{"id":245,"date":"2018-04-15T19:45:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/?p=245"},"modified":"2020-04-20T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T11:20:23","slug":"azalea-festival-at-borgo-a-mozzano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/15\/azalea-festival-at-borgo-a-mozzano\/","title":{"rendered":"Azalea Festival at Borgo a Mozzano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The village of Borgo a Mozzano, a few kilometers from Bagni di Lucca, holds every year a very colourful festival, <em>la festa dell&#8217;Azalea<\/em>, or the Azalea festival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-235\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160318051-1601113401-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160318051-1601113401-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160318051-1601113401-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160318051-1601113401-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All along the main street there are stands selling local products, food, drinks, clothes and, of course, flowers!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161201413-1573728431-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161201413-1573728431-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161201413-1573728431-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161201413-1573728431-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although the sky was a little overcast, the festival was very well attended.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160206417_hdr2071105323-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160206417_hdr2071105323-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160206417_hdr2071105323-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160206417_hdr2071105323-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The villagers decorated their houses and arranged very beautiful displays along the main street &#8211; what a treat to walk amongst so many colourful flowers and decorations!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-236\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160147829_hdr-671852878-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160147829_hdr-671852878-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160147829_hdr-671852878-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_160147829_hdr-671852878-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-240\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_164411358-980495143-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_164411358-980495143-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_164411358-980495143-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_164411358-980495143-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161835387-2038996779-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161835387-2038996779-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161835387-2038996779-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161835387-2038996779-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A band played music and danced along the street. We were very impressed with the dancers!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-234\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161041518-652075000-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161041518-652075000-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161041518-652075000-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_161041518-652075000-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Due to a rainy start to the day, we weren&#8217;t sure whether to participate. But we were very happy that we did. We had a great day \u00a0 at Borgo a Mozzano, enjoying the beautiful displays, the music, the decorations all over the town, and overall the very festive atmosphere of such a pretty village!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-241\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_165434957_hdr2144262306-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_165434957_hdr2144262306-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_165434957_hdr2144262306-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_165434957_hdr2144262306-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-239\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_163414849_hdr-427438554-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_163414849_hdr-427438554-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_163414849_hdr-427438554-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_20180415_163414849_hdr-427438554-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The village of Borgo a Mozzano, a few kilometers from Bagni di Lucca, holds every year a very colourful festival, la festa dell&#8217;Azalea, or the Azalea festival. All along the main street there are stands selling local products, food, drinks, clothes and, of course, flowers! Although the sky was a little overcast, the festival was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/15\/azalea-festival-at-borgo-a-mozzano\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Azalea Festival at Borgo a Mozzano&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}