The Venice Carnival pays homage to the great traveler Marco Polo in an edition dedicated to travel and the discovery of new worlds. With the evocative event title “Ad Oriente (To the East) the amazing ...

More than two dozen countries make up the Caribbean, each with its own vernacular, history, food, and culture. Despite these distinctions, one tradition connects every island—Carnival. Born from the ...

Venice's very existence inspires wonder, and during Carnival, this city of canals provides a fanciful backdrop for the festivities leading up to Lent. Costumes, and notably masks, have added to the ...

In the Royal Tent at New Orleans Country Club last evening, the Caliphs of Cairo traveled to 12th-century Venice to celebrate Carnevale di Venezia a Palazzo Ducale. New Orleans and Venice are ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky VENICE, Italy (AP) — The opening weekend of Carnival in Venice culminated with a water ...

The Venice Carnival began centuries ago as a period of excess before Lent, the 40 days of fasting between Ash Wednesday and Easter. It's like stepping into a time machine. Inside the Monaco Grand ...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The opening weekend of Carnival in Venice culminated with a water procession along the Grand Canal that finished in front of the Rialto Bridge with a flourish of colorful ...

VENICE, ITALY - FEBRUARY 13: An Actor from the "Venezia Wonder Time" initiative performs in The San Marco neighborhood during the carnival in Venice on February 13, 2022. The theme for the 2022 ...

Venice's opulent Byzantine-inspired and Gothic architecture, crisscrossed by a network of canals, is an otherworldly sight at any time. Once a year, however, the people of Venice don decadent costumes ...

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Portions of this travelogue were previously published in 2009.] USAG BAVARIA-GARMISCH, Germany – For those who live in Garmisch, the winter season might seem to last forever; for a ...