Rome’s official tour guide

Christmas Customs in Rome

Mauro Cannella, Rome’s official tour guide shared with us some secrets of Christmas in Rome: events, shopping, traditions, cribs and more.

Spending Christmas and Three Kings (the “Epiphany”) in a city like Rome, is a romantic and exciting experience that allows everyone to live life the colors, music, magic and above all faith in this only city in the world.

Walking through the downtown streets between small markets and shops, admiring the buildings and plazas lit and enter churches to discover them as well as works of art and architecture, also the beautiful “presepio” (Bethlehem) are some typical activities of the Roman holiday, not to mention sit awhile to hear an organ concert, or being conquered by candlelight.
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