Menton's Fête du Citron brings 250,000 visitors to the Riviera each February for citrus-sculpture parades, IGP lemon tastings and Provencal food tours.
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For 18 days each winter, Rhine castles and a Cistercian abbey become the stage for Michelin-starred chefs and Rheingau's finest Riesling — the 2027 edition marks the festival's 30th anniversary.
Wine regions For 18 days each winter, Rhine castles and a Cistercian abbey become the stage for Michelin-starred chefs and Rheingau's finest Riesling — the 2027 edition marks the festival's 30th anniversary.
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Food festivals Menton's Fête du Citron brings 250,000 visitors to the Riviera each February for citrus-sculpture parades, IGP lemon tastings and Provencal food tours.
Wine regions While summer visitors queue outside Porto's Port wine lodges, winter travellers get the same three-century-old cellars to themselves, for nearly half the price.
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Food festivals Ten days of chocolate, November truffles and Sagrantino: here is the complete guide to Eurochocolate Perugia 2026, Europe's largest chocolate festival.
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Food festivals Every August, Concarneau's Quai Carnot fills with the smell of grilled sardines, the drone of binious and the spectacle of 2,000 marchers in Breton costume. The Festival des Filets Bleus — Brittany's oldest festival — is one of France's most authentic food and folk celebrations.
Food festivals Six summer editions on the lawns of England's grandest estates: the Great British Food Festival returns with artisan markets, live chef demonstrations and family competitions from July to August Bank Holiday 2026.
Wine regions Each February, Porto's Palácio da Bolsa transforms into the world's most extraordinary port wine fair: 400 producers, 4,000 wines for free tasting, and four days of masterclasses in one of Portugal's finest 19th-century palaces.
Food festivals Europe's most spectacular Christmas destination pairs 250,000 LEDs, Guinness-record fireworks and centuries-old Madeira wine lodges into one subtropical December.
Food festivals Each February, Yoyogi Park becomes the stage for Japan's largest seafood gourmet festival: 80 booths of king crab, uni, live tuna filleting shows and Fukushima sake, all free to enter.
Food tours San Sebastián holds more Michelin stars per capita than almost any city on earth — and its pintxo bars pack just as much brilliance into a single bite. This guide maps the Parte Vieja crawl, decodes the txikiteo ritual and adds a one-day Rioja Alavesa escape for good measure.
Cooking classes Valencia invented paella in the rice fields bordering the Albufera lagoon — and the best way to understand the dish is to cook it there, with a local chef, surrounded by orange groves and flooded paddies.
Food festivals Since 1570, the Christkindelsmarik has turned Strasbourg into Europe's greatest winter food destination. Here is everything you need to eat, drink and explore across eight squares.
Food festivals Three weekends in November, one medieval hilltop between Florence and Pisa: the 55th Mostra Mercato del Tartufo Bianco di San Miniato is Tuscany's finest white truffle event.
Wine regions At midnight on 19 November 2026, the first barrel of Beaujolais Nouveau is tapped in Beaujeu — a medieval village 56 km from Lyon that fills with torch processions and 20,000 wine lovers for the annual Sarmentelles festival.
Food festivals Italy's most authentic truffle fair: four autumn weekends in Le Marche where Tuber magnatum trades straight from hunter to hand, 30 minutes from UNESCO Urbino.
Food festivals Eight autumn weekends in Piedmont devoted to the world's most expensive fungus: here is everything you need to plan a trip to the 96th Alba White Truffle Fair.