Inside this month

One definitive guide for every month of the year, tracking exactly what changes in Italy's weather, festivals and travel calendar as the seasons turn.

October in Italy: the definitive guide

Truffle season in Piedmont, the last warm swims in Sicily and the 800th anniversary of Francis of Assisi: what October actually looks like across the country.

By The Editors

/ 20 Aug 2026

Vineyards and olive groves on the hills below Montefalco in Umbria during the October harvest / Image edited with ai from a reference photograph.

September in Italy: the definitive guide

Summer lets go without any hurry, the grape harvest quietly gets underway, and the crowds that filled every piazza in July finally thin: a region by region look at Italy's most generous shoulder season.

By The Editors

/ 20 Jul 2026

White grape must under a wooden torchio press in a Langhe wine cellar / Image edited with ai from a reference photograph