300 Unmissable Events and Festivals Around the World (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket | Publication Date: November 10, 2009

Unmissable: 300 Events & Festivals Around the World is a four-colour inspirational guide book to events and festivals, celebrations and natural phenomena in the world's top cities, secret retreats and far-flung places. It also offers practical information and insider tips, from how to get there, to where and when to buy tickets before they sell out, the best vantage point for a street festival or cycle race.   First-person recommendations by Whatsonwhen editors and lively descriptions to bring the sound, smell, feel and taste of each experience to life.

Something for everyone - full of global events for families, the adventurous or those who want to celebrate in style.

Inspiring - whether you want to dance the tango in the streets of Buenos Aires, pick cherry blossom in Japan or eat the world's greates pizzas in Italy.

Something for families - Full of family friendly treats suitable for all budgets and tastes

The guide targets open-minded travellers who want to live the local experience and make the shift from observer to participant.

Readers are also invited to access a wider selection of events on the associated website.

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From the Back Cover

IT’S A BIG WORLD OUT THERE – LET’S CELEBRATE IT!

Discover the world’s 300 most unmissable events; spectacular and intimate, weird and wonderful, hedonistic and spiritual.

• 300 Handpicked Events: Get inspired – whether you want to dance the tango in the streets of Buenos Aires, pick cherry blossom in Japan, eat the world’s greatest pizzas in Italy, or throw tomatoes at complete strangers at La Tomatina.
• Something for Everyone: For families, friends or the more adventurous, for those on a budget or those wanting to celebrate in style.
• Global: Celebrations and events from around the world. So you can stay local or plan that once-in-a-lifetime experience.
• Insider Recommendations by whatsonwhen: Essential tips and practical advice from the events experts from when to buy tickets to how to get there.

whatsonwhen.com is the definitive events website. Experts in their field, they provide more than 3 million users every month with reasons to travel the world in search of adventure, culture, entertainment and music.

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470742216
• ISBN-13: 978-0470742211
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Travel guide to events rather than to places, January 10, 2010

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Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 300 Unmissable Events and Festivals Around the World (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket) (Paperback)

There have been a number of these sorts of guides that I've seen over the last few years. I bought this one though, and it's rather well conceived and executed. There's a good range of events/festivals/parties/happenings from a wide range of cultures in all corners of the world. Highlights include standards such as Oktoberfest, Mighty Mud Mania, Burning Man, and odder events such as the Yasothon Rocket Festival. There's the Venice Carnival and the Northern Lights, the Dubai shopping festival and the pagan Beltane Festival in Edinburgh.

There are traditional religious festivals, comedy events, and extreme sports featured here. There should be ideas for most anyone to get some tomato throwing in, or to watch tango competitions.

4.0 out of 5 stars No San Fermin running of the bulls?!, March 16, 2011

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This review is from: 300 Unmissable Events and Festivals Around the World (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket) (Paperback)

So far the book seems pretty good. I know from my own experience that the insider tips they give for Oktoberfest in Munich are right on, that hopefully the rest are too. I was really disappointed to see San Fermin's Running of the Bulls somehow didn't make the cut, though. Makes me wonder what other great events they excluded....