Blog Posts for Europe

With so many inspiring and influential works of art in galleries, museums, and yes, even caves, around the world, it's no easy task to choose five works of art worth travelling to. But here are some that we think should be on everyone's list.

For Peregrine travellers, it's always been important to get off the beaten tourist path and see a destination with the guidance of a local tour leader, allowing them to experience things they may not get the chance to see or do while travelling on their own.

While this style of travel continues to grow, we are also seeing that travellers wat to immerse themselves even further in local cultures, experiencing even richer and deeper interactions within their chosen destinations.

Here's the next chapter in our Why We Love It series. Each week we'll feature a blog written by a different Peregrine team member, about a place in the world that holds a special meaning for them. Today's focus is on France:

France is the place for me. It’s where European culture has attained a kind of perfection, where progress means maintenance of the best the world has to offer, where ugliness, flavourlessness and boredom are anathema to the discerning cultural traveller.

Marissa Cooke says there’s nothing like getting in amongst a completely random local festival for a super-unique travel experience. Baby jumping anyone?

So in honour of the silly season, here are our picks for Europe’s’ five weirdest fests: