Steam train from Florence to San Piero a Sieve – round trip.
The Epiphany (La Befana in Italy) is a religious holiday that is found in many countries of the world, however in Italy this day has taken on typical folkloric characters. First of all the epiphany has been lexically modified in “befana”. Moreover, this holiday has been associated with a folkloric personality that is precisely the Befana, a depicted an elderly figure who wanders through the night riding a broom. They are therefore the features of the witch. However, the Befana has a beneficial and positive connotation, because in the Italian tradition this old crone, dirty and shabby, wanders for the night of the epiphany bringing sweets and gifts to all good children. Instead, the children who behaved badly received only coal, garlic and onions.