Travel Italy: Vacation Packages, Tips, Tours of Italy

Among the delicacies you can enjoy late Fall in Italy, don’t miss roasted chestnuts. You’ll get roasted chestnuts everywhere.

In the streets of art cities such as Rome and Florence, the smell of roasting chestnuts will help you to locate the street vendors.

Of course, gastronomic festivals all across Italy offering autumn products also include chestnuts. That happens especially where chestnuts mostly grow, in areas such as Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria, and Liguria.
Especially in these regions you can find gastronomic festivals featuring chestnuts’ delicacies.

Those who are planning to visit Florence early December, could also enjoy of a major ‘modern art’ event.

The “International Biennale of Art“, will be held at the Fortezza da Basso, from December 1 through 9.
More than 800 participants from 72 countries take part to the event. The programme includes concerts, conferences and debates. For details on the event, please visit http://www.florencebiennale.org/

Where: Florence (Fortezza da Basso)
When: December 1 - 9

The season of Nativity Scenes kicked off in Rome the past week, on Nov. 23 with the “One Hundred Nativity Scenes” exhibition. It is an annual Christmas crib exhibition held at the Sala del Bramante within Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

The exhibition features around 200 pieces by Italian and foreign artists, with designs ranging from the classical Neapolitan and Sicilian cribs of the 17th and 18th centuries to more contemporary styles.

“One Hundred Nativity Scenes” runs through January 6.
Where: Piazza del Popolo (Sala del Bramante) - Rome

For visitors who are also looking for cultural events as visiting the major art cities in Winter, Rome and Florence offer a rich programme.

- Winter in Florence
Florence celebrates the winter months with a flourish, staging an impressively wide-ranging series of shows, concerts, exhibitions, parties, guided tours, and many other cultural activities and events. For details visit Winter in Florence website.

- Romaeuropa Festival
In Rome, the annual Romaeuropa Festival is a huge cultural undertaking, spanning dozens of theatre, music and dance events at venues throughout the city (from Nov 7 through Dec 15). For details visit Romaeuropa Festival website.

The annual Firenze Marathon will be held Sunday November 25, in Florence.
Florence Marathon is one of the world’s most picturesque marathon routes and also one of the top 20 international marathons.

The race starts at Piazzale Michelangelo and crosses the Ponte alla Vittoria, then follows a course past Piazza Poggi, Piazza della Repubblica and ends at Piazza Santa Croce, next to the starting gate in the centre of town.
For details visit Florence Marathon website.