Ferragosto, Assumption Day, 15th August is the most important summer holiday in Italy, a time that all Italians who can get out of the cities and head for either the hills, the islands or the coast.

With Ferragosto in Italy the holiday is marked, which falls on 15 August. It is considered as one of the most important church holidays of Italy.

August is the hottest month of the year and many Italians around this day plan their vacation, mostly in the own country where it is cool: at the sea or in the mountains.

Nearly the entire bureaucratic and economic life comes to protraction.

In the evening in many places Ferragosto is celebrated with traditional fireworks. If you happen to be in Florence, Tuscany or anywhere else in Italy in August you can find yourself at a loss when you start coming across and endless succession of closed shops and museums.

Do everything you can to avoid driving that day - it is the busiest day of the year for the Italian road system.