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Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Here's how to get tickets and prepare for Midnight Mass.

December in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

Festivals & Events

December (Dicembre) is a popular month to travel in Italy for both Italians and foreign tourists, thanks to Christmas festivities and markets. Rome ...

February in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

Festivals & Events

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 ...

January in Italy: Weather, Holidays & Festivals

Festivals & Events

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

Campo Felice: Skiing and Sledding in Abruzzo

Abruzzo

Campo Felice is an easy winter day trip from Rome.

New Year’s Day in Villa Borghese

Festivals & Events

The ideal place in Rome to spend New Year's Day.

Finally Ferrara: Postcard From a City That Called Me Back

Emilia-Romagna

Ferrara is a gorgeous little city in Emilia-Romagna known for its Renaissance walls and palaces, the Castello Estense, and its rich Jewish heritage.

A Snowy ‘Staycation’ in Rome

Abruzzo

Skiing and sledding within a tank of gas from Rome.

Jazz in January: Umbria Jazz Inverno and Other Winter Festivals in Italy

Culture & Living

Winter means the music season for most of Italy. Opera productions and church-sponsored chamber music events are typical fare from Lecco to Lecce at ...