New Year’s Eve in Tuscany

New year

Many Italians celebrate the arriving of the new year with friends at home or also at a restaurant. There is also a large number of Italians which prefer to go on holiday directly after Christmas until Epiphany (Befana) on January 6th. As a national tradition (that is increasing always … [Read more...]

Christmas Offers Tuscany

Christmas in Tuscany

Christmas time starts in Italy with the 1st November that is Tutti Santi or Allsaints, in Italy a legal holiday. From this day on Christmas lights will be switched on in many Italian towns and from the following weekend on, many towns will be open also on Sunday afternoon for Christmas … [Read more...]

8 December, Festa dell’Immacolata

Immacolata Concezione

8 December is a legal and ecclesiastical holiday; it is La Festa dell'Immacolata Concezione, that means the Feast of Immaculate Conception. This day is one of the preferred days of the Italians to go for Christmas shopping, as shops are open or to decorate the christmas tree. If … [Read more...]

New Year’s Eve in Tuscany

New Year's Eve 2010/2011 in Tuscany

Many Italians celebrate the arriving of the new year with friends at home or also at a restaurant. There is also a large number of Italians which prefer to go on holiday directly after Christmas until Epiphany (Befana) on January 6th. As a national tradition (that is increasing always … [Read more...]