The Region of Liguria still keeps on wondering: not only in summertime with its wonderful beaches and deep blue sea, but also in the coldest season of the year, it welcomes visitors with thousands colored lights and many Christmas events.

Yes, because spending your Christmas Holidays in Liguria has no price, both in a big city like Genoa or in a little seaside village like Manarola, in Cinque Terre.

Personally speaking, I come from Liguria and I’m a crazy fan of focaccia and pesto, and every year for me it’s a great pleasure to taste the typical Christmas cakes Pandoro e Panettone while marveling at the breathless scenery of the winter sea. Because Ligurian people can’t do without it! No, I’m not talking about focaccia, but sea!

And just for this reason, we also organize an original and

It started snowing all over Italy but you don’t feel Christmas atmosphere yet?

Are you overloaded with work and you haven’t a minute to buy Christmas presents or something to decorate your home in a new and original way?

Or maybe you have already been set on Christmas Eve for weeks and you just can’t get enough of bows, colored lights and boxes?

For each of you there’s a good reason to visit Turin Christmas’ Trade Fair, Natal Espo, putting on show the best of Christmas 2010 until December, 20th. Located into Lingotto Fiere quarter, Natal Espo yearly offers every kind of Christmas’ good, like handcrafted objects,

Have you ever been in Venice in Christmas time?

In this period, Venice is a very charming place, a city enlightened by thousands colored lights reflecting on the water that create a special atmosphere all around. And among the many streets and squares, you will find in every corner of the city a Christmas market where it will be easy finding your ideal Christmas gifts.

You can already find many Christmas markets in Venice. For instance, in Campo Santo Stefano you’ll find “Natale in Laguna”, a big Christmas market offering handicrafts, decorations and culinary specialties coming from every corner of Italy; such a market will enlighten the squares with lights, sounds and colors until 23rd December 2010.

And that’s not all folks! Remember that Christmas in Venice means a long itinerary rich in typical handicrafts,

The 10th edition of Circumnavigando Festival is coming to Genoa, in the Region of Liguria. We are talking about an International Theater and Circus Festival taking place every year in the Ligurian city placed by the sea.

Circumnavigando Festival is an event organized by Associazione Culturale Sarabanda and supported by Regione Liguria, Provincia and Comune di Genova and Porto Antico S.p.a.

The festival, which is usually dedicated to the folk theater,

Are you ready? On Sunday 28th November, you will have to run in Florence, with Florence Marathon!

The 27th edition of Firenze Marathon is expected to count more registrations than last year (witch counted 10,180 participants). Today, registrations are about 9,500.

This year, athletes will have the chance to visit museums at the special price of 2,00 Euros thanks to the voucher they will find in the magazine they will receive together with a pack when they receive their sport number at Marathon Expò.

In this edition, the itinerary will be different, becoming more flowing.

Dear runners, this year you will start again from Piazzale Michelangelo, but you will have to run towards Piazza Ferrucci, in the opposite direction compared to the itinerary of last years. You will run in Viale Michelagnelo and for 1,5 km you will go down. Once arrived to piazza Ferrucci, you will cross the Arno river, and afterwards you will run on the large avenues that will lead you toward the Cascine park.

Later, you will find the beautiful squares called Piazza Beccaria, Piazza Donatello and Piazza della Libertà…and so on…

Children and teens will be the protagonists of the “Ginky Family Run”, a 2-km-long, non-competitive race, which will take place on Sunday 28th November starting and ending in Piazza Santa Croce. They will also take part in 2nd edition of the event “I più veloci e i più forti di Firenze” taking place on Friday 26th. Also this year, 2,500 little participants are expected to be in Florence for such a special marathon.

A weekend entirely dedicated to sport and fun, for adults and children.

For further information about events in Florence, please have a look at our travel guide to Florence, www.aboutflorence.com

From 2nd to 10th October 2010, the internationally renowned Boat Show will come back in the city of Genoa (Liguria Region), with its 50th edition.

The city is getting ready for welcoming visitors in style, with many events and surprises scheduled.

The most important events of the programme 2010 are the following:

- on Sunday 3rd October, the evening will be dedicated to the exhibitors and guests of the event, with a concert of the Italian singer Gino Paoli which will take place on the terrace of the pavilion B placed in the waterfront and designed by Jean Nouvel.

- Genoa will also be present at the celebrations on the occasion of the Columbus Day in New York

Florence, the heart of Renaissance, is also one of the nine world capitals of wine, and this year it will host the first edition of WineTown Firenze, an international fair of the highest quality wines, which will take place from 30th September to 3rd October 2010.

A great appointment with the best Italian and international wines for enjoying the flavors of traditions, territory, culture and life style that create such a magic potion called “wine”.

The event, promoted by the City of Florence and the Wine Town Committee,

A great appointment with the contemporary arts is coming back to Rome: the Roma Europa Festival 2010, an event entirely dedicated to music, dance, cinema and theater that this year is going to celebrate its 25th edition. As usual, in the works we’ll find many international artists, performances, surprises and emotions.

On Tuesday 21st September, the festival will be inaugurated with the Orphée of the Montalvo-Hervieu Company at the Auditorium della Conciliazione.

A real journey in the perspectives of the international artists and in the contemporary arts, where changes of our contemporary world will be put on the stage.

The event schedules 38 appointments, among which we find 20 national premieres

The 4th edition of the musical festival MITO is going to take place in Milan and Turin, as the
name suggests (MI+TO), in September.

MITO is not just the connection between such two important cities like Milan and Turin, but
a musical event that schedules over 200 concerts taking place in theatres, churches, villas,
streets and squares, from 3rd to 24th September in both cities.

The 4th edition planned a programme that meets many different musical styles: symphonic,
jazz, folk-rock, pop and ethnic music. In other words, a programme apart, with different
styles and languages (music, cinema and theater).

In addition to Milan and Turin, the festival schedules concerts also in the following towns:
Brescia, Como, Monza, Lecco, Bricherasio, Magnano,