When deciding where to go on holidays we consider many factors.
Weather, sports, food, money, distance and ofcourse bars, nightclubs and the general nightlife.
If you love a good party and are one of those people who regularly hits up the clubs and bars in your hometown, then the party life of a place is something you should think about.
Each country / city has its very own special festival or cultural celebration and getting involved is part of the fun.
Perhaps when planning your next trip, you should check out these places for great traditional partying.
10: Calgary Stampede, Canada A ten day rodeo which attracts millions of tourists annually, this is held in the second week of July.
The festival features a huge parade and an after party in celebration where beer floes and hook ups in one of the pulsating bars, nightclubs or pubs are a huge.
9: All-Star Fiesta, Cancun, Mexico If boobs, booty and booz are what you're after, I hear this festival held over five days is just for you! You'll find fashion shows, record releases, wild basketball games and generally, celebrities are found relaxing around the event alongside the other 10,000 visitors.
8: Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany Apparently, six million people converge on this historical city for a party where the drink of choice and the reason to get together during the month of October is beer.
Get it in any form, made from anywhere, in any sized glass.
This festival starts off with a huge parade through the streets, finishing up at noon where the Mayor of Munich sips the first pint.
It's a crazy time where local breweries compete for patron's affections and the title of best beer.
I hear the place to drink at during the month is Hofbaugaus but getting there before 10.
30 is a must or you most certainly won't get a table.
7: La Tomatina, Spain Spain is the place to party around the world [and believe it or not has the highest density of bars and nightclubs in the world].
This place also has an amazing tradition which marks the end of the harvesting season.
Since 1945, on the last Wednesday in August, 30,000 people hit the little town of Bunol in the Valencia region for the worlds largest food fight.
Imagine chucking tomatoes at your friends while drinking and dancing and enjoying dishes like paella and a glass of warm sangria.
6: Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, California Started in 1906, this party, held on the third Sunday of May is a college drinking bash meets fancy dress party.
Imagine over 70,000 beautiful people dancing, drinking on a seven mile beach with no shoes, dressed up in all kinds of crazy costumes.
There is carts with beers spilling out the top and lots of nude fun both outside and inside the wide selection of bars and nightclubs.
5: Glastonbury Music Festival, Pilton, England An absolute celebration of art, culture and of course, very good music.
The festival has played host to acts like MGMT, Hot Chip, Florence and the Machines, La Roux, Snoop Dogg, Julian Casablancas and the Flaming Lips.
In 2009, 177000 attended the five-day outdoor, party which has now been going for 40 years.
Tents, sleeping bags and gumboots are essential.
Be quick for this one, tickets generally go on sale online in early October for the festival which is always held in the last weekend of June.
4: Midnight Madness, Reykjavik, Iceland On the night of June 23, this city plays host to a Viking-inspired festival with bonfires, live music, fresh traditional food, art and dance.
Sure, this place is chilly, but hang out at one of the warm lagoons or sip on one of the many types of vodka provided at the markets and you'll be on fire.
3: Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba, Japan Held annually over three days at the end of July, this festival started up in 1997 and got its name as the first ever event was at the foot of Mount Fuji.
It hosts 100,000 people who travel to the city to hear 250 different musical acts from Japan and around the world.
Acts like Oasis, Fall out Boy, Basement Jaxx, Gossip, Jason Mraz and The Chemical Brothers have played this festival.
There are plenty of ski resorts nearby, but if you miss out on one of those, bring along a tent and your set for the weekend.
2: Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand Legend has it that this festival started as a huge beach Birthday party in the 80's.
Backpackers have returned to Thailand many a time for the famous beach party and while many say the event [celebrated on a full moon each month], has lost its charm, but some 20,000 people still bring their dancing and drinking boots here at any one time.
Many of my friends have traveled here and tell me the Full Moon Party was one of the most amazing nights of their life.
Highlights for them included magic mushroom milkshakes and fond memories of every second person going to the toilet in the beach.
1: Carnival, Rio De Janiero, Brazil Believe it or not, but this festival, celebrated in Feb was established for religious reasoning.
Brazilian's put on the festival in the early stages because it was a method of wishing away all the bad things in a season of religious discipline, to practice repentance and prepare for Christs death and resurrection.
Prices on just about everything go up during this festival, but I'm told its well worth it.
I know from personal experience that Brazil is the place for hot men and ladies, very little clothing and brilliant food.
If only I had stayed for the amazing festival.
Catch costumes of all kinds, pleanty of dancing and drinking in the streets and kissing and nakedness like you've never seen before.
One thing to watch for though, is pickpocketers - they love this time of year.
By Nastasia Campanella.
Weather, sports, food, money, distance and ofcourse bars, nightclubs and the general nightlife.
If you love a good party and are one of those people who regularly hits up the clubs and bars in your hometown, then the party life of a place is something you should think about.
Each country / city has its very own special festival or cultural celebration and getting involved is part of the fun.
Perhaps when planning your next trip, you should check out these places for great traditional partying.
10: Calgary Stampede, Canada A ten day rodeo which attracts millions of tourists annually, this is held in the second week of July.
The festival features a huge parade and an after party in celebration where beer floes and hook ups in one of the pulsating bars, nightclubs or pubs are a huge.
9: All-Star Fiesta, Cancun, Mexico If boobs, booty and booz are what you're after, I hear this festival held over five days is just for you! You'll find fashion shows, record releases, wild basketball games and generally, celebrities are found relaxing around the event alongside the other 10,000 visitors.
8: Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany Apparently, six million people converge on this historical city for a party where the drink of choice and the reason to get together during the month of October is beer.
Get it in any form, made from anywhere, in any sized glass.
This festival starts off with a huge parade through the streets, finishing up at noon where the Mayor of Munich sips the first pint.
It's a crazy time where local breweries compete for patron's affections and the title of best beer.
I hear the place to drink at during the month is Hofbaugaus but getting there before 10.
30 is a must or you most certainly won't get a table.
7: La Tomatina, Spain Spain is the place to party around the world [and believe it or not has the highest density of bars and nightclubs in the world].
This place also has an amazing tradition which marks the end of the harvesting season.
Since 1945, on the last Wednesday in August, 30,000 people hit the little town of Bunol in the Valencia region for the worlds largest food fight.
Imagine chucking tomatoes at your friends while drinking and dancing and enjoying dishes like paella and a glass of warm sangria.
6: Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, California Started in 1906, this party, held on the third Sunday of May is a college drinking bash meets fancy dress party.
Imagine over 70,000 beautiful people dancing, drinking on a seven mile beach with no shoes, dressed up in all kinds of crazy costumes.
There is carts with beers spilling out the top and lots of nude fun both outside and inside the wide selection of bars and nightclubs.
5: Glastonbury Music Festival, Pilton, England An absolute celebration of art, culture and of course, very good music.
The festival has played host to acts like MGMT, Hot Chip, Florence and the Machines, La Roux, Snoop Dogg, Julian Casablancas and the Flaming Lips.
In 2009, 177000 attended the five-day outdoor, party which has now been going for 40 years.
Tents, sleeping bags and gumboots are essential.
Be quick for this one, tickets generally go on sale online in early October for the festival which is always held in the last weekend of June.
4: Midnight Madness, Reykjavik, Iceland On the night of June 23, this city plays host to a Viking-inspired festival with bonfires, live music, fresh traditional food, art and dance.
Sure, this place is chilly, but hang out at one of the warm lagoons or sip on one of the many types of vodka provided at the markets and you'll be on fire.
3: Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba, Japan Held annually over three days at the end of July, this festival started up in 1997 and got its name as the first ever event was at the foot of Mount Fuji.
It hosts 100,000 people who travel to the city to hear 250 different musical acts from Japan and around the world.
Acts like Oasis, Fall out Boy, Basement Jaxx, Gossip, Jason Mraz and The Chemical Brothers have played this festival.
There are plenty of ski resorts nearby, but if you miss out on one of those, bring along a tent and your set for the weekend.
2: Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand Legend has it that this festival started as a huge beach Birthday party in the 80's.
Backpackers have returned to Thailand many a time for the famous beach party and while many say the event [celebrated on a full moon each month], has lost its charm, but some 20,000 people still bring their dancing and drinking boots here at any one time.
Many of my friends have traveled here and tell me the Full Moon Party was one of the most amazing nights of their life.
Highlights for them included magic mushroom milkshakes and fond memories of every second person going to the toilet in the beach.
1: Carnival, Rio De Janiero, Brazil Believe it or not, but this festival, celebrated in Feb was established for religious reasoning.
Brazilian's put on the festival in the early stages because it was a method of wishing away all the bad things in a season of religious discipline, to practice repentance and prepare for Christs death and resurrection.
Prices on just about everything go up during this festival, but I'm told its well worth it.
I know from personal experience that Brazil is the place for hot men and ladies, very little clothing and brilliant food.
If only I had stayed for the amazing festival.
Catch costumes of all kinds, pleanty of dancing and drinking in the streets and kissing and nakedness like you've never seen before.
One thing to watch for though, is pickpocketers - they love this time of year.
By Nastasia Campanella.
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