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THE CHIARA! CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

What a lovely Christmas!

Markets, little towns and lovely discoveries

An afternoon under the lights. Hot chocolate to share. A gift chosen with love. Your next Christmas memory starts here.

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Christmas market in Strasbourg’s old town in 2018. Archive photograph, not the 2026 edition.
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Firenze · Santa Croce

Metropolitan City of Firenze · Tuscany · Italy

Admission and costs
Piazza Santa Croce market admission is free. Food, drinks and purchases are paid for at individual stalls. The monumental complex is a separate visit: full admission €10, plus €1 for an ordinary online booking.
Getting there
Choose Firenze Santa Maria Novella, the central railway station. Walk via Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Signoria to Santa Croce, making the transfer part of the visit. The basilica’s visitor entrance and ticket office are on the Largo Bargellini side, separate from the market stalls.
Time to allow
Allow around 4 hours at the destination, excluding travel.
If it rains
Santa Croce’s monumental complex offers the basilica and museum spaces beside the market: full admission €10 plus €1 online. Sunday tourist visits start at 14:00; it closes on 25 December. Visitor entrance is from Largo Bargellini.
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Naples · San Gregorio Armeno

Metropolitan City of Napoli · Campania · Italy

Admission and costs
Walking along Via San Gregorio Armeno and browsing shop windows requires no event ticket. Figurines, nativity scenes and craft pieces are purchased from individual workshops. The optional San Lorenzo Maggiore visit is separate, with an ordinary full-price ticket of €9.
Getting there
From Napoli Centrale use Garibaldi station on Metro Line 1 and alight at Duomo. The exit is on Piazza Nicola Amore: follow Via Duomo towards San Biagio dei Librai, then Via San Gregorio Armeno. This is an urban workshop district rather than an enclosed fairground.
Time to allow
Allow around 3 hours at the destination, excluding travel.
If it rains
San Lorenzo Maggiore at Piazza San Gaetano 316 offers an indoor archaeological visit: ordinary full admission €9, optional guide extra. The archaeological areas are excluded from the wheelchair accessibility stated for the rest of the complex.
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Christmas in everyday life

The Singing Christmas Tree in Werdmühleplatz, Zurich, in an archive press photograph. This is not a performance from the 2026 edition.
TO DISCOVER

In Zurich the Christmas tree really sings. And you want to leave!

Red capes, green branches and dozens of voices: the Singing Christmas Tree is also a tree made of people. From 19 November to 23 December 2026 a square in the heart of Zurich is once again filled with music. And the concerts are free.

A nativity scene with the infant Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
TO DISCOVER

CHRISTMAS: THERE IS MORE THAN ONE STORY IN THE NATIVITY SCENE!

Shepherds and Magi meet in our cribs. In the Gospels, they come from two different stories waiting to be discovered.

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