Events
Moments worth a fare watch
Once-a-year things around the world, each with its dates and airports already set. Pick one and we watch every fare for it.
907 events, the ones like Winter solstice sunrise at Karnak first
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every December to MarchSalar de Uyuni mirror seasonSalar de Uyuni, Potosí
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchNorthern lights in TromsøTromsø, Norway
Every October to DecemberAurora season in LofotenReine and Svolvaer, Lofoten
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every October to NovemberTozeur date harvestTozeur oasis
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every May to JulySunrise at DeadvleiSossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Harbin, Heilongjiang · Every January to February
Harbin ice and snow festival
Whole buildings carved from river ice, lit from within after dark.
Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare · Every April to May
Punchestown Festival
Five days of jump racing in the Kildare countryside where the whole of Irish racing ends its season.
Minneriya National Park · Every July to October
The Gathering at Minneriya
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas · Every January
Whooping cranes at Aransas
Via San Gregorio Armeno, Naples · Every December
Christmas nativity street of San Gregorio Armeno
Tramuntana region, Mallorca · Every January to February
Almond blossom season
Paihia and Russell, Northland · Every August
Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival
Alajuela · Every April
Juan Santamaría Day
Wachau valley · Every September
Wachau grape harvest
Riebeek Kasteel · Every May
Riebeek Valley Olive Festival
Christmas Island · Every October to January
Red crab migration on Christmas Island
Yangmingshan national park, Taipei · Every January to March
Plum and early cherry bloom, Yangmingshan
Poznań · Every November
St Martin's croissant day in Poznań
Namche Bazaar, Khumbu · Every October to November
Everest base camp autumn window
Karimabad, Hunza Valley · Every March to April
Hunza blossom season
Sainte-Croix, Port Louis · Every September
Père Laval pilgrimage
Apia, Upolu · Every August to September
Teuila Festival
Cooper's Hill, Brockworth, Gloucestershire · Every May
Cooper's Hill cheese rolling
Bumburet, Kalash Valleys, Chitral · Every May
Chilam Joshi, the Kalash spring festival
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia · Every October
Celtic Colours International Festival
Jambay Lhakhang, Bumthang · Every October to November
Jambay Lhakhang Drup
Oaxaca, Mexico · Every October to November
Day of the Dead in Oaxaca
Kununurra, Western Australia · Every May
Ord Valley Muster
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand · Every July to August
Valley of Flowers bloom
Loango National Park · Every July to September
Humpback whales off Loango
Düsseldorf and the Lower Rhine · Every November
St Martin's lantern processions in the Rhineland
Cartagena, Bolívar · Every November
Fiestas de Independencia de Cartagena
Nabeul, Cap Bon · Every March to April
Nabeul orange blossom festival
Phnom Penh · Every September to October
Pchum Ben
Mackinac Island, Michigan · Every June