Parco in Festa
A five-day celebration anchored in the Stelvio National Park, bringing together mountain guides, naturalists, local producers and community storytelling in the historic alpine town of Bormio at the foot of the famous pass.
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"Born in the 1980s in this Valsassina valley village near Lake Como, this three-day festival brings together over 30 local producers, historic dairies and culinary artisans celebrating the breadth of Lombard and valley food traditions with music and open-air tastings."
Sagra delle Sagre
"The Marone branch of the National Alpine Association hosts three evenings of traditional food, live mountain music and community conviviality at the lakeside Villa Vismara on Lake Iseo."
Festa Alpina
"Founded in 1965, this unique Valchiavenna festival opens the ancient stone crotti, natural rock-cooled cellars carved into the boulders above the town, for the Andèm a Cròt tasting trail through Chiavenna's alleys, featuring bresaola, gnocchetti, torta fioretto and local wine."
Sagra dei Crotti
"The tiny hillside village of Brezzo di Bedero above Lake Maggiore stages its living nativity on Christmas Eve at 21.30 and again on Epiphany afternoon, framing the Nativity against one of Lombardy's most scenic lake panoramas."
Presepe Vivente di Brezzo di Bedero
"Since 2001, the medieval walled village of Zavattarello in Oltrepo Pavese has staged its living nativity inside the genuine 13th-century lanes of the Su di Dentro quarter, with functional ancient tools from the village museum and interactive participation invited from all visitors."
Presepe Vivente nel Borgo Antico di Zavattarello
"Over 300 costumed figurants transform a 5,000 sq metre parish sports ground into a silent rural Bethlehem, with bakers, blacksmiths, weavers and fishermen at work before the Nativity sequence unfolds at dusk."
Notte di Luce, Presepe Vivente di San Biagio
"Every August the small walled borgo of San Giorgio Morgeto in the Reggino Aspromonte hosts a medieval festival that unfolds through a long historical procession winding the principal streets of the village, with costumed guilds, artisan markets and period entertainments set against the backdrop of a Norman-era castle."
Festa Medioevale
"One of Italy's most beautiful villages, Montalbano Elicona dresses its medieval streets in Aragonese costume each August for a multi-day historical festival centred on the 14th-century royal castle of Frederick II of Aragon."
Feste Aragonesi
"Randazzo, a remarkably intact medieval town built entirely from black Etna lava stone, stages its annual historical festival with costumed processions and period markets through streets that survived every Etna eruption for 700 years."
Festa Medievale
"For one week every August, Volterra's alabaster-walled medieval centre transforms into a living 14th-century town with period costumes, medieval money, crafts demonstrations and food stands inside one of Tuscany's most atmospheric hilltop cities."
Volterra AD 1398
"A four-day medieval living-history re-enactment that transforms the perfectly preserved walled borough of Finalborgo into a 15th-century scene, with costumed parades, artisan markets, falconry and evening spectacles."
Viaggio nel Medioevo
"Bitti, home of the polyphonic cantu a tenore tradition, opens its ancient stone courtyards to visitors for the first weekend of the Autunno in Barbagia circuit, showcasing weaving, bread-making, local cheeses and live tenore singing."
Autunno in Barbagia - Cortes Apertas