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Monday
Turin ATP Finals
The ATP Finals – the season-ending championship of the men’s tennis ATP Tour – will take place in Turin’s Palasport Olimpico from Sunday, November 10th, to Sunday, November 17th.
Italy’s Jannik Sinner, currently the world No. 1 player, will be playing in the singles tournament, facing Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Alex De Minaur in the group stage.
Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori will compete in the doubles tournament.
State broadcaster Rai will broadcast one match per day on either Rai 1 or Rai 2. Matches will also be available on their online platform RaiPlay.
Private broadcaster SkySport will show all of the tournament’s matches, though viewers will have to pay to access the service.
BookCity Milano
BookCity Milano, one of Italy’s most famous book fairs, will return to Lombardy’s capital from Monday, November 11th, to Sunday, November 17th.
The event will bring readers, authors and publishers together for a range of events including presentations, public readings and shows.
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The theme of this year’s fair is Guerra e Pace (War and Peace), with scheduled events exploring the ways in which these issues “engage literature in its various forms” and how books can be tools for thinking about past, present and future.
BookCity will take place in different locations around the city. The full programme can be found on their website.
Tuesday
Airport staff strikes
Passengers flying to or from Naples Capodichino, Perugia San Francesco d’Assisi, Pescara Airport and Lampedusa Airport may face delays or cancellations on Tuesday, November 12th, as staff at air traffic control agency Enav plan to strike for four hours – from 1pm to 5pm.
As it’s generally the case with air travel walkouts in Italy, flights scheduled to depart between 7am and 10am, and between 6pm and 9pm (these are referred to as ‘protected windows’, or fasce orarie di tutela) will operate as normal.
Further information on how the protest may impact air travel and details on guaranteed flights is expected to be released on Italy’s Civil Aviation Authority’s website closer to the date of the walkout.
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On the same date, baggage handlers at Rome Fiumicino, Catania Fontanarossa and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi will also strike from 1pm to 5pm.
The protest shouldn’t affect flights’ scheduled arrival or departure times, but may cause delays in ground operations including check-in and baggage drop-off or collection services.
Friday
Winter tires deadline
Under the Italian Highway Code, motorists are required to equip their vehicles with winter tires (or, alternatively, carry snow chains on board) by November 15th.
The month-long window to make the switch started on October 15th, but penalties for failing to comply with the rules will be enforced from the November deadline
The requirements for changing tires can vary depending on where in the country you are located.
See our guide for all the relevant details.
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Saturday
Madonna di Campiglio ski resort opens
The popular Madonna di Campiglio ski resort, in the northern Trentino Alto Adige region, is scheduled to open its slopes on Saturday, November 16th, thus kickstarting Italy’s 2024-2025 winter sports season.
Other high-elevation resorts are expected to open in November.
Pontedilegno-Tonale (Lombardy) is expected to open on Saturday, November 23rd, whereas Cortina d’Ampezzo (Veneto) and Tre Cime Dolomiti (Veneto/Trentino) should both open on Friday, November 29th.
National food drive
If you’re heading to your local supermarket on Saturday, November 16th, you might see volunteers outside with big shopping bags.
The yearly National Food Drive (Giornata Nazionale della Colletta Alimentare) is put on by Banca Alimentare, a non-profit organisation that collects and redistributes surplus food for people in need.
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Over 11,000 supermarkets around the country will participate, allowing shoppers to donate items to the organisation.
This year, they are requesting oil, canned vegetables and legumes, canned tomatoes, canned tuna and meat, and baby food.
A full list of supermarkets participating in the initiative can be found here.