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You asked for it: Lonely Planet travel expert's tips on where to go for a holiday in-between festivals Tomorrowland and Sziget Festival

My mates and I are planning on doing Tomorrowland and Sziget Festival, and we have a week in between the two. We were... Read more...
Lonely Planet expert's travel tips on travelling off the beaten path in Turkey and advice on visiting Bilbao BBK Live festival

After four years of travelling in Europe and East Africa I’m now looking for something new. I’ve been... Read more...
La Tomatina, Buñol - tomato throwing festival - guide

Hitting La Tomatina 2011? Here's what happened when Frankie Mullin joined the tomato-throwing frenzy... Read more...
How not to be blown up, deafened or buried by burning rubble during Spain’s Las Fallas festival

Las Fallas is the Spanish city of Valencia’s biggest and most outrageous festival. It combines art, fire and literally... Read more...
Eastern European festival hotspots to check out this summer

With idyllic coastlines, picturesque mountains, unique architecture and a buzzing festival scene, Eastern Europe is the... Read more...
Top five festival buys

Summer has arrived, and with it a myriad of muddy festivals. There are some things you simply can't turn up without -... Read more...
Festival guide: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

It’s August 1. The population of Edinburgh has swelled to three times its usual size, and the whole of the Scottish... Read more...
Let The People Sing: Life I Live Festival at The Hague

We humans have a definite weakness for pithy pseudo-truths and tired cliches (In the past they were engraved on our... Read more...
Festival Guide: Day of the Dead

I stepped from my airport taxi into an undulating sea of revellers clutching sugar skulls, pan de muerto sweet buns and... Read more...
Festival guide: Oktoberfest

Imagine hundreds of blonde beauties dressed in lederhosen serving you the biggest jugs (of lager!) you have ever seen.... Read more...