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T H E J O U R N E Y
Where are you going? Follow
our trail to this month’s
best happenings
3, 10, 17/02
Horse power
Giddy up for the
most exciting, and
perhaps foolhardy, of
winter sports.
Skijöring has been a
feature of St Moritz’s
White Turf event
–
the “Ascot of the
winter season” –
since 1923, when
skier-towing horses
first competed at
breakneck speeds
across a frozen
lake. Watch them
(
frombetween your
fingers) on one of
three consecutive
Sundays this month.
whiteturf.ch
6-17/02
Bollywood comes to the Canaries
Pack your brightest bangles, saris and silk kurtas (shirts), and
head to
tenerife
this month, as the annual Santa Cruz
Carnival – this year embracing a Bollywood theme – shim-
mies across the island. Said to be
the second best in the world
(
after Rio), it celebrates the
pre-Lent week in a flurry
of outrageous costumes,
frenzied parades and drag-
queen fun runs.
carnavaltenerife.es
Until 12/02
Masking for it
Gilded masks and velvet cloaks are de rigueur in
venice
for its famous Carnevale this month. Don yours for a
quick minuet at the Hotel Danieli (danielihotelvenice.com),
as they invite visitors to learn 18th-century dance steps
ahead of carnival balls. Or, if that doesn’t float your
gondola, Decadenza
–
at Teatro San Gallo (veneziahub.
com) on 8 February –will
see DJs pack the floors
for a more modern (if no
less ostentatious) party.
LOVE BOAT
Take a romantic tour down the Grand
Canal in
venice
on page 71.
It’s not hard to hold tight
when you’ve got horses
galloping behind you
