Carnival (Fasching)
- Carnival in Europe: A time to smile
- Fasching is also fun in small towns deep in the Black Forest
- Fasching Faces: Masks can’t hide the spirit
- Black Forest region hosts tomfoolery at Fastnacht
- Rottweil: Magical characters whip up mischief
- Viareggio: Classic Carnevale offers family fun with no formality
Christmas Markets
- At Christmas market time, Germany becomes a winter wonderland
- Birmingham: Try a German market in the U.K.
- Christmas markets: Food and drink add to the appeal at German events
- Colmar: Christmas is perfect time to visit
- English embrace Christmas markets
- Heidelberg: Market adds advent calendar, skating near castle
- Italian markets offer the flavors of their regions
- Maulbronn: Christmas charm will warm you
- Norway: Christmas market takes the chill off winter with traditional tastes and gifts
- Paris: Markets emphasize pleasures of the palate
- Prague: Christmas markets glow with old-world charm
- Provence: Handmade figurines have long added magic to Christmas
- Rothenburg: Christmas museum preserves the festivities of a traditional German Yule
- Seville: City offers a warm Christmas spirit
- Trier: Mix Christmas shopping with ancient architecture
Easter egg markets
Oktoberfest
Other festivals
- Alps: When the cows come home, it's party time
- Bad Dürkheim: ‘A festival with a heart’
- Bad Dürkheim: Ready for a nip at the Oktoberfest of wine?
- Cambridge: Local flavor at beer festival
- Dublin: On St. Patrick's Day — or any other day — city is bursting with nightlife
- Frankenstein Castle: A frightfully nice place for Halloween celebration
- Germany’s short Spargel season sends asparagus fans to the trenches
- Spooktacular: Europe abounds with places to get a chill for Halloween
- Hochheim: You never sausage a place!
- Jerez: Horse Fair celebrates Andalusia and its horses
- Lisse: Spring is time for a pilgrimage to famous Keukenhof gardens
- London: Caribbean party erupts at Notting Hill Carnival
- Menton: Lemon Festival guaranteed to make you pucker
- Noordwijk to Haarlem: Flowers go on parade in Holland
- Opera festival in Bregenz, Austria, boasts feet on a floating stage
- Pamplona: Running of the Bulls - 'I came, I saw, I ran for my life'
- Roquemaure: Celebrating St. Valentine
- Salzburg: City savors, promotes its links to Mozart
- Schriesheim: German town celebrates the grape
- Schwetzingen: White asparagus has its day in the sun at fest
- Sélestat: French city celebrates the Christmas tree
- Seville: Feria de Abril swirls with music, dance, tapas and sherry
- Seville, Málaga, Murcia and Valladolid: Hosting Easter Week festivities
- Stuttgart: Festival to feature beer, rides and food
- Siena: Medieval city is home to the famous Palio horse race
- Turin: Chocolate festival celebrates the food of the gods
- Pamplona: What to know before you go to the San Fermin Festival
- Oberammergau: It takes a village to stage this Passion Play
- Venice: Beauty and the 12 Maries
- Venice film festival teaches lessons
- Weiterstadt: Hankering for white asparagus? Head German town for a bite
- Wine: Europe overflows with the fruit of the vine
- York: Meet the ancient Viking residents of English village through re-creations, artifacts
Europe Travel News
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- Weather doesn’t dampen the fun at Oktoberfest in Munich
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- Albanian tourism project puts beds in bunkers
- Expanding Space-A eligibility would 'adversely affect' troops, say DOD officials
- Latest Lufthansa strike cancels hundreds of flights
- Spend or splurge? Travel guru shares tips
- Work of the late Maeve Binchy forged a mother-daughter bond
- Sicily: Eastern seaboard spoils visitors with versatility
- Dublin: Storytellers weave history, wit and wisdom
- Caltagirone: For centuries, Italian town has been known as the city of ceramics