If you fancy spending the days before Lent partying with the townspeople of some of Tuscany's most beautiful towns, then look no further - the best places in the region to enjoy the Bacchanalian carnival festivities are Florence itself and nearby villages, on the 18th of February. [+]

This is the celebration of the ritual purification of Mary, which, as required by Jewish law, took place forty days after the birth of her child, and is held on the 2nd of February. [+]

Carnival in Bahia is the real deal! That is, of course, if parties and crowds are your thing. Nowhere else comes close. Carnival Bahia is not nubile women in feathers high up on floaters à la Carnival Rio. It's YOU out there on the streets doing it 'til you drop. [+]

January the 14th is celebrated in India as Makar Sankranti - heralding the transition of the sun into the Northern hemisphere. It is also a big kite day in most parts of India when children from 6 to 60 can be seen with their heads turned to the sky. [+]

No one does a party like the Spanish, and January 17’s St Anthony’s day, patron saint of the Balearic island of Mallorca, is no exception, with celebrations starting on the evening of January 16th and lasting over 24 hours. [+]

Enigma Picasso, an exhibition from painters around the world, will be on display at Quinta do Rio Touro until February the 15th, 2007. The exhibit has traveled from Madrid to Paris and now will be in Portugal at Quinta do Rio Touro. [+]

From the 10th to the 13th of January 2007, the 71st edition of Pitti Uomo at Fortezza da Basso in Florence, presents a World preview of clothing and accessories collections for the 2007/2008 fall-winter season. [+]

The Spanish Christmas lottery, El Gordo or 'The Fat One', is the biggest lottery in the world and also one of the oldest, having started in 1812. While the first prize in 2005 was 'only' 3€ million, El Gordo has the biggest prize pool of any lottery in the world, last year totaling over two billion euros! [+]