Lively colors, enthusiastic ceremonies, dat loads and sweet, rain dances, DJ parties or simply with friends and family – Holi is all more! However, Holi is also time to satisfy your journey bug, if it is a long weekend like this year. Holi 2025 is on Friday on 14 March.
Travel search engine Skyscaner’s travel trends 2025 report found that 91% of Indian passengers believe that holidays help to open and recharge them. Skyscanner data suggests that 13 March and 15 March are currently the most popular dates that Indians are traveling. If you are looking for the inspiration of the final-minute, then here are the top 5 destinations according to the travel search engine that you can find.
1. Vrindavan and Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Want to celebrate Holi in the most brilliant way? Vrindavan and Mathura are twins! Here, Holi is observed as a multi-day spectacle, which is immersed in history, is devotion and color explosion. From Barsana’s ‘Lathmar Holi’, where women fickle men, the Banke Bihari temple has ‘Phoolan Wali Holi’ in the Banke Bihari temple, where the petal replaces the colored powder, every ritual bunches centuries in making a story.
According to Skyscanner data, there is an increase of 353% in the search for flights to Agra, the nearest airport for March 12, compared to the same day in February. Even more striking, the search is 417% on only 11 March than the previous day.
2. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Holi is going to come true in Varanasi. Therefore, it should not surprise anyone that Varanasi ranks second among the most discovered sites for travel between 12th and 18 March*. If you are planning a trip to the city, here is a Pro tip from Skyscanner: aim for a flight that takes off the Holi for the final experience before morning or early late night. Seeing the sunrise above the Ganges, experienceing the main Holi festival in Dashshwame Ghat and Kashi Vishwanath Temple, the Sham Ganga Aarti – Varanasi is nothing but magic other than magic.
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3. Goa
When it comes to traveling, Goa is never out of favor. 4 of the most discovered destinations during Holi weekends rank 4 number 4, it is clear that Goa is more than the summer escape – it is a celebration hotspot. Dance your way through the beach parties or find out your famous forts and churches in the Golden Morning Lite. You can experience Holi in temples in Ponda or Vasco to add a local turn to your ceremonies.
4. Kolkata, West Bengal
The city of Anand will welcome you with open weapons along with celebrating ‘Doll Jatra’ with your residents. At the middle of the top Holi Gateway, Kolkata brings its artistic nature to the festival. Enjoy the splash of colors on the streets of college street, Holi parties of Park Street, which offer the correct mixture of revelation and relaxation, and some delicate desserts – Malpua, Thandai and Sandesh on the gorge. If you want to travel outside the city, then the head of the shuntinicate, who is about 190 km from Kolkata. The roads of Shantiniketan survive with the Basant Utsav, which is a mental performance of Rabindranath Tagore’s legacy, where people sing, live, dance, dance, and welcome spring in the most poetic way.
5. Mumbai, Maharashtra
Think that Bollywood comes on beats and colorful streets, and Mumbai’s mind. The financial capital of India certainly knows how to celebrate in style with high-energy parties, foot-tamping music and really infectious festival. While you can taste the Classic Mumbai Holi Vibes in Juhu Beach and Choupatti – the crowd and color here are with connecting the Arabian Sea to the magic – if you love the party, do not remember the Holi parties of the famous Bollywood -shallow of the city. Purana from the famous street stalls of the city indulged in Poli, Thandai and Jalebis.
