Elba Island
Italian holiday flair and a world culture festival? Whoever visits the Elba island at the beginning of August, can experience both!
On 8th and 9th August the world’s biggest musical names, like Gabriella Cilmi, cast a spell over islanders and holiday makers alike at the Festival Musica del Mondo.
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Vespa and motorbike tours of Tuscany
Now it is possible to tour Tuscany on a Motorcycle or Vespa and The Italian Connection’s motorcycle fleet now offers some great bikes, from the New KTM 900 Adventure to the BMW F650, from the BMW R850RT to the KTM 400 EXC ‘04, enduro bike.
For Vespas they offer the Vespa Piaggio 25cc Special, vintage style, 2008 edition, automatic.
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Historic Pageant in Medieval costume for the Palio horse race in Siena, Italy
The ultimate expression of culture, art, history and folklore belongs to the people of Siena. Known throughout the world, ‘The Palio’, a spectacular horserace with medieval origins, takes place twice a year at ‘Piazza del Campo’ in the heart of the historical walled city on the 2nd July and the 16th August.
The two events, the ‘Palio di Provenzano’ and the ‘Palio dell’Assunta’ have taken place each year since 1651 and 1701 respectively to celebrate the Madonna di Provenzano, a local apparition of the Virgin Mary and Madonna dell’Assunta the patron saint of Siena who it is believed helped the Siennese destroy the powerful Florentine army at the battle of Monteaperti in 1260.
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