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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

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

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

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

Campo Felice is an easy winter day trip from Rome.

New Year’s Day in Villa Borghese

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

Finally Ferrara: Postcard From a City That Called Me Back

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

Skiing and sledding within a tank of gas from Rome.

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

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 ...

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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