{"id":535,"date":"2026-09-02T06:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.guideexplorateur.com\/?page_id=535"},"modified":"2026-10-31T09:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:51:11","slug":"festival-calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/blog\/festival-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just the word <strong>\u201cfestival\u201d<\/strong> is enough to bring <strong>a smile and a sense of curiosity<\/strong>. I believe that whenever we explore a country in this wonderful world, we should try, where possible, to experience it <strong>during a celebration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hotels may cost a little more during these periods, but festivals also offer a chance to <strong>discover a country\u2019s character<\/strong> and <strong>all its colours<\/strong>. And if you cannot distinguish every colour, or are blind, the music in the streets, the aromas of festive food and <strong>the joyful energy<\/strong> of local people can create <strong>authentic memories<\/strong> that stay with you forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, you can browse festivals in <strong>India<\/strong>, <strong>Nepal<\/strong>, <strong>Bhutan<\/strong> and <strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong> before planning your trip. Even if your itinerary is already arranged, you can check whether a celebration happens to coincide with your travel dates \u2014 <strong>you might be in luck!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you <strong>would like to experience<\/strong> a celebration more fully, you are also <strong>welcome to join<\/strong> one of our special <strong>small-group festival trips<\/strong>. In India, for example, <strong>we organise departures every year<\/strong> around <strong>Holi<\/strong> and <strong>Diwali<\/strong>. We want to help you discover the country, immerse yourself in <strong>its traditions<\/strong> and take part in the celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happiness guaranteed! Hakuna Matata! <strong>Life is beautiful!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just the word \u201cfestival\u201d is enough to bring a smile and a sense of curiosity. I believe that whenever we explore a country in this wonderful world, we should try, where possible, to experience it during a celebration. Hotels may cost a little more during these periods, but festivals also offer a chance to discover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-festival-calendar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideexplorateur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}