Category: Curiosity

The most interesting and curious events to discover and to see throughout Italy!

The Desco festival: “tastes” and “knowledge” in Lucca is back

From November 14th to December 8th, four weeks under the sign of Lucca and Tuscan typical flavours.

A real gastronomic itinerary, with tastings, recipes and stories which will let you discover this wonderful land.

In a music, art and photography setting, you will have the chance to taste delicious food, but that’s not all: in fact, there will also be meetings with olive oil producers, workshops for children, cooking contests and itineraries through the groceries and the restaurants of the town!

And you will also have the opportunity to

“Artissima” in Turin is back: the festival of the contemporary art

An unmissable event for every contemporary art lover and the ones working in the art market!

Like every year,  the famous international contemporary art fair Artissima will come back in Turin in November (9th – 11th), with the most important galleries and the most esteemed artists in the world.

Of course, not only exhibitions, but also in-depth meetings and guided tours will be held to discover the many works of art through customized visits.

The fair will be divided into

Book and Ancient Press Festival in Pisa, 2012

On November 10th – 11th the Ancient Book Festival is back in the city of the most famous leaning tower! (in Piazza Martiri della Libertà).

Since 1989, this event is a must for all collectors, who will find here  rare incunabulums, first editions, and a rich sector of cartography and “vedute”, to suit everyone’s tastes and pockets.

This year the festival can count 40 exhibitors, with a wide range of Italian antiquary libraries.

This November, Discover all White Truffle and New Oil Festivals in Tuscany

San Giovanni d’Asso is a little village located in the neighbourhood of Siena (Region of Tuscany) along the Asso stream, from which it takes its name.

In this village, whre visitors can admire many old farmhouses and castles rich in history, truffle is part of the village traditions since the dawn of time, when it was still associated with witches because of its “mysterious” nature.

The first Italian Museum of Truffle was born here in 2004 and every year this special and rare food is celebrated by the village with the famous truffle fair: this year we celebrate the 27th

2012 edition of “Lucca Comics & Games” is ready to begin

The long-awaited Lucca Comics&Games is back: one of the main events dedicated to comics, animation, games, videogames, fantasy and sci-fi!

The festival will start on November, 1st and end on 4th; the exhibitions have been open from October 20th until the end of the festival.

For the 25th time, there will also be the Original Game Contest: the announcement is online for all the games creators.

A for the comics, the special guests of this edition will be: