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Guide:
- Italy Travel Guide
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Regions & Cities:
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- Amalfi Coast
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- Italian Alps
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- Sardinia
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What's on in Italy
Whether you're off to Italy for the scenery, shopping or cuisine, you're sure to find more to do than you bargained for. Italy has some great festivals and fairs helping to showcase regional eccentricities, high fashion in Milan or fresh films from across the globe.
Milan Fashion Weeks
Milan has a well-deserved reputation for being the haute couture fashion centre of Europe, and a stroll around the downtown 'fashion block' bounded by Via Monte Napoleone, Via Manzoni, Via della Spiga and Corso Venezia will have fashion fundis drooling over the collections of... see full details
Oh Bej! Oh Bej! Fair
The Milanese love Christmas and start the festivities early, on the feast day of the city's patron saint Saint Ambrose, with the fair known as Oh Bej! Oh Bej! (literally meaning 'So beautiful! So beautiful!'). The fair takes the form of a street... see full details
RomaEuropa Festival
RomaEuropa is Rome's annual international cultural event, that features theatre, dance and music concerts and performances. Although the focus is on Classical music, the festival is famous for the diversity of its various performers. ... see full details
La Sensa, Marriage to the Sea
Known as one of Venice's oldest festivals, this annual ceremony reaffirms the 'marriage' of Venice and the Adriatic sea. The mayor arrives at the Lido by boat and drops a gold ring into the sea as a symbol of Venice's eternal fidelity to... see full details
Biennale
The Biennale takes place in odd-numbered years, and is a Modern Art exposition featuring painters, sculptors, and performance artists from around the world. Most of the events are held in the Giardini Pubblici, or nearby at the Corderie dell'Arsenale. Tel. +39 041 521 8711. ... see full details
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia) is the oldest film festival in the world, and takes place at the end of August and beginning of September each year. Take a water bus to the Lido to enjoy the presentations, mingle... see full details- Do Cruise Passengers Need Tourist/Transit Visas?
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