Gira in gir par l'isula pescadur
Now in its tenth year, this beloved evening fun-run circumnavigates the entire tiny Isola Superiore dei Pescatori on Lake Maggiore, with a children's mini-lap and a community atmosphere unique to one of Italy's most picturesque lake islands.
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"Lou Dalfin's beloved Ferragosto open-air concert on the high-mountain forecourt of the ancient Santuario di San Magno, drawing up to 3,000 people each year for traditional Occitan music at over 1,700 metres in Valle Grana."
Concerto Occitano di Ferragosto, Lou Dalfin al Santuario di San Magno
"Omegna's historic eleven-day patron-saint festival, now in its 123rd edition, fills the town at the tip of Lake Orta with processions, shows, music and local food across the full run of summer evenings."
Festa di San Vito
"A 72-year-old celebration of the Tonda Gentile delle Langhe hazelnut in its Alta Langa birthplace, filling Cortemilia's medieval streets with producers, tastings of torta di nocciole and praline, concerts, and the Nocciola d'Oro award."
Fiera Nazionale della Nocciola
"This two-weekend food festival on the shores of Lake Maggiore at Baveno brings together the local produce, wines and flavours of the Verbano district in a lakeside celebration of regional gastronomy."
Sapori di Lago
"A four-day riverside sagra in the Po-plain village of Villastellone celebrating the patron saint Bartholomew with traditional river-fish dishes, music and local enogastronomic stands."
San Bartolomeo - Sagra del Pesce
"Now in its 77th edition, this nationally famous ten-day fair spreads across six historic piazze in Carmagnola to celebrate the celebrated local sweet pepper with tasting stands, cooking contests, and nightly live concerts."
Fiera Nazionale del Peperone di Carmagnola
"Perched at 1,077 metres in the Madonie mountains, the tiny village of Geraci Siculo revives a medieval jousting tournament in honour of the Ventimiglia lords, its 14th-century overlords, with horsemen competing in the ruins of their ancestral castle."
Giostra dei Ventimiglia
"Mounted knights from across Europe gather at the foot of Castel Coira in the Val Venosta for three days of jousting, lance-breaking and horsemanship contests set against an Alpine medieval backdrop."
Giochi Medievali di Venosta
"Campagnatico's spirited donkey race pits the village's contrade against each other in a parade of historical costume followed by the Palio dei Ciuchi contest, a cheerful and very local counterpoint to the grand Sienese racing tradition."
Palio dei Ciuchi
"Organised by the Parco Nazionale Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, this unique two-day world championship sends hundreds of foragers into the beech forests of Cerreto Laghi to compete on porcino harvest weight, litter collection, and mycological knowledge."
Campionato Mondiale del Fungo
"Vintage cyclists ride the white gravel strade bianche of the Chianti hills on pre-1987 bicycles in this nostalgic race that ends with a proper wine festival in Gaiole, blending sporting heritage with the flavours of the harvest season."
L'Eroica
"Deep in the Madonie mountains this medieval hilltop borgo hosts a collaborative allegorical float parade drawing carts from five surrounding villages, crowned by a masked equestrian parade organised by the Cavalieri Contea di Geraci association."
Carnevale di Geraci Siculo - Sfilata Equestre in Maschera