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April 27, 2011
The night between April 30 and May 1, 2011 in Florence will be a fun “notte bianca”, a “white” all-night arts festival all around the city. This year, the city of Michelangelo’s David will live a long sleepless night with special opening of several museums until midnight and entertaining events lasting until the early hours…
April 21, 2011
Just a few days to Easter and Easter celebrations throughout Tuscany start tomorrow, Holy Friday. Friday 22 and Saturday, April 23 According to Christian tradition, the Friday before Easter, called Holy Friday, commemorates the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. For the occasion, many Tuscan cities organize processions and small religious celebrations. In Castiglion Fiorentino…
March 25, 2011
Trees are in bloom, the sun is shining bright and temperatures are very pleasant: Spring has finally arrived in Tuscany! Take a look at all the events organized in Tuscany for this first weekend of Spring, the calendar is full of many various types of proposals. It starts with VerdeMura, an exhibition of plants, flowers,…
March 24, 2011
Every March 25, Florence celebrates the Florentine New Year. On this day, the Catholic Church celebrates the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and, in honor of the Virgin, from the Middle Ages up until 1750 this date decreed the beginning of the civil year in Florence. To celebrate Florence’s New Year, several events takes…
March 10, 2011
This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy and for this occasion the 17th of March has been proclaimed a national holiday. Schools and public offices will be closed all over Italy but whether shops and restaurants close is up to the owners to decide. There are events planned at all…
February 9, 2011
The weekend before St. Valentine’s Day, this year falling on Monday, has chocolate as one of its best protagonists. Love and chocolate are a perfect match, are they not?! There are 3 chocolate-flavored events in Tuscany this Saturday and Sunday, February 12 and 13: In Fiesole, a short distance from Florence’s historical center, on Sunday…
December 27, 2010
Here we are. The countdown for toasting the new year, 2011, has started. Florence has prepared several events for all those wishing to celebrate in the city’s main squares. These are the main events and squares: Piazza Santa Maria Novella: In front of the Santa Maria Novella train station will be the main concert of…
December 16, 2010
Here we are, the last weekend before Christmas. Bells are ringing and weather forecasts predict snow… what better way to say Christmas than this? 😉 Joking aside, here are the main events in Tuscany for this third weekend of December if you’re fine with covering up well to deal with the low temps around here…
December 10, 2010
It’s almost mid-December but it’s still warm. After a couple of freezing days we came back to mild, gray weather. So let’s see the main events for this second weekend of December: Florence: This weekend, head to the German Christmas Market in Piazza Santa Croce, open every day from 10am to 8pm. Then visit Florence…
December 9, 2010
Here we are again with good and bad news about Tuscany taken from famous international and Italian newspapers and blogs. These are the best articles of last week: Tuscany means agriturismo – A recent study by Toprural, specialized in country/rural tourism, revealed that 3 Italians on 10 think that farmhouse is synonymous of Tuscany. About…
