Festivals, whether they celebrate life or death, animals, religious deities, or even ice carving, give a new depth to your trip. Streets vibrate with music and multicolored parades, you may witness traditional ceremonies that aren’t performed at other times. Hence, everyone engages in the celebrations, and you are fully immersed in local life. These are the festivals we believe are worth seeing as part of a longer travel itinerary, listed in order of preference... Read more