Easter in Italy

Expect lots of places to be closed on Sunday and Monday, including restaurants. Maybe check with your hotel for more local information and suggestions where you might get some food. Even if major sites are closed, those cities are wonderful just to meander through.

Robert, while I agree about (some) restaurants being closed on Easter Sunday, I doubt any of them will stay closed on Easter Monday in 2022.

After two years of Covid rules, 99% Italians will follow the old tradition and will be day-tripping on Easter Monday. At 12:30 everybody will be looking for a place where to eat.

Even before Covid, no restaurant closed on the famous Pasquetta Monday. It's the first day of the season and the first day of big money for anyone working in tourism.

Florence, Venice and Siena will be unbelievably crowded with locals. I don't know about Venice, but I don't remember a single major museum in Florence closed on Easter Sunday. Like restaurants, why closing when customers are on vacation?

mlw5000, you'd better check the web pages of the museums and sites you are interested in, especially in Siena. Those who are usually closed on Mondays will either remain closed on Easter Monday or make a special opening for locals announced at the last second.

Dario - I do hope you are right! These past 2 years must have been painful for so many reasons. Over the 16 annual trips from the north to the south, I have become close not just to the food, wine, culture of Italy but more I have become close to many individuals at shops, restaurants, hotels, churches. These I call, lovingly, friends. We've stayed in touch through this awful pandemic and have shared our struggles - on both sides of the ocean. The economic pain my friends are enduring I hope will soon end. What hurts me more is the personal and family loss my friends have had to endure. I look forward to seeing many of them again later this year. We will share hugs, a few tears and hope. The joy I have found from my travels in Italy is that my visits aren't about me, they are about us.

Thank you for all your experiences. I'm getting so excited to travel again. I haven't trraveled in 20 years because of lack of money and my dog. I didn't have the heart to leave her. I want another one but I guess I want to travel more!