Travel to Bologna

The porticoes of Bologna were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021. In total, three monuments in Italy were added that year, bringing Italy to the top of the UNESCO list with a whopping 59 sites. Additionally, Montecatini Terme and the 14th-century frescoes of Padua were added to the UNESCO list this year. 

Christmas in Italy is certainly a time for celebration, especially in this predominantly Catholic country. The Christmas holiday season in Italy officially kicks off in early December, when towns across the Boot start putting up their street decorations. It lasts straight through to the Epiphany, on January 6th, the day it is said the three Wise Men arrived to Bethlehem. Traveling across Italy, you would be hard-pressed to find a town that isn't lighting our otherwise dark season with bright decorations, shop windows and streams of festive lights criss-crossing the main thoroughfares. And