A festival is a simple concept of bringing people together to have a good time. There are tens of thousands of them around the world, but if you had to create a 2020 festival bucket list what would it look like? These festivals are worth turning into a holiday and helloworld Travel Milford can help you do this. Gather your friends and get entry into at least one of these bucket list events:
Hogmanay – Edinburgh, Scotland: See in the New Year with live music, street parties and fireworks.
Comic Con – San Diego, California: Since 1970 comics, movie and science fiction fans have been coming together to pay homage to their favourite characters.
La Tomatina – Valencia, Spain: A huge tomato food fight! Every August in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain.
Mardi Gras – New Orleans, Louisiana: Colourful floats, parades, costume balls and parties in February.
SXSW – Austin, Texas: Now the largest music festival in the world.
Oktoberfest – Munich, Germany: 17 beer tents that seat 120,000 people with music and dancing.
Defqon.1 – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands: Dance festival for hard techno fans.
Ice and Snow – Harbin, China: Largest ice and snow festival in the world from December to February.
Coachella Music & Arts Festival – California, USA.
Glastonbury – Planton, England: World famous music festival.
St Patrick’s Day Festival – Ireland: Five day event with 17th March carnival.
Carnaval – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Great street celebration.
Our year in review - Helloworld Travel Milford 2019 travel highlights:
Karen Raines: As simple as it is, this year my favourite holiday was a family getaway to Fiji – can’t beat it for some close to home, mid-winter fun in the sun with good friends and family. Vinaka!
Sue Barnett: Lisbon – a beautiful city to explore and built along the banks of the river Tagus. Great to wander around or take a ride on one of the historic trams and a river cruise to explore the city from the water. Amazing food and wine – the Portuguese custard tarts are a must try!
Renee Lomas: Snorkelling with my two children on the remote Savala Island in Fiji. The sea life and coral was beautiful, as was seeing my children (aged 9 and 10 yrs) snorkelling with such confidence a long way off the beach.
Lyndelle Amadia: Rarotonga was my “travel highlight for 2019", being in the sun and in the water, hanging out with family and friends. Everything is at your fingertips on the island by bus or scooter. The Saturday markets and Corker Cruises are full of culture and fun. Watch this space as I’m off to Tahiti in November.
Janette Holder: Salta Argentina – two hours from Buenos Aires. Take a day trip from Salta up through the Andes Mountains to the salt flats. Watch the colours of the mountains change from green, brown and dark reds until there is white all around you when you arrive at the salt flats.
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