The worth seeing Christmas markets in Tuscany

Let's find out together where to go to find villages, stalls, and Santa's cottages

FLORENCE AND SURROUNDINGS

• The big news this year is the winter village set up in the gardens of the Fortezza da Basso, the Florence Ice Village. In addition to the longest ice skating rink in Europe, the event brings to Florence a large Ferris wheel 55 meters high. From December 4 to 24 also, throughout the area of the gardens of the fortress, there are the stands of the Christmas markets with many delicacies and original gift ideas.

Ruota panoramica alla Fortezza

• Until January 9, 2022, in the San Donato shopping center in Novoli the usual Christmas market is back. Forty-five typical wooden houses populate the open square inside the structure, with original gift ideas and street food for a tasty stop."

• Until January 16, the new edition of Empoli City of Christmas, the great event that animates the streets of the historic center of Empoli flooding them with magic colored lights, trains, ice rink, and Mattoncini Village.

Empoli città del Natale

AREZZO

• Arezzo City of Christmas is back until January 9, 2022. An original path of light installations, the Christmas Village and the Market of Wonders with the products of the territory will animate the Tuscan city throughout the Christmas period.

Arezzo Città del Natale (credits photo: arezzoweb.it)

SIENA AND SURROUNDINGS

• In Montepulciano until January 6 back to the Christmas event with The Christmas Village, with a large market with characteristic wooden houses, and Santa Claus Castle set up inside the medieval fortress of Montepulciano.

LUCCA AND SURROUNDINGS

• Until December 19 there is the eighth edition of Christmas Fair in Forte dei Marmi. In Piazza Garibaldi and adjacent streets many ideas for decorating and furnishing the house, games for children, Christmas jewelry, and many proposals for Christmas gifts, both craft and commercial.

Fiera di Natale Forte dei Marmi 2020

• Every weekend in December in Pietrasanta come the Christmas markets at Giardino della Lumaca.

PISA

• Until January 6 in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele and Piazza del Carmine come many wooden houses while under the loggias of Banchi also this year return the traditional Christmas stalls, the Santa Claus House and the ice rink covered.
  

PISTOIA

• Christmas in the city. The illuminations return to embellish the streets of the city until January 10. Trees, selfie-points, Christmas-themed illuminations, exhibitions and events are ready to accompany young and old in the magical world of the holidays.

Natale a Pistoia (credits photo: La Nazione)

• Until January 9 in Montecatini Terme comes A Fairy Tale Christmas. The event will accompany citizens and tourists through the magic of Christmas with a magical and electrifying fairy-tale atmosphere, projections, light installations, traditional characters, musicians and events. Will be told the story of Gocciolina, dedicated and written especially for Montecatini.

Natale da Fiana Montecatini (credits: viaggiamo.it)