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Glastonbury Festival 2005
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Glasto: one of 'world's best parties'

Glastonbury Festival comes fourth in a survey among travel-guide readers of the best places to party on the planet. It is the only British event revellers voted into the top 10 of a website poll.

The weather at Worthy Farm might not live up to the likes of Rio Carnival, but readers of a series of travel books have voted Glasto as one of their hottest places to party.

Glastonbury is fourth in a survey of the world's best festivals on the website for the Rough Guide series.

It is the only British event revellers voted into the top 10 of the internet poll:

  1. Rio Carnival, Brazil
  2. Fantasy Fest, Key West, USA
  3. Fiesta de San Fermin, Pamplona, Spain
  4. Glastonbury Festival
  5. Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
  6. Love Parade, Berlin, Germany
  7. Mardi Gras, New Orleans, USA
  8. Trinidad Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago
  9. Queen's Day, The Netherlands
  10. Burning Man, Nevada, USA
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