Befana flies to the Rimini Riviera: sweets, sport and music to greet the holidays

Epiphany on the Rimini Riviera closes the Christmas festivities with a perfect mix of sport, tradition and magic dedicated to the little ones. Between volleyball, ice skates and a sack overflowing with sweets, the friendly old lady will fly from square to square, bringing smiles and joy to everyone.

• Bellaria-Igea Marinawelcomes the Epiphany with Happyfania Volleyball: from 4 to 6 January, over 2,000 participants, 120 teams, and 70 clubs from all over Italy will meet in Bellaria Igea Marina, Viserba, and Rimini for three days of volleyball, energy, and pure fun. An event combining sport, friendship and passion, capable of involving athletes, technical staff, clubs and families in an atmosphere of contagious enthusiasm to start the new year with the right charge!
• Cattolica celebrates Epiphany with a doubly special Epiphany. On 6 January, at the Serra dei Sogni (Dream Greenhouse), children will be able to meet the friendly old lady who, amidst entertainment and games, will distribute sweets and surprises. But the magic doesn't end there: at the skating rink, the Befana will put on her skates and take to the ice together with young and old, creating an atmosphere of joy and sharing on the ice. An original and engaging way to say goodbye to the holidays, amidst laughter, pirouettes and sweetness.
• Riccione greets the Christmas holidays with the traditional Festa della Befana (Epiphany Festival), an afternoon dedicated above all to the youngest, but capable of making adults become children again too. On 6 January, starting at 3 p.m., Piazza Unità will come alive with music, games, and entertainment to live together the last appointment of the festivities in an atmosphere of joy and sweetness. The friendly old lady, with her unfailing sack full of sweets and surprises, brings a smile to all the children present, closing with a touch of magic the long calendar of events that has accompanied the Christmas season in the city.
• Misano Adriatico also celebrates Epiphany with the traditional distribution of Epiphany stockings to children, a sweet and eagerly awaited gesture that closes the festivities with a smile. For the more courageous, 6 January is also the day of the traditional Befana dive into the waters of the Adriatic, an event that combines tradition, courage and community spirit, to greet the festivities with a symbolic and invigorating gesture.
• Verucchio closes the festivities with one of the most authentic traditional events in Romagna: the Pasquella. On 6 January at 3 p.m., on the occasion of Epiphany, the characteristic "Pasquarul" animate the streets of the village with songs, music, and the voice of the popular tradition that has accompanied this collective rite for centuries. A moment of conviviality and memory that brings back to life the truest soul of the Rimini hinterland.