Holiday Magic: Santa Croce’s Christmas Market
Upcoming & Ongoing
Until December 17, 2023: CHRISTMAS MARKET. Free entry. Open daily from 10 am to 10 pm. To see a video, click here. In the heart of Florence, where ancient cobbled streets echo [...]
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023
GERMAN CHRISTMAS MARKET. Piazza Santa Croce. Open 10 am – 10 pm. EXHIBITIONS: ALPHONSE MUCHA: THE SEDUCTION OF ART NOUVEAU. Museum of the Innocenti, piazza Santissima Annunizata. Open 10 am [...]
This Week
Christmas Shopping at the 2023 AILO Bazaar
Dec. 8 – 9: AILO Christmas Bazaar. Tepidarium, Giardino dell’Orticoltura, via Vittorio Emanuele II, 4. Hours: 10 am – 6 pm The American International League of Florence (AILO)’s Christmas Bazaar, one of Florence’s most treasured Christmas traditions, [...]
An Unique Production of ‘Don Giovanni’ by ORT
Free in Florence
November 29 at 9 pm: Orchestra della Toscana. The Mandela Forum, piazza Enrico Berlinguer 1. The Orchestra della Toscana is bringing a Mozart masterpiece to a Florentine neighborhood near you with their “Musica Diffusa” tour. [...]
Free Lecture in English on Artist Rosalba Carriera
Student Events
Tuesday, Nov. 28: LECTURE IN ENGLISH. Angela Oberer will speak on The Life and Times of Artist Rosalba Carriera. CEA-CAPA Study Center, Piazza della Repubblica 6. 7 pm. Free admission. Please reserve a place by emailing [...]
The 2023 Firenze Marathon & Ginky Family Run
Sports & Fitness
Sun. 26: FIRENZE MARATHON. Starts and ends in Piazza Duomo. 8:30 am. Residents and visitors will see the streets of Florence crowded with 8, 500 runners on Sunday for the Firenze Marathon. Athletes from all over will [...]
Michelangelo’s ‘Secret Room’ Open for Visits
Museums
Opening November 15, 2023: MICHELANGELO’S SECRET ROOM. Medici Chapels Museum. Open Mondays (at 3 pm, 4:30 pm, and 6 pm), Wednesdays (9 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm, 4:30 pm, and [...]
DIY Fair, ‘Creattiva’ Debuts at the Fortezza da Basso
Design & Craftsmanship
Thurs. 19 – Sun. 22: CREATTIVA. Fortezza da Basso. Open 9:30 am – 6:30 pm, last day until 4 pm. Admission: €10 online, €11 on site; for adults over 65 and kids ages 10 – [...]
‘Back to Bach’: Free Jazz Performance in the Duomo
Top Picks
Following the success of last year’s “Altissima Luce” concert, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Fiore (aka the Florence Duomo) is hosting yet another genre-transcending concert at the Duomo in the form of “Back to Bach.” [...]
