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Festa dei Ciliegi(cherry blossom) in Fiore a Villanova sull’Arda

Excursions and guided tours
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Villanova sull’Arda celebrates the

Festa dei Ciliegi in Fiore (Cherry Blossom Festival)

A traditional event that every year attracts hundreds of people from all over Italy. In the lands beloved by Giuseppe Verdi, who chose to live here and dedicate himself to rural life during his stays in Sant’Agata, the trees that produce the most renowned cherries in the Piacenza area grow.

PROGRAMME

Mercatino di Primavera(Spring Market)

When: Sunday 30 March and 6 April 2025, from 9 am

Opening of food stands with TYPICAL SPECIALTIES

When: Sunday 30 March and 6 April 2025, from 12 noon

Visit to the orchard

When: Sunday 30 March and 6 April 2025, 2.30 p.m.
30March walk with experts

Torta Fritta

When: Sunday 30 March and 6 April 2025, 5 p.m.
Traditional food, a sort of fried pizza’s pasta, to eat with salumi(cold cuts)

Ballroom dancing with Marcolino

When: Sunday 30 March 2025, 2-7 p.m.

Ballroom dancing with Manuel

When: Sunday  6 April 2025, 2-7 p.m.

Sciame di biciclette (Bike tour)

When: Monday, 13 April 2024, 11 am
From Villanova parish church to Isola Giarola and Lancone

SHOOTING IN BLOOM

If you have taken photos during the day, please send them to the email: proloco1950villanovasullarda@gmail.com (max. 4 per person). The best 10 will be awarded prizes and exhibited at the Cherry Festival on 2nd June.

Place
  • Villanova sull'Arda
Dates
30 March - 13 April 2025
sunday
Time
Info on the program
Contacts
proloco1950villanovasullarda@gmail.com 
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