Venice Doubled Its Access-Fee Days for 2025 — What Food Travelers Need to Know
The day-tripper charge now covers 54 days including every summer weekend, but overnight guests — the ones eating at the bacari — follow different rules.
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Dates and disruptions for food trips.
Michelin Guide Adds Six Great Lakes Cities to Its Culinary Map
Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh join a new regional Michelin edition, with inspectors dining anonymously now and the first stars due in 2027.
The Michelin Guide's Price Tag: How Cities Pay to Get Rated
Champagne Prepares Its Earliest Harvest on Record, Opening August 15
The region's official 2026 picking calendar opens mid-August — on course to beat the previous record set in 2020, per the trade press and the CIVC's dates.
Galway Oyster Festival 2026: The World's Longest-Running Oyster Party Returns Sept 25–27
The 72nd Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival opens the native oyster season from September 25 to 27, with its Oyster Trail of 35-plus venues across the city.
Oktoberfest 2026 Dates Confirmed: Munich's 191st Festival Runs Sept 19–Oct 4
The Theresienwiese program opens Saturday, September 19, 2026, and closes Sunday, October 4 — with tent reservations, the deciding factor for food travelers, already in motion.