Twice each summer, Siena’s Piazza del Campo transforms into a medieval battlefield. The Palio is not a costume party. It is a bare-knuckle horse race between seventeen contrade, the city’s historic neighbourhoods, and the competition is fierce. Jockeys ride bareback around a dirt track laid over the cobblestones, whipping each other as often as they […]
Categories: Italy, Sights, Wellness, Relax & Sports
On the first weekend of July every year, the village of Východná in eastern Slovakia becomes the folkloric heart of Europe, hosting a festival that has been running continuously since 1953 and draws tens of thousands of visitors to watch traditional dancers, musicians, and craftspeople from across the continent perform in embroidered costumes that are […]
Categories: Slovakia, Wellness, Relax & Sports
