The festival at Benicassim in Spain is one of Europe’s favourite festivals among people from the UK and Ireland. If you’re heading to Benicassim, then there’s something you should definitely take into account before you go: it’s very, very hot.

If you’re camping then the chances are you’ll spend limited time in your tent on account of the heat. As such, you’ll be outside a lot. Be careful you aren’t overexposed to the sun and take plenty of sun cream. One application sun cream is ideal because it’ll allow you to walk around all day without the fear of getting burnt, but you should reapply later on to be on the safe side.

You can also escape the sun by heading to the Aquarama water park just over the road from the main festival site. A full day ticket costs €20.50 so you should draft this into your budget for the trip if you plan to spend a few days there enjoying the water, the rides and the opportunity to find a bit of welcome shade.

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Escaping the sun at Benicassim

Packing for a festival abroad is a tricky prospect. Even though you can usually on better weather than at UK festivals thereby reducing the amount of clothing you need to take in your bag, you still need to be really efficient.

One problem relates to your tent. However, rather than getting your tent into your backpack, it’s worth taking the poles and pegs out and seeing if your tent is small enough without them to take as hand luggage. If you take this approach then you stand a better chance of getting all your other essentials into your bag.

The poles and pegs probably contravene rules on permitted hand luggage items so it’s best to have them in the hold anyway.

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The 3 day Sunburn festival in Goa struck a blow this year when the police closed it down for playing the music to loud. The music was recorded at 83 decibels when the council restricted it to 55 decibels. The festival was reopened after organisers made a payment to the local council! Sounds like a bribe to be but the party went on.

Afterwards the organisers were unhappy with the restrictions put in place arguing that across Europe concerts and festivals often reach 110 decibels, A person speaking loudly can reach 50 decibels so the 55 decibel restriction imposed was far to low especially taking into account that all the music is turned off at 10pm.

Noise restrictions are are a common problem in festivals even in the UK with many festivals being held by their licence to regulate the noise coming from the sound systems. One complaint of 2008 for many festivals was what seemed like reduced sound levels in the arenas at several festivals.

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