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Winery building in a vineyard below the pink-lit Andes in Argentina
Bormidayanzon, CC BY-SA

Destinations

19 countries with food festivals and culinary experiences, from the country page down to the city: what is on, in which month, and a map of every listing.

  • 19 countries
  • 78 festivals
  • 52 experiences
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Where the festivals and the food tours are

Destinations are organised in three levels: the country, its regions, and the cities and towns where the listings take place. Each page gathers the festivals held there in calendar order, the experiences you can book, a map, and the places below it. The number on each card counts the festivals and experiences published for that country.

  • 19countries
  • 167regions and cities
  • 78food festivals
  • 52culinary experiences
129 listings on the mapOpen the full map

Destinations by theme

Each theme page ends with the destinations that hold the most listings for that food.

Wine47Cheese6Ham & charcuterie3Beer12Seafood8Spirits9Street food47Fruits & vegetables7

Festivals through the year

August and September hold the most festivals on this site (18 and 18). A festival that runs over two months is counted in both. Each bar opens the month page of the calendar.

  1. 4Jan
  2. 9Feb
  3. 8Mar
  4. 9Apr
  5. 13May
  6. 7Jun
  7. 14Jul
  8. 18Aug
  9. 18Sep
  10. 11Oct
  11. 8Nov
  12. 3Dec

Countries

In alphabetical order. The names on each card are festivals and experiences published for that country.

Winery building in a vineyard below the pink-lit Andes in ArgentinaBormidayanzon, CC BY-SA2 listings

Argentina

Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, MendozaMendoza winery visits
Sydney Opera House on the harbour under a blue skyBernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA8 listings

Australia

Melbourne Food and Wine FestivalTaste of Summer, HobartTasting Australia
Flower carpet and guildhouses on the Grand-Place in BrusselsTrougnouf (Benoit Brummer), CC BY1 listing

Belgium

Brewery tours in Bruges
Turquoise Peyto Lake below the Rocky Mountains in Banff National ParkTobias Alt, Tobi 87, CC BY-SA1 listing

Canada

Montréal en Lumière
Half-timbered houses and flower boxes along a canal in Colmar, AlsaceKrzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA16 listings

France

Bordeaux Fête le VinFête de la Châtaigne, CollobrièresFête du Cassoulet, Castelnaudary
Stahleck Castle above Bacharach and the terraced vineyard slopes of the Rhine ValleySergey Ashmarin, CC BY-SA16 listings

Germany

Cannstatter VolksfestDürkheimer WurstmarktErlanger Bergkirchweih
White houses and a windmill on the cliff of Oia on Santorini under a clear skyNorbert Nagel, CC BY-SA1 listing

Greece

Food tours in Athens
Green headland and O'Brien's Tower above the Atlantic at the Cliffs of MoherBerthold Werner, CC BY-SA1 listing

Ireland

Guinness Storehouse and whiskey tours in Dublin
Rolling Tuscan hills with a cypress and a dirt road in the Val d'Orcia at golden hourFabrizio Lunardi, CC011 listings

Italy

Alba International White Truffle FairCheese in BraEurochocolate
Chureito Pagoda and snow-capped Mount Fuji above autumn foliageDang Son, CC02 listings

Japan

Food tours in OsakaFood tours in Tokyo
Market stall piled with fresh vegetables and limes in Oaxaca, MexicoBluerasberry, CC BY-SA2 listings

Mexico

Distillery tours in Tequila, JaliscoFood tours in Mexico City
Amsterdam canal lined with gabled houses and moored boatsTobias Niepel, CC BY2 listings

Netherlands

Alkmaar Cheese MarketGouda Cheese Market
Pena Palace on its wooded hilltop in Sintra under a clear skyDiego Delso, CC BY-SA4 listings

Portugal

Douro Valley winery visitsFood tours in LisbonFood tours in Porto
ArtScience Museum and the Marina Bay skyline of Singapore by dayBasile Morin, CC BY-SA1 listing

Singapore

Hawker centre food tours in Singapore
View from Table Mountain over the Atlantic coast of Cape TownDietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA2 listings

South Africa

Franschhoek winery visitsStellenbosch winery visits
Roman aqueduct arches framing the red roofs of Segovia in SpainBenjamin Smith, CC BY-SA7 listings

Spain

La TomatinaLogroño San Mateo festivalMadrid Fusión
Hot air balloons over the rock valleys of Cappadocia at sunriseAlexey Komarov, CC BY-SA1 listing

Türkiye

Food tours in Istanbul
Row of honey-stone cottages along a lane in Bibury, the CotswoldsMike Peel, CC BY-SA15 listings

United Kingdom

Abergavenny Food FestivalFoodies Festival BathFoodies Festival Brighton
Rolling farmland of the Palouse in the American NorthwestDana Hutchinson, CC BY36 listings

United States

Austin Food & Wine FestivalBite of SeattleBreaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

How to use the destination pages

Start from the monthIf your dates are fixed, the calendar lists the festivals of that month, country by country. The country page then shows what else is held nearby.Open the calendarStart from the festivalA festival page links to its city, and the city page lists the food tours and tastings you can add to the trip.All festivalsStart from the foodA theme page names the destinations with the most listings for one product, from wine to truffle.All themes