Festivals and Events

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 ...

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 ...

Of Bells and Believers in Agnone, Molise

Agnone, a small town in Italy's central Molise region, is known for its medieval bell foundry and traditional religious processions.

January in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

Italians celebrate the Christmas season through January 6, the Epiphany. So January begins with much fanfare, including New Years Day and Epiphany ...

Extra Palio in Siena Will Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the End of WWI

An Extra Palio - Palio Straordinario - will be run in Siena on 20 October 2018.

Porcini Mushrooms: How Italians Ease Into Autumn

Some time between beach season and boot season, porcini mushrooms begin to arrive in the market, at road stands, and on menus. Though they are ...

La Festa Delle Donne – International Women’s Day in Italy

Italy celebrates International Women's Day - La Festa delle Donne - with mimosas and a free museum day.

Natale di Roma: Rome Celebrates Its Birthday

The city of Rome was born on April 21, 753 BC.

Cortili Aperti: Italy’s Annual Open Courtyards Event

For more than 20 years, ADSI (Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane), aka the Historic Home Association of Italy, has been working in conjunction ...

World’s Biggest Christmas Tree in Gubbio, Umbria

Rockefeller Center has nothing on this tree. The biggest Christmas tree in the world is, in fact, in Gubbio, Umbria. But this is not any tree. ...

Eating Your Way Through Le Marche

A round-up of food festivals in Le Marche.

Regata delle Befane, Venice

Venice commemorates the last day of the Christmas season - Epiphany - with the Regata delle Befana, a boat race through the lagoon.

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