Wholesalers, agents – follow the Christmas star to the green heart of Italy

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Undiscovered Christmas treasure in Romagna the Heart of Italy between Florence and Venice, the Apennines and the Adriatic – and Italy’s first Green Tourism destination.

Romagnolo people just love any celebration and Christmas is the big one, so in Romagna, all the fun and the magic of Christmas is taken very seriously indeed – why not enable your clients to join in the spirit and find unique Christmas presents and great fun?

Villages, towns, cities and seaside resorts enthusiastically compete with each other with the quality of their Christmas markets, Christmas lights, decorations, and Christmas music.

Christmas markets selling decorations, gifts and Christmas treats like nougat to celebrate Santa Lucia, superb Panettone (traditionally not baked until 7th December) and all manner of sweets abound. In Forli every year a great Christmas market gets set up in the main square, and every Sunday there are extra Christmas markets. In Cesena a massive Christmas market sets up in the historic centre while the ‘Christmas Train’ ferries visitors around and to and from the ice-skating rink.

In historic, Byzantine Ravenna, there are Christmas markets and Christmas decorations everywhere – in the Piazza del Popolo, under the arcades, and, naturally, a special ‘Green Christmas Market’ with organic and local products.

The fairytale hilltop castle town of Sant Agata Feltria transforms into a Christmas Winterland with Santa Claus, Musical performances and lots and lots of stalls – even rheindeers and elves!

Posh seaside Riccione creates a winter wonderland ice fair with stalls, ferris wheel and ice skating rink.

The magical castle-city of Gradara, overlooking the Adriatic, scene of the romantic doomed medieval tryst between Paolo and Francesca – becomes a candle-lit, festive-filled Christmas Castle.

And Leonardo da Vinci’s atmospheric Venetian port of Cesenatico explodes into Christmas life with music and lights, historic sailboats and barques full of nativity figures. At night, illuminated, it is truly wonderful.

But the biggest of all is at the top of towering Mount Titano, where the whole historic centre of the Republic of San Marino becomes Christmas personified

Duty-free mountaintop shopping, wonderful Christmas entertainment and nativity scenes everywhere make a heartwarming festive feast to see, to hear, to taste, to savour and to save!

High on the top of Mount Titano, soaring above the Adriatic coast, are the ramparts of a unique World Heritage Site – the tiny, atmospheric Republic of San Marino.

Here the city-state’s castles and walkways reveal sensational views, its cobbled streets and alleys hide little shops selling simply everything – tax paid only to San Marino! And at Christmastime thousands of visitors arrive to enjoy San Marino’s wonderful sights and warm hospitality – and SHOP duty free.

Because San Marino creates possibly the most magical Christmastime event in the world – rightly called "The Christmas of Marvels"

Naturally there is an ice-skating rink; naturally Santa Claus sets up his village (with lots of Elf helpers) to help lots of kiddies – of all ages – make Christmas delicacies and wrap presents; naturally there are stunningly -beautiful nativity scenes, naturally there are traditional carol concerts in the atmospheric churches, naturally there is a vast array of duty-free and branded outlet shopping in the pretty boutiques; naturally there are Christmas shops with a vast array of Christmas goods from decorations to cuckoo clocks to electronic Santas – and naturally there is a fabulous Christmas Market full of glorious local produce..

Everyone can Christmas shop to their heart’s content (and to their wallet’s benefit!). From a vast range of world famous designer brands to great Christmas decorations – and authentic cuckoo clocks! There is even a superb local Farmer’s Market selling local panettone (naturally), local honey, local preserved fruits, local salamis and prosciuttos, local nougats and sweets and much, much more.

Plus Christmas music, plus Christmas lights, plus stalls selling hot Christmas drinks, sweet Christmas confections and delicious stuffed Piadina flatbread, plus the aromas and sounds of Christmastime everywhere.

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