Italy

Giro d’Italia

Giro de Italia

The Giro d’Italia, the Tour of Italy, is one of the top three cycling events in Europe. Along with the Tours of France and Spain, …

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Florence Music Festival

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

The Florence Music Festival – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino – ranks up there with the likes of Salzburg and Vienna as one of the most prestigious …

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Scoppio del Carro

Scoppio del Carro

The Scoppio del Carro, literally the Explosion of the Cart, is a gloriously noisy way of spending an Easter Sunday in Florence. A technicoloured mix …

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Ivrea Carnival

Ivrea Carnival

The Ivrea Carnival must surely be one of the most colourful, messy, unruly and downright enjoyable carnivals in the whole of Italy. What a claim! …

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Viareggio Carnival

Viareggio Carnival

The Viareggio Carnival has become, since its humble beginnings in 1873, one of Italy’s most popular and famous festivals. This otherwise charmingly modest Tuscan seaside …

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Venice Carnival

Venice Carnival

The Venice Carnival, with its processions, masked balls and general feelings of merriment, is one of the world’s most recognisable events, when the streets, plazas …

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