October-November across every mountain region. Roasted chestnuts, chestnut flour pasta, chestnut cake, chestnut beer.
Plan your Italy trip →For centuries, chestnuts were "the bread of the poor" in Italian mountain communities — ground into flour for bread, polenta, pasta, and cake when wheat was scarce. The sagre celebrate this heritage with: caldarroste (roasted chestnuts, €3-4/cone), castagnaccio (chestnut flour cake), necci (Tuscan chestnut flour crepes with ricotta), and creative modern dishes. The chestnut beer is surprisingly excellent.
Marradi (Tuscany, October): The "Sagra delle Castagne e del Marron Buono" in a gorgeous Mugello valley town. The marroni (premium chestnuts) here are PGI-certified.
Soriano nel Cimino (Lazio, October): Near Viterbo. Medieval setting, massive event.
Cuneo area (Piedmont, October): Multiple villages compete for the best castagna festival across the Langhe foothills.
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