13 interesting tips to spend the best weekend of 21 and 22 June, with many events, concerts, festivals and shows
One arrives new weekend and the Napolike editorial staff is always ready to advise you on the best things to do to spend it at its best. Between events of all kinds, concerts, shows, guided tours and the long-awaited Gelato Festival, there is plenty of choice and your weekend will certainly not be boring.
Here are 13 tips for spending the weekend of 20, 21 and 22 June 2014.
Gelato Festival
We couldn't wait for it to arrive and finally the Gelato Festival will invade the Lungomare di Napoli! Until Sunday 22 June it will be possible to taste the most daring and the strangest tastes, as well as the classic and traditional ones. It will also be possible to buy the Gelato Card which gives the opportunity to participate in the Gelato Show Cooking in the Fb Village and to vote for your favorite flavor.
Where: Naples waterfront
When: up to 22 June 2014
Price: Free entry with the possibility to purchase the Gelato Card
More information: complete program of the Gelato Festival
The First under the Stars
The Teatro Primo dei Colli Aminei offers a program full of light comedies, suitable for fun, seasoned with nice dinners and convenient packages, such as the "most panuozzo show".
Where: Il Primo Theater, viale del Capricorno 4, Naples
When: 20 June 2014
Price: from 12 € to 20 '€
Further information: complete article on First under the Stars
The Space - Pizza Village
The Space is the Pizza Village that will run until Sunday 22 June in Torre del Greco. There will be more than 20 pizzerias among the most important in the industry and many stands to taste local products and specialties such as fried pizza and pizza gluten free. On the program, also many guests.
Where: “La Salle” complex, via Alcide de Gasperi, Torre del Greco
When: 20, 21 and 22 June 2014
Price: free admission
Further information: full article on Torre del Greco's Pizza Village
Guided night tours
The Neapolitan Cultural Heritage Association, together with the Intra Moenia literary café, organizes nightly guided tours in the center of Naples every weekend. On 20 June it will be the turn of the fascinating Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore, where the exhibition on Eduardo De Filippo and in which it is possible to discover the cult of San Giovanni, placed between the sacred and the profane.
Where: Intra Moenia literary café starting point, in Piazza Bellini
When: 20 June 2014
Price: participation fee of € 5 (excluding any entrance tickets)
Further information: complete article on Guided night tours to the historic center
European Music Festival
Many free concerts, in various Neapolitan locations, for the European Music Festival, an event created to celebrate the summer solstice. Among the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella, the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore, the Domus Ars, the Grenoble and many other places, you can listen to local and internationally renowned artists.
Where: various locations in the city
When: 20 and 21 June 2014
Further information: full article on European Music Festival
The Palaces of the Spirits
The palaces of the spirits - Ghosts in Naples: tourist and cultural routes between sacredness and esotericism is a rich program that includes readings, projections, performances, shows, exhibitions and guided tours to get to know the ghosts and the mysteries of Naples. You will thus be able to meet or 'munaciell, the Bella' Mbriana, the Prince of Sansevero, Maria d'Avalos and the "pezzentelle souls".
Where: various locations
When: 21 and 22 June 2014
Price: depending on the visit
Further information: complete article on The Palaces of the Spirits and on the path Spirits, porcelains and beccafichi
Fourth World Yoga Day
Numerous events and initiatives for the day dedicated entirely to the psychophysical doctrine of Yoga. At the Pan, the Villa Floridiana and Piazza Dante there will be many lessons, conferences, concerts and free sessions on the world of Yoga.
Where: Pan, Villa Floridiana and Piazza Dante
When: 20, 21 and 22 June 2014
Info and contacts Info and contacts: Integral Yoga School in Italy, registered office via A. Scarlatti 209, Naples, Tel: 0815565632; 3407830920
Further information: full article on Fourth World Yoga Day
Vintage Market at the Galleria Umberto
An interesting vintage market has been set up in the prestigious Salone Margherita of the Galleria Umberto, thanks to the collaboration of the Barbaro shops. Inside, the “Best Seventies, Eighties, Nineties” market where it will be possible to discover the repertoire of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s of the Barbaro shops.
Where: Salone Margherita, Galleria Umberto
When: until the end of June 2014
Price: free admission
Further information: full article on vintage market at the Galleria Umberto
Fiera della Casa and Oltremusic Fest
The annual event of the Home Fair this year is enriched by including not only the exhibition of rooms and objects for the home, but also the Bidonville stands, the Moda Fashion event and a ice rink. During the whole event it will also be possible to listen, every evening, to a concert of the OltreMusic Fest festival.
Where: Mostra d'Oltremare, Island of the Passions
When: up to 22 June 2014
Price: 3 € Mon-Fri | 5 € Saturday and Sunday
Further information: full article on 2014 Home Show e OltreMusic Fest
Wild Boar Sausage Festival
The Sagra della Pancetta and the wild boar sausage will take place in Dugenta (Benevento) until July 2014 and every weekend it will be possible to taste delights such as the grilled wild boar rib with mountain coals, the stuffed grilled provola sausage with coals of mountain , the rind 'and wild boar' muttuttina (boiled pork rind).
Where: Piazza Mercato, Dugenta (BN)
When: every weekend, up to 13 July 2014
Price:
Further information: full article on Sagra della Pancetta and wild boar sausage
Picasso exhibition
After the success of the Dalì exhibition, the Villa Fiorentino in Sorrento exhibits another exhibition dedicated to another artist: Picasso. 240 graphic engravings, 24 ceramics and some unique works that will trace the artistic path of the Spanish painter will be shown.
Where: Villa Fiorentino, Sorrento
When: up to 12 October 2014
Price: € 5
Further information: full article on exhibition on Picasso
Bateau Mouche
Until September 2014 it will be possible to take a nice ride on the coast of the Gulf of Naples with the bateau mouche and admire, from the sea, Palazzo Donn'Anna, Villa Rosbery, Marechiaro, La Gaiola, Nisida and Castel dell'Ovo. The visits will be made every weekend.
When: 20, 21 and 22 June 2014
Price: 6,50 adults € | 4 children €
Further information: full article on trip to Bateau Mouche
Go Skateboarding Day
Skateboards are back in Naples thanks to the Wild in the Streets event, which aims to create a community of enthusiasts and raise awareness of skateboarding. The initiative will be held in different points of the business center.
Where: Centro Direzionale
When: 21 June 2014 hours 16: 00
Free admission
Further information: full article on Go Skateboarding Day
