From Val d'Aosta to Trentino Alto Adige via Valtellina, but also in Como, Verona, Arezzo, Gubbio, Salerno: here are the Christmas markets to visit among the artisan and gastronomic products.
Get closer to them Christmas holidays and all over Italy the lights of Christmas markets we missed so much last year. Mask and also green pass Upon request, we are ready to visit you in search of the perfect gift but also to savor many regional specialties immersed in a magical environment. This is where to go.
Christmas markets in Val d'Aosta
Until January XNUMXth the historic center of Aosta is transformed into an alpine village with the Green market that has more than thirty chalets that offer products of crafts and gastronomy. Do not miss it Chalet de la Fontine, PDO cheese produced only in Val de Aosta. A visit to the market can be combined with a 2-hour tour of the city.
Always display Aosta Valley, premiered on December XNUMX Christmas market at the Château des Bosses, the opportunity to find many gift ideas to make and do, but also to visit this imposing fort surrounded by the mountains of the Gran San Bernardo valley, which is generally closed to the public. The market will be installed on days seven, eight, eleven and twelve, eighteen-nineteen, twenty-three-twenty-four, twenty-six-thirty December and January 1-XNUMX, December.
Valtellina Christmas markets
The magic of the Christmas markets combined with the charm of the mountains in winter: a unique environment that you can breathe Valtellina, homeland of pizzoccheri, throughout the entire vacation period. FOR Livigno The Christmas markets will be free until December XNUMX (except from December XNUMX to XNUMX, XNUMX to XNUMX and XNUMX); on the XNUMXth, XNUMXth and XNUMXth of December and XNUMXth of January in the suggestive Piazza del S. Crocefisso a Bormio you can find products inspired by artistic and family crafts; from the fifth to the twenty-sixth of December, in the center of the city lit up for celebration, Sondrio he is going to set up the traditional wooden Christmas houses. The meeting point for foodies is December 11 in Sondalo with Strade di Cioccolato, an itinerant path of hot chocolate tasting through the streets of the city with animation and Christmas markets.
Christmas markets in Trentino
Towns of Thirty mi Rovereto at the feet of Dolomitesand at our small mountain villages to the castles: there is no corner of the Trentino that in this period does not have its Christmas market. Certain examples? Visit the one installed between the houses and arcades of Range, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, for a rare and genuine Christmas market, which includes agricultural tools, wooden toys and peasant specialties (it will be open on four-five, seven-eight, eleven-twelve, eighteen- December nineteenth, twenty-six-twenty-nine-twenty). Either the market for Riva del Garda which is colored with aromas and flavors typical of Trentino with «Say Taste to Taste «, a way to discover, savor and acquire the best excellence in the area.
Christmas markets in South Tyrol
A Merano The Christmas markets have already been launched and will continue until January XNUMX with many food stalls to savor a mulled wine, a Strauben (a delicious usual pancake) or local dishes. In the scenography of the Advent decorations, you can skate in Piazza Terme, discover suggestive corners of the city in the light of lanterns, go to choirs and traditional ensembles.
On the other hand, there will be about seventy artisans who, until January XNUMX, will exhibit in the houses scattered around the Piazza Walther di Bolzano local crafts and gastronomic delicacies of the area, from speck to mulled wine, pancakes with apple juice, to strudel. Don't miss the Wine Lounge, a stand that offers a selection of Bolzano own wines: apart from native wines such as Santa Maddalena and Lagrein, you will also be able to savor the usual Alto Adige sparkling wines and spirits. There will also be stalls dedicated to craft beer from South Tyrol.
From Bolzano in a few minutes by cable car you can reach the Renon trenatale, Christmas market near Renon station, with romantic wooden stalls that take the way of historic trucks full of sweets, including the traditional camp, made with nuts, then more honey, mulled wine, jams, but also local crafts. Also this year the historic Plateau farm, a beekeeping museum, participates in the Trenatale by offering a free visit to the museum to discover the planet of bees and the secrets of the artisans' work, accompanied by a tasting of honey punch.
Christmas markets from north to south Italy
During the holidays, many cities from the north to the south of Italy will be absolutely adorned for the festival between lights and attractions, such as the must-see markets: from the 18th edition of the Toy town in Como with unique animated projections on buildings in cities ai Christmas markets in Verona in cooperation with the "Christkindlmarkt" in Nuremberg; go Tyrolean markets in Arezzo with Santa's house and LEGO brick Christmas village Gubbio's Christmas Land with the largest lit Christmas tree on the planet, the representation of Living Nativity of Matera at the event Artist lights a Salerno with artistic illuminations to admire throughout the city.
