Planning on a Mardi Gras getaway to New Orleans this year?  There's no better time to travel and there's no better place for unlimited entertainment, partying and fun activities.  After all, Mardi Gras is known as the "greatest free show on earth."   Read on for TripAtlas.com's...

Brazil is home to some of the world’s most golden beaches, with thatched roof huts serving up traditional sugar cane drinks and grilled lobster and shrimp; many remaining as virgin as they were on days of the Europeans arrival, late 1400’s, to its coast. Brazil is also home to some of...

Mardi Gras marks the final day of the Carnival period. Carnival begins on the Twelth Night after Christmas, January 6th every year. Carnival lasts for about one month and ends exactly 47 days before Easter. The Carnival and Mardi Gras festivals and celebrations are very popular in Europe,...