Viareggio Carnevale
Date: Feb 7, Feb 14, Feb 21, 2016
Place: Viareggio, Italy
Viareggio Carnevale is a long tradition that has grown over the years, making Viareggio the
fun-loving venue of one of Europe’s most famous and largest Mardi Gras-style festivals.
A triple cannon shot from the sea announces the start of each carnevale parade, and lavish
floats topped with huge papier-mâché figures, some reaching four stories high, begin their
slow move along the Lungomare promenade. In Italy, it’s second to Venice as the most
popular carnival in the country. The city comes alive when thousands of costumed revellers
parade elaborately decorated floats and huge, towering characters past a million spectators.
Source: www.viareggio.ilcarnevale.com
Sapporo Snow Festival
Battle Of The Oranges
Date: Feb 5 - 11, 2016
Place: Sapporo, Japan
During day time, enjoy the sight of artists at work, carving
up everything from life-size renderings of animals and
historical monuments, to scenes of Japanese life, manga
characters, internationally recognisable cartoon characters,
and mazes you can walk through. But, the beauty is best
seen at night as they’ve crafted a truly aestheticallyspectacular combination with white snow and ice and
every imaginable colour under the sun...or moon.
Source: www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp
Date: Feb 6 - 9, 2016
Place: Ivrea, Italy
It’s a familiar story: commoners rise up against an
oppressive ruler. At the Carnevale di Ivrea, however, the
battle isn’t waged with guns and swords—oranges are the
weapon of choice. Every year, the tiny northern city of Ivrea
in the Turin province stockpiles 500,000 kilograms of fresh
oranges for Battaglia delle Arance (Battle of the Oranges),
a re-creation of a historic fight between townsfolk and a
ruling tyrant. Teams wage a full-on fruit war, and not even
a red-capped declaration of sovereignty can protect you
from getting juiced.
Source: www.storicocarnevaleivrea.it
80 Travel Secrets November-December 2015