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Christmas in Rome: ride the free festive trams

26 March, 2020

Two special Christmas trams will be running on Rome’s tram network until 6 January; sponsored by Coco cola, the two trams have been decorated with more than 35,000 lights but the really big news is that they are totally free:…

Recipes for Christmas in Italy: antipasto of pumpkin and ricotta fritters

25 March, 2020

Looking for a nice recipe for an antipasto to your Christmas dinner? Try these fried pumpkin and ricotta treats as a good start to a Christmas party. Ingredients are: half a pumpkin, about 200 grams of ricotta cheese, one tablespoon…

Aphrodisiac recipes: homemade zabaione with Moscato for an Italian Christmas

24 March, 2020

The classic zabaione dessert is made with marsala, but today we give you a lighter Christmas recipe that can go with traditional Italian desserts like panettone. Ingredients required are: 300 grams of Moscato d’Asti sweet dessert wine, 150 grams of…

Italian Christmas desserts: what to do with leftover panettone and pandoro

24 March, 2020

Panettone is Italy’s traditional Christmas dessert, but some people will indulge in Pandoro as well, which is often identified with Easter in Italy as the cake of choice for that season. If you’re like me, you’ll find Italian Christmas desserts…

The panettone tradition: real panettone for your Italian Christmas

24 March, 2020

Italy’s Christmas tradition wouldn’t be complete without panettone. The large, Italian sweetbread is an absolute protagonist in the Italian Christmas lunch, being the favoured dessert during festive times. There are essentially two types of panettone - the boxed panettone that…

Tips for New Year's Eve in Rome

23 March, 2020

If you’re spending New Year’s Eve in Rome it’s unlikely you’ll be thinking about the ancient traditions of celebrating a new calendar year. But for the record, the tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve on December 31st, and starting a…

Christmas in Italy: markets in Carnia, Friuli

20 March, 2020

It feels like summer in Italy just finished but we’re actually well into autumn at the moment and it’s time to prepare our Christmas vacations in Italy. As in every year, northern Italy offers the best for a white Christmas…

Andrea Bocelli new album: My Christmas

20 March, 2020

Andrea Bocelli’s new album My Christmas features some great Christmas classics favoured by the famous Italian opera singer. Bocelli sings “Silent Night”, “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” and even does a rendition of “Jingle Bells” with the Muppets.The CD+DVD…

Classic Italian Christmas recipes: cake or sweetbread from Bologna

19 March, 2020

Today we’re going to look at this traditional Italian Christmas recipe from Bologna called the certosino. It’s a kind of cake or sweetbread which is also called panspeziale or ’spiced bread’. It’s made from a series of ingredients including dried…

Best Italian Christmas drinks: mulled wine and bombardino

17 March, 2020

Snow in Italy is finally here, marking the definitive arrival of winter and the ski season, especially for this long weekend. So if you find yourself on the slopes of Italy’s ski resorts, or shopping in the Christmas markets of…

Christmas in Cervia and Milano Marittima: Christmas markets and nativity scenes

17 March, 2020

During Christmas in Italy, the lovely town of Cervia in the Emilia Romagna region has so much to offer the visitor; from its colourful Christmas markets with a spectacular variety of sweets and traditional fare, to two much awaited events…

Italian sparkling wine beats French champagne this Christmas

16 March, 2020

For Christmas in Italy, the Italians have gone all partiotic, with Italian sparkling wine, or spumante, beating French champagne in sales over this festive season. Figures from the Assoenologi association indicate that production numbers of Italian spumante, which already overtook…

Christmas markets in Modena for Christmas in Italy

16 March, 2020

For the month of December in Modena in Italy, you can find Christmas markets to suit all tastes. For example this year, a feature is the stalls dedicated to typical German products in Italy that will run until December 14.In…

Christmas in Naples: Barack Obama in nativity scenes

13 March, 2020

The nativity scene in the Italian home is a central and essential part of the Italian Christmas tradition, though in Naples they have a new interpretation of the nativity, placing statues of famous people or characters featuring in current affairs…