Comments on: How to celebrate Christmas in Italy http://www.venere.com/blog/italy-christmas/ It's our business where you sleep! Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:10:32 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alanna http://www.venere.com/blog/italy-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Alanna Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:26:12 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/italy-christmas/#comment-1343 Naples is definitely a great Christmas destination for experienced Italian travelers. There's also many inexpensive concerts between Christmas and New Year in Rome with absolutely awesome settings. For anyone in the Lucca area, I'd recommend the "Treno di Natale" which leaves Lucca on Saturday the 20th and does an evening route which goes to Ghivazanno for the live nativity scene and street fair.. www.pontineltempo.it for more info.. Naples is definitely a great Christmas destination for experienced Italian travelers.

There’s also many inexpensive concerts between Christmas and New Year in Rome with absolutely awesome settings.

For anyone in the Lucca area, I’d recommend the “Treno di Natale” which leaves Lucca on Saturday the 20th and does an evening route which goes to Ghivazanno for the live nativity scene and street fair.. http://www.pontineltempo.it for more info..

]]> By: Mary Lou Branson http://www.venere.com/blog/italy-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Mary Lou Branson Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:20:11 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/italy-christmas/#comment-1341 I served with the Navy near Naples and it was our great pleasure to visit what we called, "Christmas Alley" (Via San Gregorio Armeno). One year, while I was visiting there although the alley was jam-packed with people, TV photographers were backing down it and everyone was shouting, "Luciano", "Luciano" and "Bravo"! Pavorotti, accompanied by many in his entourage, was coming to sing at the church at the far end of Via San Gregorio. It is a lovely memory! I served with the Navy near Naples and it was our great pleasure to visit what we called, “Christmas Alley” (Via San Gregorio Armeno). One year, while I was visiting there although the alley was jam-packed with people, TV photographers were backing down it and everyone was shouting, “Luciano”, “Luciano” and “Bravo”! Pavorotti, accompanied by many in his entourage, was coming to sing at the church at the far end of Via San Gregorio. It is a lovely memory!

]]> By: Katie Parla http://www.venere.com/blog/italy-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 Katie Parla Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:45:08 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/italy-christmas/#comment-1269 Via San Gregorio Armeno is a mad house leading up to the Christmas holiday with everyone out on the streets buying their last minute nativity scene characters. Barack Obama statuettes are a hot item this year. It is well worth a trip to Naples this time of year to see the nativity shopping frenzy! Via San Gregorio Armeno is a mad house leading up to the Christmas holiday with everyone out on the streets buying their last minute nativity scene characters. Barack Obama statuettes are a hot item this year. It is well worth a trip to Naples this time of year to see the nativity shopping frenzy!

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