Forte dei Marmi Christmas market 2026: 28 November – 6 January

What you find

The Christmas market of "Natale al Forte", the comune's Christmas season, run with the Associazione Forte Forte tutto l'anno. Around it the town lights up along the seafront and in the centre, with the big fir tree at the Pontile, Santa's kingdom (Il Regno di Babbo Natale) in the Fortino Leopoldo I, an ice rink in the Pineta Tarabella, street shows and music in the centre and Christmas workshops for children.

Tips

The season opens on Saturday 28 November 2026 from 17:00 with a parade through the streets, a torchlight procession from the sea to the Pontile and the switching-on of the lights. The ice rink stays until 15 January 2027. The comune's Italian programme gives 7 January as the market's last day, the English one 6 January.

Getting to Forte dei Marmi

By car, leave the A12 at the Versilia exit. The nearest station is Forte dei Marmi-Seravezza-Querceta on the Genoa–Pisa line, in Querceta about 4 km away; long-distance trains stop at Viareggio, about 12 km away. Autolinee Toscane buses E1 and E35 serve the town, and Pisa airport is about 35 km away.

The centre is a limited-traffic zone (ZTL) with electronic gates. Outside summer, Piazza Marconi and the surrounding streets are restricted on Sundays and holidays from 8:00 to 20:00; from 1 June to the third Sunday of September the zone also applies on weekdays from 17:00 to 6:00 and all day on Sundays and holidays. Piazza Garibaldi, Via Montauti and Via Roma are pedestrian. White lines are free, blue lines are paid by app or QR code, and yellow lines are reserved.

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