holidays

Happy Holidays from WhyGo Italy! Here’s wishing you the happiest of holiday seasons, and many trips to Italy in your future. We hope 2012 has Italy travel in store for you – but no matter when you’re ready to go, we’ll be here to provide you with the best tips […]

Happy Holidays 2011 from WhyGo Italy!

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Italians have a certain flair when it comes to most things, so it shouldn’t be surprising that their New Year celebrations are unique as well. If you’re going to be flying to Italy for the New Year holiday, here are a few things you should know. >> Want to see […]

New Year’s in Italy

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Usually, when travelers make vacation plans it’s only after they’ve booked tickets that they look at a calendar for the destination and realize there’s going to be a major holiday during their trip. The Christmas holiday, on the other hand, is one that enough people are aware of that it […]

Christmas in Italy

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Whether you’re planning to travel in Italy during the winter holiday season or you’re looking for ways to incorporate Italian holiday traditions into your celebrations this year, you’ll find what you need on this page, including everything you need to know about spending Christmas in Italy or New Year’s in […]

Everything You Need to Know about Spending the Holidays in ...

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When holidays are so much a part of your life growing up, it’s sometimes hard to remember that not everyone celebrates the same things you do. For me, October always brought with it the challenge of figuring out what costume I would wear for Halloween – not to mention the […]

Halloween & All Saints Day in Italy

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Sometimes when you’re planning a vacation in Italy you aren’t thinking about the list of holidays on the Italian calendar. So when you realize that you’ll be in Italy over a major holiday like Easter you might have second thoughts (not to mention lots of questions). Will everything be closed? […]

Easter in Italy

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When you hear the words “Easter” and “Italy” in the same sentence, you might think you have a good idea of what the celebrations might be like. You might think of using words like conservative, traditional, even staid. A quick perusal of some of the ways the cities and towns […]

Easter in Florence: Dove & Rockets

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You can read about how Italy is a year-round tourist destination and when the high and low seasons for Italy are, but many people will still come out on the other side of that information with a simple question: “Okay, but when is the best time to go to Italy?” […]

When is the best time to visit Italy?

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If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s that no matter how many times travel professionals will tell people to visit Italy in the off-season, the vast majority of tourists will still go in the summer. This is partly because the idea of a “summer vacation” is ingrained in […]

Summer in Italy

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Just in time for the holidays, here’s an opportunity to learn a little bit about Italian culture and perhaps win a gift suitable for your favorite Italophile, too. My friend Kathy McCabe is the force behind the Dream of Italy newsletter. In this guest article for WhyGo Italy, Kathy talks […]

3 Favorite Places to Celebrate Christmas in Italy

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Keeping track of holidays in Italy can be tricky, since not only are there nationwide days of importance but also regional and local holidays which may not be celebrated 20 miles down the road. But one day you can count on being marked around all of Italy is on April […]

Liberation Day in Italy, April 25: La Festa della Liberazione

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