If you're a traveller, this post is for you. Regardless of whether y'all started out happy, indifferent or dreading the twelvemonth 2014, it is close to alter for the better. We've listed all major long weekends inwards 2014, as well as then y'all tin terminate start planning out your leaves as well as brand this a twelvemonth of travel!
FEBRUARY
Holiday: Mahashivratri, Th 27thSuggestions: Spend a few days lounging roughly inwards a hammock on a private isle past times the backwaters inwards due north Kerala, occasionally looking upwards to location kingfishers or eagles, venturing out for a swim inwards the backwaters (they are that clean!), as well as taking a kayak out to a virgin beach across the coast. It actually doesn't larn amend than this.
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| A sneak peek of the island. |
MARCH
Holiday: Holi, Mon 17thSuggestions: Visit Prakriti farm as well as sense Hola Mohalla, a grand display of traditional martial arts, mock fights, as well as genius amongst the sword; a photographer's feast!
Laze roughly inwards the sheer beauty at Ramgarh Villa near Manali, amongst a scenic sentiment of the Himalayas correct earlier you.
Discover an 'organic' life at a farm rest inwards Coorg - explore the java plantations, wheel along quaint Coorgi villages, see lesser known Tibetan monasteries, as well as much more.
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| Paddy fields at Coorg |
APRIL
Holiday: Good Friday, Fri 18thSuggestions: Make your agency upwards to Uttarakhand as well as welcome the outset of summertime at a beautiful habitation rest inwards Peora or Bhimtal.
In Bhimtal, rest at a colonial habitation stay steeped inwards history; the caput of the draw of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement escaped the Nazis inwards the 1930's as well as fled to India, as well as married a descendant of the famous Tipu Sultan!
Or unwind inwards Peora at The Dak Bungalow, a quaint British bungalow inwards the midst of forests as well as mountains, amongst non bad opportunities for photographers, conduct chances enthusiasts as well as wild fauna lovers.
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| Smetacek's Colonial Home rest at Bhimtal |
JULY
Holiday: Ramazan Id, Tuesday 27thSuggestions: Head over Bamboo Village inwards Wayanad, as well as sense a festival that celebrates the monsoon - Splash festival. Introduced past times the Wayanad Tourism Organisation v years ago, this festival celebrates pelting tourism, a existent conduct chances for pelting lovers!
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| Road inwards Wayanad |
AUGUST
Holiday: Independence Day, Fri 15thSuggestions: Experience Goa inwards the monsoons if y'all haven't already! Stay at a traditional Goan-Portuguese habitation stay inwards the sleepy postcard hamlet of Aldona, past times the backwaters of North Goa. An sense that volition brand y'all forget everything you've known or heard close Goa.
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| Entrance to the Aldona habitation stay |
OCTOBER
Holiday: Gandhi Jayanti, Th 2nd; Bakri Id, Mon 6thSuggestions: The perfect fourth dimension to (re)discover Delhi on the Untravel Delhi trail; hike to a secret cluster of pristine mount lakes, larn a glimpse of life inwards rural Bharat at a traditional pottery village, discovery the 'other' side of the Yamuna, as well as bicycle through the by-lanes of Old Delhi. Fall inwards beloved amongst the urban amount again!
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| Lakes close Delhi? |
NOVEMBER
Holiday: Muharram, Tuesday 4thSuggestions: Get dorsum to the basics, grow as well as laid upwards your ain food. Relax, sentinel birds, read, write, cycle, appreciate the niggling joys again! Visit organic farms inwards Punjab, Rajasthan or Coorg, as well as sense what life on a farm is like.
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| Pick your vegetables as well as consume them fresh at Prakriti farm inwards Punjab |
DECEMBER
Holiday: Christmas, Th 25thSuggestions: You can't allow the twelvemonth larn past times without unearthing the Best Kept Secrets of Kerala! Leave behind the tourist circuit, as well as larn a sense of savor of life inwards the scenic colina solid reason of Wayanad, mingle amongst locals inwards a scenic farming village, grab the dying fine art of Theyyam inwards Kannur, as well as pamper yourself at God's Own "Island" inwards the Kasaragod district!
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| Bird watcher's paradise inwards the backwaters |
- April eighth (Tuesday): Ram Navami
- April 14th (Monday): Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
- August 18th (Monday): Janmashtami, Parsi New Year
- August 29th (Friday): Ganesh Chaturthi
- October 23rd (Thursday): Diwali
- October 24th (Friday): Diwali
- November sixth (Thursday): Guru Nanak Jayanti
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Tell us, where are y'all going this year?
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