland, Australia

The 10th Noosa Food & Wine Festival, Queensland, Australia

By on May 13, 2013 in Australia, Events, Food and Drink, Oceania, Regions, Travel Miscellany   - Read 1098 times

This year sees Noosa celebrating its 10th annual Food & Wine Festival, and to mark the anniversary they have lined up ten Guest Chefs from the 2012 San Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurants list. The Queensland Virtuosi Orchestra will open the event which runs from 16th to 19th May 2013 with a line up of over 200 [...]

Go cocoa-mad at Belize Chocolate Festival

Go cocoa-mad at Belize Chocolate Festival

By on May 13, 2013 in Belize, Central America, Events, Food and Drink, Regions, Travel Miscellany   - Read 1130 times

Chocolate lovers can enjoy three days of sheer indulgence at the “Chocolate Festival of Belize” from 24th to 26th May 2013 in the Toledo District, the chocolate mecca of Belize. This annual event reflects Belize’s rooted history in cacao production, dating back to the times of the Maya, and includes a full programme of fun [...]

Explore Milan’s canal district and welcome the arrival of Summer at the Festa dei Navigli

Explore Milan’s canal district and welcome the arrival of Summer at the Festa dei Navigli

By on May 12, 2013 in Attractions, Bars, Europe, Events, Going Out, Italy, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 1923 times

While walking around the centre of Milan, it is hard to believe that the city was, in Medieval times, an important port, with a whole network of canals used to transport goods in and out of the city and the surrounding region of Lombardy.  As canals became less important as a method of transport, many [...]

Luxurious Louisville – adventures beyond the Kentucky Derby

Luxurious Louisville – adventures beyond the Kentucky Derby

By on May 02, 2013 in Accommodation, Attractions, Events, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Kentucky, North America, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, USA   - Read 2322 times

With the storied Kentucky Derby taking place this weekend – a highbrow event as famous for its carnival atmosphere, elaborate hats and socialite attendees as it is for excitment on the racetrack – Louisville, Kentucky is enjoying its share of attention this week as a luxury destination. What travellers might not realize is that beyond the festivities [...]

Celebrating Scotland’s diverse nature at the Wild Lochaber Festival

Celebrating Scotland’s diverse nature at the Wild Lochaber Festival

By on Apr 30, 2013 in Europe, Events, Regions, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 1952 times

As Scotland celebrates the Year of Natural Scotland 2013, the Lochaber region is getting set to host the second Wild Lochaber Festival. The week-long festival is a celebration of the diverse nature and stunning landscape of the Scottish region that is home to some of the most iconic images of the national landscape – Ben [...]

Fiestas de la Cruz, Los Realejos

Fiestas de la Cruz, Los Realejos

By on Apr 29, 2013 in Europe, Events, Regions, Spain, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 1481 times

Every May, the town of Los Realejos, in the north of the island, hosts one of Tenerife’s most important celebrations: the Fiestas de la Cruz. This festivity sees the town virtually covered by over 300 crosses decorated with stunning flowers, a tradition that has three centuries of history attached to it. The spring-like scenery gets [...]

4 ways to make a splash at the 2013 Rio Boat Show!

4 ways to make a splash at the 2013 Rio Boat Show!

By on Apr 23, 2013 in Attractions, Brazil, Events, Food and Drink, Going Out, Leisure Travel, Regions, South America, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany   - Read 1814 times

Every year, the rich and famous of Brazil and beyond, gather on the shores of Rio de Janeiro to take part in the largest sailing event in South America. This international boating show runs from 25th April until 1st May this year, with thousands of visitors expected to attend the showcase. This year, for the [...]

Bolshoi Ballet at London’s Royal Opera House this Summer

Bolshoi Ballet at London’s Royal Opera House this Summer

By on Apr 20, 2013 in Europe, Events, Regions, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 3374 times

The Bolshoi Ballet returns to London and the Royal Opera House this Summer, with four full-length productions and three one-act ballets running (or should that be courant) between 29th July and 17th August 2013 to celebrate its 50th anniversary of its first Covent Garden performance. Their annual visit is always an event to be cherished and [...]

Monterosso Lemon Festival, Liguria

Monterosso Lemon Festival, Liguria

By on Apr 19, 2013 in Europe, Events, Food and Drink, Italy, Regions, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 2368 times

Head for the tiny Cinque Terre village of Monterosso this Spring for an annual festival dedicated to the locally grown lemon. During the Monterosso Lemon Festival, which takes place on the third Saturday in May, the village is covered in thousands upon thousands of lemons. Shop windows are decorated with them and a contest is [...]

Bank Holiday shows in London

Bank Holiday shows in London

By on Apr 17, 2013 in Europe, Events, Regions, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 2311 times

So what’s on in London this Bank Holiday weekend? What will make it worth the journey down (apart from the chance to see the sun glistening off of the Thames as you look up stream from Waterloo bridge)? Of course there are the usual suspects that have been entertaining London audiences every weekend since Margaret [...]

The perfect time to explore Ménilmontant and Belleville in east Paris

The perfect time to explore Ménilmontant and Belleville in east Paris

By on Apr 16, 2013 in Europe, Events, Food and Drink, France, Going Out, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 2497 times

This colourful, multi-cultural neighbourhood in east Paris, with its ethnic restaurants and thriving art scene, has many parallels with east London.  Once a wine making village outside the city’s walls, it was absorbed into central Paris in 1860, first housing people from rural France moving to the city,  and later, immigrants escaping Eastern Europe after [...]

A fish festival with the world’s largest frying pan

A fish festival with the world’s largest frying pan

By on Apr 16, 2013 in Europe, Events, Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Italy, Regions, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 1671 times

If you ever think you’ve cooked for a big party, think again. Spare a thought for the Camogli Fish Festival where, throughout the day, freshly caught fish are cooked in the largest fish frying pan in the world at five metres wide with a seven metre handle. Fishermen abandon their day jobs for the festival [...]

Explosion at Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel near finish of Boston Marathon

Explosion at Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel near finish of Boston Marathon

By on Apr 15, 2013 in Accommodation, Events, Hotels, Massachusetts, North America, Regions, Travel Miscellany, USA   - Read 1875 times

Tragic news just in that there have been two explosions close to the finish of the Boston Marathon. The full picture is still emerging but one of the explosions appears to have been in the vicinity of the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston and the other at another location on the same street (Boylston Street). News of [...]

A very grown-up restaurant in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

A very grown-up restaurant in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

By on Apr 15, 2013 in Bars, Europe, Events, Featured, Food and Drink, Going Out, Regions, Restaurants, Special Offers & Packages, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 3395 times

Manchester’s Northern Quarter is famous for its Bohemian vibes and many bars, cafés, music and record shops situated north of the city. TNQ Resturant & Bar is a hidden gem of a modern British/European restaurant situated right in the heart of the area, once a storage warehouse for the old Smithfield fish markets, but now [...]

Europe’s highest festival

Europe’s highest festival

By on Apr 11, 2013 in Europe, Events, Germany, Regions, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 1706 times

Frankfurt’s many high-rises combine to form one of Europe’s most impressive skylines. No other place on the continent has so many skyscrapers nestled together in such a small space. And on 25th and 26th May 2013, visitors of the famous Skyscraper Festival will have the chance to get a closer look at these behemoths of [...]

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