Cultural Travel/Tourism

Cultural experiences are among the key reasons many of us travel, and they are manifold - from performances to exhibitions to festivals - as well as explorations of culture in all its manifestitions, including art, architecture, cuisine, crafts, heritage, music, and traditions across a wide gamut.

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European Capitals of Culture 2026: Oulu and Trenčín

Arto häkkilä, Scotch Mist Every year since 1985, the cultural grand poobahs of the European Union have designated one to three of the continent's cities as Capitals of Culture, focusing not only on their own cultural offerings but also allowing them to organize a series of wider cultural events (many with a strong pan-European dimension) - which bring in considerable additional revenue; foster urban renewal; and raise their international profiles and images. Since the first was Athens (then…

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5 highlights of London's fall cultural season

fotoVoyagerWhen autumn rolls in, London slips into its most creative mood. The air cools, the daylight softens, and suddenly the city feels tailor-made for art, theatre, and inspiration. It’s the time of year when locals trade park picnics for playbills and museum passes, and visitors get to see London at its cultural best. From blockbuster exhibitions to timeless theatre, here’s how to make the most of the season. read post

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Swiss bliss (and a near miss) at Eurovision 2025 in Basel

Eurovision Media Centre Disc-riding 24-year-old Nemo having made history last year as the first non-binary winner of Eurovision for “The Code,” yesterday the 69th edition of world’s largest, longest, and perhaps most anticipated/beloved music competition came back to the country where it was born and first won the contest (with the lovely old chestnut "Refrain"), in 1956. Switzerland´s third largest city (pop. around 177,000). It must´ve been the most exciting thing to happen here since,…

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The eye-opening cultural experience of attending an Omani wedding

The female security guard discreetly slips me through a side door and gestures for me to sit at the table in the corner. The Arabic music is pulsating and the room is reverberating with the nervous energy of 400 women. Suddenly, the lights dim and everyone turns to watch. A bride, dressed in a Western-style long white wedding gown with matching trailing veil has a death grip on her bouquet of roses as she takes very slow measured steps down the center aisle towards the “Bride’s Love Seat.”…

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David Paul Appell May 18, 2010 at 7:05pm

Check out this summer's big cultural doings in Vail, Colorado, USA, described this week on the Tripatini blog.

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West Africa Discovery May 4, 2010 at 7:58pm

Interested in knowing about the true side of the misunderstood Vodou belief system? Check this trip out!
Karen Fawcett April 11, 2010 at 5:00pm

Michelle: How lovely for you .. what a great trip. And I'm certain you'll find things to make people salivate about visiting Dublin.

This is not the right place to discuss this - but are we going end up tweeting our way to information - guess so. Have a good Sunday.
Michelle April 11, 2010 at 4:42pm

Karen: thanks for the tip - the trip is actually being sponsored by visitdublin (along with capital hotels and the merrion) but I'm looking for personal recommendations, the sort of stuff that you would gloat about doing to your friends after having been there.

I'm actually in the strange position of having stayed in Dublin for a month in the past and I've done many of the known cultural sights before so I'm looking for something really out of the ordinary!

Any ideas - you know where to tweet them: http://twitter.com/thetraveleditor
Karen Fawcett April 11, 2010 at 3:51pm

Michele: You might start by looking at this site.

http://www.visitdublin.com/events/dublin.aspx
it appears to have a lot of interesting things listed from soup to nuts.
Michelle April 11, 2010 at 12:07pm

Anyone know of any interesting cultural events happening in Dublin between 27th and 30th April?

If so, let me know about them by tweeting about them at http://twitter.com/thetraveleditor so I can pay them a visit on my up-coming TwitTrip!
Marco Pontuali March 1, 2010 at 12:09pm
Marco Pontuali March 1, 2010 at 12:09pm

"TWILIGHT TOUR": A taste of New Moon's in Italy
Karen Fawcett February 9, 2010 at 2:00pm

As far as I am concerned, culture is everywhere. It may not be the greatest concert or exhibition - it can be a festival! It's a question of doing a modicum of research and traveling with open eyes.
Viator Travel February 9, 2010 at 1:44pm

Cultural events must surely be part of everyday life, not just a show for tourists.
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