If you’re into the lesser-known and somewhat undiscovered travel scene, then your next vacation trip should be best envisioned in a place called Cheltenham. A borough in Gloucestershire, England, Cheltenham is a premier spa town and is host to a wide variety of festivals year-round featuring both national and international contributors and attendees.
Cheltenham is a cultural center that boasts Regency architecture and lush parks and gardens, which make for a beautiful view as you make your way from cafe to cafe or restaurant to restaurant. The buildings and flora make for a great step-up to your selfie game when exploring the booming nightlife in Cheltenham proper as well!
Cheltenham Festival
A festival that holds the town’s moniker as its namesake, the Cheltenham Festival is the peak of equestrian jump racing. The festival serves as the home of the Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, the World Hurdle, and more. This festival draws the bigs with its winning and betting prominence in the jump racing world, with Betfair’s VIP Club even showing out to show their support and by in to the festivities. If your life is best enjoyed and most relaxed by the tracks, or if you’d just like to experience the thrill of equestrian athletics, then the Cheltenham Festival is just the one for you.
With plenty to do during the day and night, what you’ll probably want to check out most are the various festivals native to Cheltenham. Here’s a list of the most prominent:
Cheltenham Literature Festival
If you’ve a literary mind in any way, catching the Cheltenham Literature Festival in full swing could be one of the most formative experiences in your literary pursuits. Publishing, politics, television, radio, art, theatre, and sport all meet in one astounding festival over a number of days that promises to have an avenue, talk, or exhibition for every mind. Occurring in the autumn months, the mild climate and changing of the leaves promises to make for a beautiful backdrop to an otherwise evocative and original festival.
Cheltenham Science Festival
The Cheltenham Science Festival brings together the most recent findings in unbounded scientific fields. Coming around in early June this year, the Cheltenham Science Festival has already posted what’s going to be discussed in the natural and unseen worlds at event. If you have interest for the sciences and the implications of research findings in our everyday lives, then don’t miss your opportunity to attend the most evocative talks in 2014 at the Cheltenham Science Festival.
While these are certainly the most prominent festivals held in Cheltenham every year, there are many more that are sure to strike one, two, maybe five of your fancies. Here’s a list of those unexplored:
There are plenty of options for a visit to Cheltenham, and most probably you’ll find one of these week-long festivals in full swing during your visit! The links above will help guide you and give you more insight once you’re there. Have fun!
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