When do the leaves change in Italy?

Italy's beech and chestnut forests turn gold through the Apennines' Casentino Forest while larches in the Dolomites blaze amber each October, with Tuscany's chestnut woods and vineyard hillsides adding a warmer southern show.

Autumn foliage at Val di Funes
📍 Val di Funes, Italy· Photo: Eric Kilby / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Known for

  • Casentino Forest National Park
  • Dolomites larch forests
  • Tuscan chestnut woods and vineyards

Things to do in fall in Italy

1 iconic stop — scenic drives, farms, haunts, and the views locals plan their October around.

Val di Funes

Viewpoint

The onion-domed Church of St. Johann in Ranui, built in 1744, sits alone in an alpine meadow below the jagged Odle peaks, ringed by larches that turn gold through most of October. It's a small chapel that draws outsized crowds for the view alone.

Don’t miss: Church of St. Johann in Ranui · Odle/Geisler peaks · Larch forest trails

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