Christmas Turin Italy
Turin is even more beautiful and special during christmastime with a variety of different things to do.
Christmas turin italy. Brent petersen it s christmas day in torino italy. This is one of the christmas markets in italy which smell like cinnamon and fried apples. Sure there s a nod to normality with a tree in piazza castello not a real tree mind but the rest of the city is illuminated by a series of 19 open air art installations. Since 1998 when 14 artists were commissioned christmas illuminations turin turns into an open air art gallery during luci d artista artists lights the decorations on display from october 29 2019 to january 12 2020 are so much more than simple christmas lights.
Luckily the woman we are renting the apartment from has made us breakfast. On sunday december 17th there ll be a special steam train to shuttle families from turin porta nuova station into the govone countryside and on to another highlight the country house of santa claus or la casa di babbo natale which is set in govone s castle here kids will get a chance to watch performances and meet santa himself and i m hoping my two. Every year in turin from the beginning of november to mid january they hold the luci d artista artist s lights. The start of our christmas dinner at eatly turin photo.
Drink a cup of mulled wine while browsing through. Every year in turin italy they ask different artists to decorate various streets and squares in the centre of the city with lights. Christmas is come and gone but the lights linger on. Luci d artista now in its 22nd edition officially opens turin s contemporary.
It s not christmas without a good light display and turin s christmas lights are good enough to rival anywhere. The bressanone christmas market is the second oldest one in italy after the market in bolzano. These are no ordinary christmas lights though. They are open air artworks.
Nothing is open not even the little coffee shop where we get a shot of caffeine every morning. From october 31 st until january 10 th luci d artista. Juice pastry fruit espresso. A magic way to get in touch with the city is through luci d artista an outdoor exhibit of contemporary art that reinvents the streets and piazzas in turin by illuminating them with striking light installations of great visual impact.