April 2023 in Tuscany and Umbria
Spring is here after the great cold of this past winter, This year we have a very early Easter.
On Easter day and Easter Monday most shops may not be open.
Of you travel late April, please note that on April 25, our Liberation Day many shops will not be open.
AREZZO
April 1 and 2 Special Spring Antique fair. From 9.00 AM to 8.00
http://www.fieraantiquaria.org/
April 23 to 26 – The Street food Festival
ASSISI
ANTIQUE FAIR – APRIL 22 TO MAY 1 PM at Umbria Fiere (Perugia) Bastia Umbra
http://www.assisiantiquariato.it/
+ the Lavander Festival – On April 22,23,24,25 and 29. At il Lavandeto of Assisi. https://illavandetodiassisi.com/
CASTIGLION DEL LAGO
From April 21 the Tulip festival https://festadeltulipano.com/programma-2023/
CHIANCIANO
CETONA
APRIL 25 – CETONA FLOWERS SHOW TBC
CITTA’ DELLA PIEVE
The YEARLY EASTER MARKET –
InfoPoint – Piazza Matteotti, + 39 0578 298840 info@cittadellapieve.org
April 1 and 2 – Live tableaux
On EasterSunday and EasterMonday, many actors of Terziere Borgo Dentro perform Live Tableaux on the themes of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ, with scenes from the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, Ecce Homo, the Flagellation, the Pietà on the Dead Christ and the Resurrection, set against the backdrop of the evocative underground vaults of Palazzo Orca.
http://www.terziereborgodentro.it/
https://www.facebook.com/TerziereBorgoDentro
CITTA’ DI CASTELLO
APRIL 22 AND 23. THE ONLY WINE FESTIVAL
FIRENZE
APRIL 21 TO MAY 1 THE INTERNATIONAL ARTISANAL MARKET AT Fortezza dal Basso.
From 25 April to 1 May 2023, the Fortezza da Basso will open its doors again to host the 87th edition of the International Handicraft Exhibition. Like every year, artisans and craft businesses of all areas and sizes will be protagonists and witnesses of the profound richness, variety and quality of a sector that has always combined experimentation and heritage.
FIRENZE FLOWER SHOW – APRIL 1 AND 2 – At Giardini Corsini.
LO SCOPPIO DEL CARRO – April 9.00 at 11.00 AM TBC
It is one of the oldest popular Florentine tradition that has been handed down for over 9 centuries. The origins of the ceremony date back to the times of the Crusades: it is said that Pazzino de’ Pazzi, returning from Jerusalem, brought home with him some stone flakes from the Holy Sepulture. These sacred stones were then used to light the Holy Fire, which was later distributed to Florentine families and clergy to celebrate Easter as a sign of Christ’s Resurrection. The de’ Pazzi family then built the decorated wagon that still
THE FUTURE IS VINTAGE MARKET – ON APRIL 16 AT PIAZZA DUOMO, THE VINTAGE MARKET IS BACK!
April 25 to May 1 Firenze Flower Show – free entrance
MONTEPULCIANO
April 8 TO 23 – THE EASTER FESTIVAL http://www.festivaldipasqua.it/programme.html
MONTEPULCIANO LAKE
ORCIA WINE FESTIVAL at San Quirico D’Orcia, Siena. 22 TO 25 OF APRIL
More info at: Ufficio Turistico San Quirico d’Orcia – tel. +39 0577.899728 ufficioturistico@comune.sanquiricodorcia.si.it
https://orciawinefestival.wordpress.com/
PERUGIA
LA GRANDE FIERA DI PASQUA – The big Easter Fair – In the historical centre. April 7 to 10th. At Piazza della Repubblica, Corso Vannucci, Piazza Italia and Piazza Matteotti. 10 AM to 8 PM.
April 10th
PRATO
PRATO WINE FESTIVAL – 100 WINES FROM 20 REGIONS! AT Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 69.
VAL D’ORCIA
APRIL 21 TO 23 – TUSCANY CROSSING RUN – https://www.tuscanycrossing.com/