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 Khmer New Year in Siem Reap first
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Banff National Park, Alberta · Every September to October
Larch season above Moraine Lake
For about two weeks the alpine larches turn gold above a lake the colour of glacier melt.
Hollókő, Nógrád · Every March to April
Hollókő Easter
A UNESCO village where Easter Monday still means boys dousing girls with buckets of water.
Indio, California · Every April
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Wouri river, Douala · Every November to December
Ngondo
Tramuntana region, Mallorca · Every January to February
Almond blossom season
Louisville, Kentucky · Every April to May
Kentucky Derby
Uvita · Every July to October
Humpback whales at Marino Ballena
Wellington · Every August
Wellington on a Plate
Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll · Every July to October
Hanifaru Bay manta season
Vientiane · Every May to June
Boun Bang Fai rocket festival
Prague · Every October
Signal Festival Prague
Alexandra, Central Otago · Every September to October
Alexandra Blossom Festival
Victoria, Mahé · Every October
Festival Kreol
Punakha · Every February to March
Punakha Drubchen and Tshechu
Patan, Kathmandu Valley · Every April to June
Rato Machhindranath chariot festival
Meskel Square, Addis Ababa · Every September
Meskel in Addis Ababa
Madinat Zayed, Al Dhafra · Every December
Al Dhafra Camel Festival
Kuyucak, Isparta · Every July
Kuyucak lavender bloom
Sydney Harbour, New South Wales · Every May to June
Vivid Sydney
Montreux, Lake Geneva · Every June to July
Montreux Jazz Festival
Mwansabombwe, Luapula · Every July to August
Mutomboko ceremony
Hemis Monastery, Ladakh · Every June to July
Hemis Festival
Taipei 101, Xinyi District, Taipei · Every December to January
Taipei 101 New Year's Eve Fireworks
Paucartambo, Cusco region · Every July
Virgen del Carmen of Paucartambo
Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs · Every July
Camel Cup
Vilnius and rural Lithuania · Every February to March
Užgavėnės
Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park · Every November to January
Turtle nesting at iSimangaliso
Thanjavur and the Kaveri delta · Every January
Pongal
Borobudur, Central Java · Every May to June
Waisak at Borobudur
Brussels · Every June to July