Archive for 'August'

  

Monday, May 16, 2016
Bruschetta
Do you think you eat a lot? Does this only become more pronounced when you are on holidays? Are you up for a challenge? If you answered positively to any of the above, you might want to find a vacation rental in Abruzzo and head there for your next holiday because they have the perfect festival for you: La Panarda. Celebrated in several towns in the region of Abruzzo such as Lanciano, L’Aquila, Sulmano and Villavallelonga since the Middle Ages it is a giant feast which sees participants eat a large number of courses. People are known to eat up to 30 courses and to eat right from one day and through into the next.     Read More
Posted in: Abruzzo, August, Central Italy, Events, Food, Local Customs, September

  

Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Verona Arena
Verona in Veneto in the north-east of Italy, is one of the most charming towns in the country, renowned for its beauty, ties to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and its summer opera season. A short distance from Lake Garda and full of shops and restaurants and with a historic medieval town centre, it is absolutely packed full of things to see and do. The town has Roman origins and was an important part of the empire and the remains of the period dot the landscape with the biggest impact being made by the Arena. Now the Arena houses the operas each summer that the town has become known for, drawing crowds of up to 14,000 each year from all over the world.     Read More
Posted in: August, Events, July, Northeast Italy, September, Veneto

  

Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Racing at Palio di Siena
Il Palio, or The Palio di Siena, is a traditional twice annual horse race held in Siena, Italy. The first takes place on the 2nd of July which is both the Feast of the Visitation and a local festival which honours the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion in the city. This race is called the Palio di Provenzano. The second is on the 16th of August, the day after the Feast of the Assumption, and is called the Palio dell'Assunta. Ten competitors take part in each race, riding bareback and representing one of the seventeen city wards or contrade, in the Piazza del Campo.     Read More
Posted in: August, Central Italy, Events, July, Tuscany

  

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Main Stage, Notte Della Taranta, 2013
La Notte della Taranta is an annual music festival held in Salento, Apulia (or Puglia) and is the largest music festival in Italy. Established in 1998, it has grown and grown into the event it is today which has a fantastic international reputation and draws huge crowds each year.

Events take place in a variety of locations in the municipalities of the province of Lecce from the 5th of August culminating in a giant closing concert in Melpignano on August 22nd .     Read More
Posted in: Apulia, August, Events, Legends, Southern Italy, Tourist Attractions

  

Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Stresa
If you are a music-lover looking to holiday in Italy this summer, this might be the perfect thing for you. The Stresa Festival, or Festival Settimane Musicali di Stresa, founded in 1961 by Venetian lawyer Italo Trentinaglia de Daverio, is being celebrated for the 54th time this year. Running in July and August, it takes place in the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore in Piedmont, as well as in some of the surrounding areas.

Held annually, the Stresa Festival is one of Europe's most important international classical music festivals. The festival also plays host to very popular open-air jazz concerts in addition to classical music today.     Read More
Posted in: August, Events, July, Lakes, Localities, Northwest Italy, Piedmont