Flavors and Traditions
There are many events not to be missed with the taste and traditions that have made us world famous. A busy schedule of fairs, festivals and festivals takes us to many beautiful Italian locations to discover typical flavors, folklore, customs and traditions among the most curious. Gaeta Taxi Service is the ideal companion for these occasions of pure insight into an all-Italian culture. If you’d like some suggestions, take a look at the dates we think are must-sees and book your own private chauffeured transfer-we’ll take you and your fellow travelers on a joyful homegrown experience.
Perugia: Eurochocolate
The date for this year is: October 14 to 23.
Every year in October, Perugia becomes the capital of chocolate. Eurochocolate, the largest European Festival Dedicated to Chocolate is an event that attracts a million visitors from Italy and abroad. A unique experience that will amaze you with huge chocolate sculptures that you can admire while walking through the city’s charming alleys. You will see chocolate as you’ve never seen it before and then you can participate in exquisite tastings of the finest chocolate, workshops and many other initiatives designed to entertain young and old alike.
Book your car with driver at Gaeta Taxi Service and take the opportunity to visit neighboring cities such as Assisi or Orvieto, creating, why not, a pleasant weekend getaway.
* Entrance fees, where provided, are not included.
* Private tour leader/tour guide service is available upon request.
Salerno: Christmas Lights
The date is: late November through early January
For the past few years, Salerno has become the ideal place to feel the magical atmosphere of Christmas thanks to the “Luci d’Artista” event. The city hosts numerous Christmas markets and is filled with lights according to routes with different themes each year. The event is known and appreciated both in Italy and abroad so much so that the number of tourists increases year by year. Strolling along the city’s main avenue or in the Municipal Villa, which becomes an enchanted garden for the occasion, or in the narrow alleys of Merchants Street and the historic center is like living in a fairy tale of lights accompanied by the music and laughter of the people heard all around.
Experience the magic of Christmas with Gaeta Taxi Service and take the opportunity to spend an entire day in Salerno with your fellow travelers!
* Entrance fees, where provided, are not included.
* Private tour leader/tour guide service is available upon request.
Gaeta: The streets of Gaeta
The date for this year is: Sept. 24
In the charming seaside village of Gaeta, halfway between Rome and Naples, local products are celebrated every year in late September with the participation of locals who cook and sell homemade delicacies. The long and characteristic Via dell’Indipendenza is transformed into a kind of open-air market where typical dishes such as octopus tielle, cod zeppoline, anchovies patties and much more abound. All accompanied by excellent local wine and good live music in a cheerful and goliardic atmosphere. Another nice feature is that the stalls only accept follari, the ancient local currency, which you can exchange for euros at the stands set up along the street.
Book Gaeta Taxi Service for your private transfer and if you want to stay a few days together with your traveling companions we will be happy to advise you where to stay and what to see to make your stay unforgettable.
* Entrance fees, where provided, are not included.
* Private tour leader/tour guide service is available upon request.
Siena: The Palio of Siena
The annual appointments are: July 2-Aug. 16
To say Siena is to say the Palio di Siena, a centuries-old tradition for which the entire city prepares for an entire year. The first palio dates back to 1644 and the same rules of that time are still in effect today. The horse race in the magnificent Piazza del Campo, unique in the world for its shape, is held twice a year and 10 of the 17 contrade into which the city is divided participate. È A mixture of tradition, folklore, superstition and religion that make every Sienese proud and give life to this competition made up of strategies and alliances to win the Palio, or trophy, represented by a painting in the shape of an elongated rectangle that is commissioned from a different artist each year.
Choose Gaeta Taxi Service to get to Siena and take the opportunity to visit the surrounding area as well with a customized multi-day tour. Contact us and together we will build the itinerary that best suits your needs and those of your fellow travelers.
* Entrance fees, where provided, are not included.
* Private tour leader/tour guide service is available upon request.
Matera: Living Nativity
The date is: late November through early January
Every year near Christmas the entire city of Matera becomes the setting for the world’s largest living nativity scene. The uniqueness of Matera and its sassi make it perfect for this role so much so that it feels like being catapulted into 2,000-year-old Palestine. It is no coincidence that the city has been chosen several times as a natural location to shoot major films about the life and death of Jesus (Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ being one of them). Each year the crib focuses on a different theme, and on some days visitors can participate as figurants inside the crib, thanks to an initiative called “visit-actors.”
Book at Gaeta Taxi Service your private car with driver and reach Matera comfortably and safely. And if you want to spend a Christmas-themed weekend, add Salerno with its Luci d’Artista and Naples with the nativity scenes in San Gregorio Armeno to your itinerary. Contact us and let’s plan your Christmas trip together!
* Entrance fees, where provided, are not included.
* Private tour leader/tour guide service is available upon request.
Naples: The Nativity Scenes of San Gregorio Armeno
The date is: all year round and especially at Christmas time
San Gregorio Armeno is a street in the historic center of Naples that is famous for the many artisan stores that build the figurines and sets for the nativity scene. Via San Gregorio Armeno can be visited year-round, but at Christmas time it becomes an open-air market where all the creations that make the “Neapolitan nativity scene” famous throughout Italy are displayed and sold. Once again, the creativity and inventiveness of the Neapolitans leads the way. Every year, in fact, alongside the traditional figur ines, artisans enjoy creating statuettes of the hottest personalities of the moment: from national and international politicians, to TV stars and, unfailingly, soccer idols, in a combination of the sacred and the profane that is typical of this city.
An appointment not to be missed! Gaeta Taxi Service will accompany you and your fellow travelers in a comfortable and safe car to the heart of historic Naples, and if you would like to take advantage to visit other places in the Neapolitan city, contact us for a sightseeing itinerary that is more suitable for you.
* Entrance fees, where provided, are not included.
* Private tour leader/tour guide service is available upon request.
Remember that our proposals are all 100% customizable according to your time and what you want to see: contact us now to study together the best itinerary for you!
