Shilpgram Fair of India

Sep 01, 2010 No Comments
What can be more exciting than arriving at a town where there is celebration of a festival going on? Exactly meaning a ‘Craftsmen's Hamlet’, Shilpgram is a small town as well as a living art museum exhibiting the colossal assortment of art, craft, and culture. Located at 3 km from the Udaipur city in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, this small complex of arts is famous for its Shilpgram fair spread across 26 huts at the base of the Aravali Hills and wherein the fine terracotta work especially in dark  [...]

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This time, let’s make it for the New Orleans Mardi Gras festival

Aug 31, 2010 No Comments
The French term called Mardi Gras, in English, means Fat Tuesday just before the Christian spell of Lent and for the New Orleanians in Louisiana, it is a festival of Carnival that is famous all over the world. This season of Carnival begins after the Twelfth Night and it includes parades, king cake parties, and balls including the masquerade balls. Celebrations are observed for a time period of some two weeks prior and until the Fat Tuesday that can be anywhere from February to March after which comes the Ash Wednesday  [...]

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Be a part of Chinese New Year celebrations

Aug 30, 2010 No Comments
Hong Kong is the land where each year, people on this Earth witness the biggest celebrations of the Chinese New Year. These celebrations actually include a myriad of customs as well as traditions to be followed. Although marked in other nations via parades, fireworks, and family gatherings; the festivity in Hong Kong involve a giant parade at night with conventional floats, loud lion dances, thrilled thumping music, as well as huge fireworks display seen mostly in the Victoria Harbor. These fireworks lit the sky on  [...]

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The festival of burning man

Aug 25, 2010 No Comments
Do not take this in wrong sense – a human being burnt traditionally as some offering. This bizarre festival does not include anything like this. In fact, the festival is a complete different experience all together. It is named so due to the festival custom of burning a big wooden figurine at the evening on Saturday. Celebrated annually in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, the festival lasts long for some eight days, which usually ends on the Labor Day of America. As per the participants, the event is surprisingly  [...]

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Rio Carnival – A full fun-filled entertainer

Aug 23, 2010 No Comments
In general, a carnival is a festivity of music, playfulness, and fun. However, among all the carnivals in the world celebrated world wide, the Rio Carnival is regarded as the biggest one. This Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is rejoiced just 40 days before the arrival of Easter. In Brazil, this is the most awaited holiday that stops all commercial activities in the country for a week. During this time, the celebrations are always at the zenith irrespective of the time. The Carnival always begins on Friday night, which lasts  [...]

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21212 – Identification of a luxurious hotel in Edinburgh

Aug 18, 2010 No Comments
Standing proudly at the rear of the Carlton Hill in the majestic Georgian style, 21212 is actually the identity of a royal as well as sophisticated restaurant offering not only meals, but also rooms. It is one of its kinds in the United Kingdom’s Edinburgh in which the striking Georgian structural pattern suits with its kitchen match. It is incredible that the restaurant has been rewarded with a Michelin star in just eight months after its inauguration – the credit surely goes to the chefs who cook up at the rear  [...]

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Spending a vacation at the Santorini Grace, Greece

Aug 17, 2010 No Comments
Santorini Grace is a lustrous white wonder incredibly carved from a cliff top perched on the nation’s sunset heaven. Stumbling on the Caldera cliff facade, this beautiful hotel abruptly extends its wings above the various levels including a fine restaurant occupying its private floor. Seeming as a whitewashed waterside stronghold, the hotel’s party sight stretches until the terrace of the long pool at night. Facilities Speaking about its rooms, there are 20 in number including 7 suites. The rates for low season  [...]

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Relaxing at the Paradise Island Villas, Crete

Aug 16, 2010 No Comments
Welcome to the Cretan paradise! Set apart and isolated, the Paradise Island Villas are sprinkled amidst the Mediterranean on Crete and mountains, which are yet preserving the Greece mythological heritage. We mean that they will make you remind you of some of the great mythological characters such as Zeus and Poseidon. Choose your Arcadia embellished with tranquility, isolation, and terracotta tiles as well as walls of bougainvillea taking you to the simple interiors exhibiting ivory-shaded modest patterns. In the exterior,  [...]

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Planning to stay at Palacio de Villapanes in Spain

Aug 11, 2010 No Comments
Welcome to the palace of peace! Yes, this is certainly the best description of this luxurious hotel standing proudly in the Seville Prefecture of Spain. It is not that surprising that such a hotel is in the peaceful and blissful nation of Spain. Palacio de Villapanes was quite lucky to witness an outstanding renovation that has brought about a transformation in this amazing stone edifice of 18th century to exhibit the ambience of 21st century. But, this has done no injustice to its original grandeur as it is still preserved.  [...]

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Let’s Peep into the Lucknam Park, Wiltshire

Aug 10, 2010 No Comments
Adorned with an Epicurean country stack style in United Kingdom, the Lucknam Park is the boutique hotel that offers all possible features that a hotel should have to attract maximum guests – spa honored with an award, restaurant with mouth watering dishes, a big parkland of 500 acres, and also an equestrian area as the abode of 35 grandiose horses. Some more embellishments in this hotel’s crown include the tranquil, but gorgeous gardens; clay tennis grounds; football zone; croquet lawn; and home cinema. In addition,  [...]

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