Christmas Markets
in Italy
ALTO ADIGE (South Tyrol/ Süd Tirol)
BOLZANO/BOZEN: ALPINE - MEDITERRANEAN CHRISTMAS
Christmas in the traditional mercantile town of Bolzano, where the cultures and traditions of central Europe and the Mediterranean meet. Bright lights, scents and sounds steeped in tradition, with its romantic arcaded streets and picturesque lanes. All against the backdrop of the Rosengarten Dolomites!
Venue Piazza Walther/Waltherplatz Now open until 6 Jan. 2014
MERANO: SENSUAL DELIGHTS AND RELAXATION
Buy traditional handicrafts and savour local sweetmeats. Attractions for children! Enjoy a festival for the senses and leisure, enveloped in the magical pre-Christmas atmosphere of Merano.
Venue Passeggiata Lungo Passirio/Piazza della Rena/Piazza delle Terme
Now open until 6 Jan 2014
BRESSANONE/BRIXEN: ART AND HISTORY
The venerable Cathedral with its 800 year-old Gothic cloister lends a unique aura to this Christmas marketin the Cathedral square. You will be fascinated by the bustle of activity and the myriad of colours, seasonal aromas and music, or by the crib exhibition in the Episcopal Palace (Hofburg) emanating tradition and history.
Venue Piazza Duomo/Domplatz (Cathedral Square) Now open until 6 Jan. 2014
VIPITENO/STERZING: LIVING TRADITIONS
The impressive "Zwölfer-Turm" tower built in 1486 overlooks the Christmas market in this medieval mining town, itself at an altitude of almost 1,000 metres. It also features a special exhibition related to the history of mining in the nearby high mountains.
Venue Piazza città/Stadtplatz (Town Square) Now open until 6 Jan. 2014
BRUNICO/BRUNECK: HANDICRAFTS AND TRADITION
Discover traditional handicrafts and seductive delicacies between the four main gates of the medieval town walls. Should you wish to combine a visit to the Christmas market with winter sports, then the superb slopes in the Kron-Platz ski resort are just outside the town.
Venue Beside the Moat (Via Bastioni/Am Graben) and Town Hall Square (Nuovo
Piazza Municipio/Neuer Rathausplatz) Now open until 6 Jan. 2014
TRENTINO
TRENTO
The Trento Christmas Market in Piazza Fiera, with over 60 wooden huts is one of the most famous fin the region. Wooden huts sell traditional decorations for Christmas trees and nativity scenes, crafts, cakes, local products, original gift ideas, and gourmet specialities in a special food section. In keeping with tradition, at the middle of the main square, a gourmet section will be dedicated to the specialities of Trentino: apple strudel, "treccia mochèna" (plaited pastry cake), "polenta brustolada" (grilled polenta), and "tortel di patate" (potato cake), "speck" (smoked ham), "canederli" (dumplings) and filled pasta, as well as the popular "vin brulè"(mulled wine) of Trentino and "parampampoli" (hot toddy). Now open until 30 December 2013
ROVERETO
Rovereto - the City of Peace hosts the coloured tent from the Holy Land and the Villancicos, the traditional popular Christmas songs from Spain. The artisans of Bethlehem and the Dabka group will bring to Rovereto the atmosphere of the Middle East: cribs, products in olive, mother of pearl, ceramic, textile and popular song. The lightning ceremony of the big Christmas tree will be accompanied by the band of the Magnifica Comunità di Folgaria and by the performances of young writers, who will represent the nativity. Now open until 6 Jan. 2014
ARCO, Lake Garda
A magical atmosphere and characteristic wooden huts, offering high quality crafts at the Christmas Markets, - candles, lanterns, decorations, local products, toys and much more. Additional features are Christmas carols and entertainment. Now open until 6 Jan. 2014
LEVICO TERME
Experience the festive atmosphere in the heart of the legendary Parco degli Asburgo in Levico Terme during the Advent period, with soft lighting that illuminates the majestic plants of the age-old arboretum and characteristic wooden huts. In this charming setting, adults and children can explore the Christmas Market and the most genuine Trentino-Tyrolean popular traditions, with street shows and games, sweets and delicacies, the Elves' House, creative workshops, a pet farm, mini-train and horsedrawn carriage.
Now open until 30 December 2013
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VENETO
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO
In the shadow of the Tofane, the advent period takes on its traditional colours thanks to the Cortina Christmas Market, which brings a festive atmosphere to the main street, Corso Italia, lined by renowned national and international shops, and traditional small wooden huts where artisans and local producers
exhibit their products. All accompanied by mulled wine, roasted chestnuts and traditional sweets. To complete the atmosphere, there will be all the most cherished and traditional Christmas songs. Now open until 31 December 2013
ASIAGO
The gardens of Piazza Carli host the Asiago Christmas Market, several huts will sell traditional decorations in glass, wood and ceramic, typical Asiago patisserie, natural products and the famous Asiago cheese. Now open until 6 Jan. 2014
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VERONA
Verona hosts each year a Nuremberg Christmas Market in the central Piazza dei Signori. The German styled market will have all the traditional huts, elegantly illuminated and decorated selling typical food, handicrafts, Christmas tree decorations, cribs and serving specialities such as mulled wine, Stollen and Lebkuchen cakes, bratwurst and more.
Now open until 21 December 2013
BELLUNO
Christmas Market of Belluno will crowd and light up the gardens of Piazza dei Martiri, one of the most beautiful squares of the city, with its wooden stands, decorations, and bright, colorful lights. Called Christmas Gardens, the market sells wool and wood handmade objects, original gift ideas and local and regional specialties. There will be about twenty stands and many outdoor refreshment areas with mulled wine, sandwiches and hot chocolate. In the weekend there will also be entertainment such as music, games for children and shows.
From now until 31 December 2013
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AOSTA VALLEY
AOSTA
At this time of year, the “Marché Vert Noël” turns a little piece of the town – Piazza Caveri – into an alpine village. Delicious local specialities, wines, handicrafts, traditional objects, gifts, Stroll through the village in search of a gift idea among the crafts on display: candles, handmade soaps, ceramics, wooden handicrafts, antiqueobjects and furniture, clothing and accessories in boiled wool and felt, hemp, lace, Christmas decorations, typical food, wine, sweets and pastries from the region, articles featuring découpage or other decorative or craft techniques. Open now until 6 January 2014
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
UDINE
The magic and the charm of Christmas songs, markets in the city of Udine.
Open now until 24 December 2013
CHRISTMAS
IN THE CITIES
Christmas is a well loved tradition all over Italy and traditional Christmas markets and fairs can be found all over.
ROME
Piazza Navona Christmas Market -a bustling multi-coloured market, selling cribs, decorations and sweets. A treat for young children, it reaches its height of excitement on the night of 5th January, when the “Befana” (The Good Witch) flies about the country, delivering presents to “wellbehaved“ children and pieces of coal to the naughty ones. www.turismoroma.it
Open : 8 December 2013 to 6 January 2014
VENICE
Christmas fairs in various piazzas (campo) in Venice: Campo S.Bartolomeo, CampoSan Salvador, Campo San Luca, Campo Manin, Strada Nuova
Open: 20 – 24 December 2013 and 2-5 January 2014
FLORENCE
Mercato Tedesco di Natale (German Christmas Market) Piazza Santa Croce. This Christmas Market is inspired by the tradition of the German city of Heidelberg, wooden huts and stalls selling Italian and
German delicacies, decorations, handicrafts. Open until 23 December 2013
BOLOGNA
Fiera di Santa Lucia, Portico of Chiesa dei Servi in Strada Maggiore
Traditional Christmas Fair, stalls full of decorations for the Christmas tree, the nativity crib, food and wine and other delicacies. Open until 1 January 2014
NAPLES
Nativity Cribs in Via S. Gregorio Armeno, this narrow street is famous all over the world for its handcrafted Nativity Crib figurines, from the traditional ones to the most sophisticated , it buzzes at Christmas time with Neapolitans and tourists alike
MILAN
Il villaggio delle meraviglie, Giardini Indro Montanelli, entry from Corso Venezia. Christmas market and other seasonal activities for adults and children takes place in these gardens in the centre of Milan, with a skating rink and shows with various performance artists throughout the festive season. Open until 12 January 2014
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TURIN
This traditional market returns with many new exhibitors and full of colour, tradition, celebration: a wide range of gift items for Christmas, together with tastings and selling of culinary delights and specialities of Piedmont producers and other Italian regions.
Open until 23 December 2013 in Piazza Borgo Dora, 34.
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