How does a journey begin? Often a trip takes weeks of planning until finally, the day arrives. The departure! Excitement coupled with the fear of forgetting something important. The suitcases are closed and then reopen again and again for last-minute items. Preparing for a trip brings ...

An imaginative world will soon open up before your eyes at Lucca Comics & Games 2022. Comics, gaming, video games, fantasy, manga, anime, animated cinema, TV series, and cosplay all await you at the largest event of its kind in Europe and the second largest ...

“Wolf! Wolf !! " Until the last century, this cry could only mean one thing: danger. Not to mention how they were depicted in books: the wolfman, and werewolves. There's no denying it; wolves simply have never had a good name. Let's reexamine these amazing ...

The city of Lucca is so ancient that even now many scholars still discuss its real origins. Some say it was born as a Ligurian settlement, others believe that it has Etruscan origins, and some trace it back to a Roman city dating to 180 ...

The Viareggio Carnival celebration is back for the much-awaited 2022 edition! The parade of floats will take place on February 20, 24, 27 and again on March 1, 5, and 12th. Every year, the allegorical and satirical floats are divided into various categories. Themes usually reflect ...

Spring has already arrived in Lucca because in the medieval hamlets of Pieve and San Andrea di Compito it is time for the annual camellia festival! The international event will take place every weekend from March 14 through the 29th. There are over 250 different species ...

Being that Viareggio is my adoptive town, I would like to tell you about it's famous Carnival which takes place every year with an explosion of sounds and colors. The residents of this beautiful coastal town dedicate months preparing costumes, floats, amazing events like Rioni nights (quarter or neighborhood parties) ...

    Lucca Comics & Game is an annual convention which takes place in Lucca, Tuscany. Dedicated to comic books, gaming (card games, board games and role play), fantasy and science fiction, it is usually held between the end of October and the start of November. It is ...

Plato said: “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” If you feel the same way, then the Lucca Summer Festival 2019 is for you. If you've ever experienced the adrenaline rush of being in a ...

In the northernmost part of the province of Lucca, between the Apuan Alps and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Garfagnana offers a unique scenery in the Tuscan landscape. Its woods, very green in summer, explode in the thousand fairy-tale colours of autumn already in September, month of chestnuts, one of the ...