Travel Reference
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March
The weather in March is capricious: sunny, rainy and windy all at once. The official
start of spring is 21 March, but the holiday season starts during Easter.
Taste
For three days in March, foodies flock to Florence for Taste (
www.pittimmagine.com
)
, a
bustling food fair held inside industrial-chic Stazione Leopolda. The program includes
culinary-themed talks, cooking demonstrations, and the chance to sample food, coffee and
liquor from more than 100 Italian artisan producers.
Settimana Santa
On Good Friday, the Pope leads a candlelit procession to the Colosseum and on Easter
Sunday he gives his blessing in St Peter's Square, while in Florence, a cartful of fireworks
explodes in Piazza del Duomo. Other notable processions take place in Procida and Sor-
rento (Campania), Taranto (Puglia) and Trapani (Sicily).
