Sagra del Passatello

"In the medieval hill-village of San Ginesio, perched above the Sibillini mountains, Ferragosto brings the Palio della Pacca, a ring-joust on horseback in which the four rioni compete for the drappo in one of the most intimate and authentic giostre in the Marche."

Palio della Pacca - San Ginesio

"The tiny walled town of Servigliano, laid out on an Enlightenment grid inside its intact bastioned walls, stages a medieval knightly tournament each August in which the contrade revive the martial customs of Castel Clementino with lance-work and pageantry."

Torneo Cavalleresco di Castel Clementino

"The oldest white-truffle show in Le Marche, held across the UNESCO-recognised truffle-hunting town of Sant'Angelo in Vado, combining a piazza truffle market, guided truffle hunts with dogs, cooking shows, an international motorbike rally and medieval cellar tastings over seven autumn days."

Mostra Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco di Sant'Angelo in Vado

"On the slopes of the Monti Sibillini near the legendary Monte Sibilla, this 47th-edition market-sagra brings together local chestnut growers, honey producers, woodworkers and folk musicians in a mountain village that feels genuinely suspended between forest and sky in late October."

Sagra Mercato della Castagna di Montemonaco

"Running since 1966 in a small Apennine town that processes around two-thirds of Italy's truffle trade, this multi-weekend fair draws truffle hunters, Michelin chefs and gastronomes to the dramatic Furlo Gorge countryside of the Marche."

Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco di Acqualagna

"Italy's foremost inland truffle fair, held since 1966 in a small town that handles two-thirds of the national truffle trade, filling its piazza with Tuber magnatum pico hunters, cooking shows and a competitive truffle market across five autumn weekends."

61ª Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco di Acqualagna

"A beloved mountain-village summer institution at the foot of Monte Melanico, where each of 14 consecutive weekends spotlights a different Caserta speciality from arrosticini to caciocavallo impiccato, paired with the local Casavecchia DOC wine."

Sagre di Liberi, Arrosticini e Caciocavallo Impiccato

"A summer sagra dedicated to pinsa, the traditional Friulian flatbread with sweet and savoury toppings, celebrated in this village on the edge of Udine's agricultural plain."

Sagra della Pinsa

"Pollina is one of the last places in Europe where manna is still harvested from ancient ash trees by incision, and its August sagra celebrates this extraordinary and almost-forgotten Sicilian sweetener with tastings and artisan demonstrations."

Sagra della Manna

"In Sicily's only village built partly inside a sandstone cliff, the sagra del tortone celebrates a uniquely local baked cheese pasta cake at the foot of the famous Sperlinga castle, where Norman defectors once held out for a year after the Sicilian Vespers."

Sagra del Tortone

"The Arab-Norman hilltop town of Salemi celebrates its signature handmade pasta, the busiata, each August with live cookery, local wine, and the rich flavours of western Sicily's wheat-growing heartland."

Sagra della Busiata

"A long-established goose festival in the medieval hill village of Fagagna, celebrating the prized oca in pinzimonio and other traditional Friulian preparations over more than two weeks."

Sagra dell'Oca