Thanks for the answer. So far I have found no car rental places open. I
presume that trains will run as normal, maybe with a Sunday schedule(?) so
maybe that's how we'll travel.
Thanks again.
Gord
"Giovanni Drogo" wrote in message
news:alpine.LSU.1.00.0802011002230.11358@cbfrvqba.ynzoengr.vans.vg...
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Gord Pope wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am arriving in Livorno on April 25 ...
>>
>> I have heard that April 25 is a major Italian holiday and everything is
>> closed. Including some car rental places and perhaps many museums and or
>> other interesting places to see.
>
> April 25 is Liberation Day, celebrating the end of WWII. It's also usually
> one of the spring holiday "bridges" when many people take short vacations.
> This year, with Easter being "low" in March when weather is not yet so
> good, and with April 25 on a Friday, it's likely to be the first real
> "bridge".
>
> It's not really one of those days where everything is closed, like
> Christmas and May 1st. More alike a normal Sunday. Museum opening may vary
> according to places, but I expect in tourist area most sights and shops be
> open, since tourists will be coming.
>
> There might be official commemorations with demonstrations (it depends
> which government we will have at the time :-), the bald dwarf has never
> been keen on April 25, but his opponents are). In a "red" region like
> Tuscany (and particularly Livorno), I expect they will be taking place
> very quietly and be crowded.
>
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