Category: Festivals & Events

  • September in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

    September (Settembre) is when you will find food festivals (sagre) dedicated to the flavors of autumn: porcini mushrooms, cinghiale, and more. A number of cities also celebrate their medieval traditions during September. September 19, the feast day of San Gennaro, is a local holiday in Naples. What is the Weather in Italy in September? Late…

    Festive street in Naples, Italy
  • February in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

    February is frigid in most parts of Italy, but is not without its festivities. There’s Valentine’s Day and Carnevale, and many Italian schools observe a winter break called Settimana Bianca — White Week — a time for skiing and sledding. What is the Weather in Italy in February? February in Italy is just as cold…

    A costumed Carnevale celebrants in Venice
  • March in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

    Even though Easter can fall as early as March 22, March is typically the season of Lent. But this is Italy, so the austerity of the Lenten season is tempered with a variety of secular and religious activities as well as the beginning of spring and warmer, if rainier, weather. What is the Weather in…

    pine trees near house on vast land
  • April in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

    With spring in full swing, April starts to gets busy with outdoor events, parades, and festivals. Easter usually falls during this month and Liberation Day, on the 25th, is a national holiday. What is the Weather in Italy in April? Parts of Italy can still be blustery and rainy in April. But overall, the weather…

    Inside the Colosseum Ruins and Stage