24/08/2026 @ 18:00 – 23:45 – On August 24th San Giuliano Terme organizes a “luminara”, a lights show, to celebrate the patron Saint Bartholomew, The citizens assemble the biancheria (Italian word for ‘linen’), the wooden structures painted in white that welcome the candles and frame the windows and the outlines of the buildings, the three bridges of the village, and the […]
09/09/2026 – 17/09/2026 @ 18:30 – 19:30 – The Montecastelli Piano Chamber Festival concerts take place from 1 to 22 August in the Auditorium della Musica, housed in a small medieval church in Montecastelli Pisano, a small medieval village in the heart of Tuscany with fewer than 100 inhabitants. Right at the top of it, is a beautiful tower and the former castle giving […]
05/08/2026 @ 21:30 – 23:00 – The traditional Volterra Jazz summer festival, now in its 33rd year, takes place from 3 to 6 August Programme on page Over the years, it has brought great musicians and fantastic concerts to Volterra, promoting an appreciation of jazz music in our region. Throughout this time, through its educational activities, it has introduced students of […]
26/09/2026 – 27/09/2026 @ 19:00 – 23:30 – On 26 and 27 September, the festival celebrating the traditions and authentic flavours of Tuscan cuisine returns. In Selvatelle, near Terriciola, the Hare and Wild Boar Festival marks its 38th edition. A long-standing event, running since 1988, it attracts thousands of food lovers every year. The whole village community comes together to bring this festival […]
10/10/2026 – 11/10/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – The Italian Heritage Fund (FAI) two-day event in October that opens the doors of little known monuments or sites that are generally closed to the public. Over the years, this FAI initiative has contributed to underline the importance of Italy’s national heritage, giving access to churches, villas, gardens and archaeological sites to crowds of interested […]
27/09/2025 – 28/09/2025 @ Tutto il giorno – The summer in Santa Maria a Monte heats up the engines with “Ciao In Art”, the first major event of the summer season in the snail-shaped village, featuring the iconic mopeds of the 1970s and 1980s in an unusual combination of art and contemporary history. On Saturday 10 July, from 6 pm the Ciao mopeds will […]
23/06/2026 @ 20:00 – 23:30 – On 23 June, Feast of San Giovanni, fires are lit on the lawn of the Rocca di San Miniato. From 9 p.m. onwards, adults and children alike will be given ‘rificolone’, paper lanterns containing a candle, tied to a reed, used to light the way from the centre of San Miniato to the Rocca where […]
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The abbey of San Zeno is located in Piazza San Zeno, at the north-eastern end of the center of Pisa,…
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In 1998 during works near the Pisa San Rossore train station, an impressive series of shipwrecks emerged in an exceptional…