Horse lovers, take note: the largest horse festival in the world unfolds in Verona for three days. See world-class jumping competitions, exhibits with the horse as the source of inspiration and even horse games and events geared for children and families. Related Article: Noteworthy Travels: The Palio Edition
This festival offers free classes for yoga novices as well as events for those who are well-schooled in various yoga techniques. The festival is also held in Rome and Padua.
Part of Mediateca Toscana's 50 Days of International Film in Florence, events take place throughout the city but primarily at the Odeon Cinema. This is the largest film festival of its kind in Italy. Events feature writers, directors, filmmakers, actors and films highlighting LGBT media. Note: 2016 dates have not been announced yet. Please check the event website for updates.
One day a year during Saint Martin's week, the entire country of Italy comes together to celebrate the power, the intrigue, and the mystery of...the grape! At this national celebration, revelers welcome the happy harvest of the grape with the opening of 100 wine cellars for free tasting of the young wines by the public! This Novello (New) wine has a ...
Part of Mediateca Toscana's 50 Days of International Film in Florence, all events take place at the Odeon Cinema. This is the largest film festival of its kind in Italy. Events feature writers, directors, filmmakers and actors. Please check the event website for updated dates.
After a pestilence struck Venice in 1630, the Doge prayed to the Virgin Mary to stop the spread of the disease and protect the people of Venice. The Doge also ordered the construction of a church in her honor, which became the Chiesa della Salute, and which, every year on November 21st, becomes a mecca for Venetians, who take a ...
See documentaries from around the world at the annual Festival dei Popoli in Florence.
This market in the town of Candelara includes ice sculptures of mangers, a manger exhibit, and a traditional market. If you time your visit right, you will get to see the city illuminated solely by candlelight. Free shuttle buses will run from Pesaro to Candelara on the three weekends of the festival.
Join over 6,000 athletes (or just cheer them on from the sidelines) at 9 a.m. in Piazzale Michelangelo as they run a marathon through the streets of Florence, passing through the Ponte alla Vittoria, Piazza Poggi, Piazza della Repubblica, and ending at Piazza Sante Croce. Florence hosts both men's and women's events, as well as a mini-run (called the Ginky ...
Cobblestoned lanes, old woodsheds, barrel vaults and little courtyards are the setting for the market in Rango, a small village in the Bleggio plateau. Away from the frenzy of the big cities, Rango’s Christmas Market celebrates tradition and ancient rites, handicrafts of the area, the local cuisine, the smells, and the sounds of Christmas with bagpipes, accordions and shepherds’ songs. ...
