From visiting festive markets to translating the Italian idioms you will want this winter, our weekly e-newsletter La Bella Vita gives you a necessary place to begin for consuming, speaking, ingesting and residing like an Italian.
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Twinkling fairy lights, festive wreaths, and these ubiquitous Santa window hangings have begun adorning Italian cities. Yuletide cheer is off to a powerful begin notably within the north, the place Christmas markets are already underway.
A favorite market in small-town Asiago, Veneto, opened final weekend, its piazze dotted with wood market stalls promoting artisanal Christmas decorations and conventional sweets.
Central Italy will welcome its first Christmas market of the season tomorrow, Saturday, November fifteenth. The alpine-esque mercatino di Natale in Arezzo brings genuine flavours and souvenirs to Tuscany, with visitor artisans hailing from South Tyrol, Austria and Germany.
Check out this yr’s checklist for different must-visit vacation markets in Italy.
Italy’s Christmas markets: Where and when to go to in 2025
Several Italian ski resorts are scheduled to start the ski season this coming week, including to the few already open, corresponding to Cervino (Cervinia) within the Aosta Valley.
Most of the upcoming openings are within the far north of the nation, the place wintry climate comes earliest.
Ski resorts in Italy’s central and southern areas open subsequent month, in mid-to-late December.
CALENDAR: When do Italian ski resorts open in winter 2025?
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Speaking of lo sci (snowboarding)… it’s simply one of many important vocabulary phrases you’ll need to grasp if you happen to’re in Italy for winter this yr.
If you’re lucky sufficient to take a settimana bianca within the Italian Alps, you may pattinaggio sul ghiaccio or ciaspolata.
If you’re an indoor particular person, you’d most likely choose to spend your time curled up by the termosifone, and even higher, cozied as much as lo camino with cioccolata calda.
Decipher the above and study extra helpful phrases within the article under.
The important vocabulary you will want for winter in Italy
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