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Day of the Dead Festival, Mexico 2025

Many people associate the Day of the Dead Festival with Mexico, but actually it is an equally important part of the culture of Guatemala (on 1 November) and El Salvador...

Lanterns for sale in Hoi An night market

Hoi An Lantern Festival 2025, Vietnam

The Hoi An Lantern Festival is celebrated once a month on the full moon, and most significantly on the first full moon of the lunar new year. On these days the pretty little town of Hoi An...

Festivals in November Cambodia Water Festival in Phnom Penh

Cambodia Water Festival 2025 Phnom Penh

This year the Cambodia Water Festival, or Bon Om Touk to give its Khmer name, falls on 4 to 6 November. For three days watch as Phnom Penh’s riverside explodes into life with boat races...

Loy Krathong Festival 2025, Thailand

One of Thailand’s most beautiful and beguiling festivals, Loy Krathong festival is enormously popular with Thais and visitors alike. People flock to lakes and rivers to float their krathongs on...

Yi Peng Festival

Yi Peng Lantern Festival 2025, Thailand

The Yi Peng festival, one of Thailand’s most charming and alluring events, is incredibly well-liked by both locals and tourists. The north of the country sees its nightly heavens illuminated...

Dublin Book Festival

Dublin Book Festival 2025, Ireland

From Joyce to Yeats and Wilde, Ireland has been renowned for its literary prowess, come this November you can meet the finest crop of the Emerald Isle's bards at the Dublin Book Festival...

Barbados Food and Rum 2022

Barbados Food and Rum Festival 2025, Bridgetown

One of the delights of spending time in the Caribbean is the chance to sample some excellent rums. The Barbados Food and Rum Festival provides an excellent opportunity to discover...

Vienna Christmas Market

Vienna Christmas Market 2025

It’s the season to be merry, but one Christmas Market stands out from the crowd – well it is the original one after all. Not that the Vienna Christmas Market is a single market, but...