Last updated: December 01, 2024
Welcome to Copertino's Christmas events guide! We'll accompany you in discovering the festive events that bring life to our city's streets and squares during the Christmas season.
Copertino's historic center, with its majestic castle, transforms into a festive path where traditional markets wind through Piazza del Popolo and Via Roma. The stalls offer artisanal products and local gastronomic specialties, while the Angevin Castle hosts exhibitions and cultural events. In the surrounding streets, shops and historic boutiques display traditional Salento decorations.
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Horse carousel with unique worldwide lighting.
The Carosello dei Cavalli is a unique horse carousel with 2600 light points that illuminates Piazza Mazzini during the Christmas festivities.
Where: Lecce | More Info: Horse Carousel
Christmas markets with a wide selection of handicrafts and culinary delights.
The Lecce Christmas Markets offer a wide range of Christmas products, decorations, local handicrafts, and typical local culinary delights.
Where: Lecce | More Info: Christmas Markets
Immersive path with technological tunnels and musical performances.
Luoghi d’Incanto – Parabilia 2023 offers a unique Christmas experience in Parabita's historic center, featuring technological tunnels, enchanted forests, and musical and acrobatic performances.
Where: Parabita | More Info: Parabilia
Artisanal chocolate-making techniques passed down from father to son.
The National Chocolate Fest is a cultural event celebrating artisanal chocolate gastronomy, featuring demonstrations and workshops by Master Chocolate Makers showcasing chocolate-making techniques.
Where: Lecce | More Info: Chocolate Festival
Unique nativity representation with popular crafts and culinary and folkloric traditions of the Capo di Leuca.
The Presepe Vivente di Tricase is a unique event that reenacts the nativity in a historical and cultural context of Salento, with a permanent structure existing 365 days a year on the hill of Monte Orco. The tradition of the Nativity is set against the backdrop of popular crafts and culinary and folkloric traditions of the Capo di Leuca, with about 200 people in costume working as artisans, commoners, and peasants.
Where: Lecce | More Info: Artistic Nativity Scene
Ice rink with activities for children.
The Christmas Festival in Leverano features an ice rink, a skate rental point, a food area, and a Christmas market. Visit Santa's house, the elves' workshop, and Santa's post office on December 8-9-10-16-17.
Where: Leverano | More Info: Christmas Festival