What to do in Florence in December

What to do in Florence in December? Many initiatives in the historic city centre, including little markets, exhibitions, museums, concerts and special events, in locations easily reachable on foot from the Bed and Breakfast Palazzo Ruspoli, an ideal starting point for a relaxing holiday in Florence.

Events in Florence in December 2019: markets, exhibitions and shows for a year-end not to be missed!

Here are some of the scheduled events:

Weihnachtsmarkt ”German Christmas Market, Piazza Santa Croce, from November 23^rd to December 22^nd;
Christmas Bazaar of AILO, Garden of Horticulture, Tepidarium, from November 30^th to December 1^st;
Real Time Festival Z, Palazzina Reale and other places, from November 29^th to December 1^st;
Christmas Market Exhibition of the Italian Red Cross, Palazzo Capponi, Lungarno Soderini, from November 29^th to December 1^st;
Emergency Christmas Space, at the premises of the Artedove gallery, via de’ Macci 81r, from 1 to 24^th December;
Christmas Market for File 2019, Palazzo Corsini, Lungarno Corsini, from 6^th to 8^th December;
“A tutta scienza” at the Galileo Museum, activities for families, every weekend;
Carmine in Fiera, piazza del Carmine, 7^th December;
Ciompi Monthly Antiques, piazza Lorenzo Ghiberti, 8^th and 29^th December;
Switching of the Christmas tree, Piazza Duomo, 8^th December;
Babbo Running, Piazza della SS Annunziata, 15^th December;
Fierucola of the Immaculate, Piazza Santissima Annunziata, 7-8 December;
F-Light Firenze Light Festival, Piazza del Duomo, from 8^th December to 6^th January;
Christmas in Campo di Marte, Viale Pasquale Paoli, 8^th December;
Oltrarno Fair, piazza Santo Spirito, 8^th December;
Promotional fair for independent bookshops, Piazza dei Ciompi, 21^st December;
Fierucolina di Natale, Piazza del Carmine, 15^th December;
Creative Factory, Piazza dei Ciompi, 7-8 and 14-15 December;
Christmas Concert, Florence Opera House, 22^nd December;
Florence Winter Park, lungarno Aldo Moro, until 23^rd February;
Christmas Eve Dinner in the Salone delle Feste inside the Brunelleschi Hotel in Piazza Santa Elisabetta, 24^th December 2019;
Christmas lunch at the Hotel Brunelleschi, Piazza Santa Elisabetta, 25 December;
New Year’s Eve in Florence, 31^st December: at Piazzale Michelangelo (pop concert), in Piazza Signoria (classical music), Piazza Santissima Annunziata, Piazza Bartali in Gavinana (family initiatives and workshops for children as early as the afternoon of the 31st) and in Oltrarno ( jazz, dixieland and funky music);
Year-end concert, Teatro dell’Opera di Firenze, 31 December;
New Year’s Eve party in the Salone delle Feste of the Hotel Brunelleschi in the historical centre of Florence;
New Year’s Eve dinner in the Torre della Pagliazza at the Santa Elisabetta restaurant in Piazza Santa Elisabetta;
La Democrazia del Corpo Festival, Cango Cantieri Goldonetta, from 5th October to 29th December;
De Chirico, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, from 31st October to 18th February 2020,
Pietro Aretino and the art of the Renaissance, Uffizi Gallery, Magliabechiana Hall, Gallery of Statues and Paintings, from 26th November 2019 to 3rd March 2020;
Shaped by fire. The bronze sculpture in the Florence of the last Medici, Palazzo Pitti, Treasure of the Grand Dukes, until 12th January 2020;
Journey to immortality, at the Archaeological Museum, until 2 February 2020;
Michelangelo and the Medici through the papers of the Archivio Buonarroti, at the Museum of Casa Buonarroti, from 19^th November to 9^th March 2020;
Sustainable Thinking, Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, until 8^th March 2020,
The return of Giuseppe Principe dei Sogni, Salone dei Dugento in Palazzo Vecchio, until 28 August, 2021.

We wait for you at the Bed and Breakfast Palazzo Ruspoli in via de’ Martelli, twenty meters away from the Duomo entrance, in the heart of the historical centre of Florence. Find out the best rates available for different types of rooms, many with stunning views of the Brunelleschi’s Dome!

Our staff at the reception of the bed and breakfast will be happy to give you further advice and information on what to do in Florence in December 2019!

1 December 2019