If you’ve spent any time in Greece around the 15th of August, you’ve probably come across a panigiri – whether you knew what you were looking at or not. Dekapentavgousto, the Assumption of the Virgin, is the country’s biggest religious holiday, and it’s when most visitors encounter their first one. But panigiria aren’t confined to […]
Category: Summer
Five American Summer Festivals Worth Planning a Trip Around
2026 marks 250 years since American independence, and the celebrations are everywhere. But the version we’d travel for isn’t in Washington or New York. It’s in the small towns that have been celebrating the same traditions for generations, where summer festivals still feel like they belong to the community rather than the visitor. These aren’t […]