Christmas holidays in Montaione

Christmas is with no doubt the most important and suggestive holiday of the year.

Each town and village in Tuscany prepare itself with lights and colours in the roads, shops and even homes. Christmas is holiday for everybody, adults and children, it’s a moment of the year when to present became the most important thing because it mean to participate to an holiday that since 2000 years make everything magic. When Christmas atmosphere start to pervade cities and villages, these became more alive, streets became like rivers of happy people that buy presents for loved ones in the shops or even in some outdoor markets that sell cakes or small hand made objects.

Tuscany and all cities of art keep its fascination even for Christmas, in fact, this land rich in tradition became more interesting during Christmas holidays.
It may happen that walking along the roads of historical centre of Florence, you can listen to the Christmas music of the organ in the Church of S. Margherita de’ Cerchi that make an atmosphere at the historical nativity inside the church.

Christmas it’s also the best period to make shopping and buying presents for your loved ones. In fact, it’s possible, in many villages of Tuscany to visit Christmas markets, like in Florence where near the most important fashion shops you can see some antiques markets and find out something at bargain price.

While you make shopping, there is nothing better to do that taste some traditional cakes prepared for Christmas, like “Cantuccini di Prato” and “Vin Santo” typical from Tuscany, or stop into a bar to get a “cappuccino” or a “hot chocolate”.

Even small villages became a set for live cribs, so you can walk and feel the Christmas atmosphere live the traditional Tuscan culture.
Only Tuscany offer you the possibility to choose if spend Christmas holiday and experience Tuscan tradition simply walking along the roads of medieval villages like Montaione, Volterra and San Gimignano, or enjoy shopping in a fashion town like Florence, or visiting museums or churches or participating to many festival or events.

In the heart of Tuscany, there are unique places like Montaione where you can do all that things.
The vicinity of the most important cities of art of Tuscany like Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca but also Volterra and San Gimignano, will give you the opportunity to feel the magic of Christmas simply spend your holidays or a short break in a farmhouse, hotels, bed and breakfast or a vacation home getting advantage of the many special offers prepared for Christmas time whatever is your budget.

In Montaione, like in other villages of Tuscany, it’s tradition to celebrate Christmas time with a live crib, where real people present the extraordinary story of Nativity.
Tuscany and Montaione are rich in colours and flavours in spring, beautiful in summer, seductive in autumn became mystic and exciting in December, when after the Immaculate Conception, Christmas and new year’s eve are incoming.

Don’t loose the opportunity to chose a farmhouse, an hotel or an apartment in Montaione, where an ancient hospitality tradition will ensure you and unforgettable stay!