• Sardinia: Cagliari Christmas Market

    Unnamed Venue Cagliari, Italy

    The Cagliari Christmas market will have hand-made crafts and Sardinian food and wine. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide

  • Pisa Marathon

    Piazza Manin Pisa, Italy

    The Pisa Marathon includes a full marathon and half marathon, and starts its course near the Leaning Tower. Note: 2016 dates have not been announced yet. Please check the event website for updates. Dream of Italy's Tuscany Travel Advice Event photo: www.flickr.com/photos/88018410@N04/8056095814/

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  • Civitavecchia (Lazio): The Little Shepherdess

    Unnamed Venue Civitavecchia, Italy

    In the evening of the 23rd of December, little "shepherd" boys and girls fill the streets of Civitavecchia, singing Christmas songs (in particular the traditional local song La Pastorella -- "the little shepherdess") and playing musical instruments in exchange for sweets and coins. The streets are filled with songs and music, a truly lovely traditional Italian Christmas evening. Get your FREE ...

  • Agira (Sicily): Nativity Play

    Unnamed Venue Agira, Italy

    More than 100 actors in period costume take the streets of Agira in this play on Christmas Eve, performing from the city center to Agira Castle. The play is accompanied by ancient craft demonstrations and music throughout the night. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide Event photo: www.flickr.com/photos/missuale/8564895001

  • Oratino (Molise): La Faglia

    Unnamed Venue Oratino, Italy

    A 12-meter-high sugar cane torch is carried by a procession to the town center in Oratino on Christmas Eve each year. Once next to the town's bell tower, the torch is blessed by the local priest and lit to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide Event photo: www.flickr.com/photos/pietro_valocchi/4237536080

  • Abbadia San Salvatore (Tuscany): Fiaccole di Natale

    Unnamed Venue Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy

    This 1000-year-old festival in Abbadia San Salvatore is a procession of candles and torches on Christmas Eve, commemorating the shepherds who followed the star to the site of Jesus's birth. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide

  • Alagna (Piedmont): Ice Nativity Scene

    Unnamed Venue Alagna, Italy

    The town of Alagna features a nativity scene carved out of ice. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide

  • Christmas in Vatican City

    Unnamed Venue Vatican City, Italy

    Christmas Eve at the Vatican draws enormous crowds to see midnight Mass and the huge Christmas tree in the piazza, but there are religious events occurring throughout December as well. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide

  • Monteleone (Umbria): Christmas Living Nativity

    Unnamed Venue Monteleone, Italy

    The entire town of Monteleone in Umbria creates a living nativity (presepe vivante) to celebrate Christmas on Dec. 24, Dec. 26 and Jan. 6. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide