Four villages, four markets: Canazei opens on 27 November 2026, Moena on the 28th, Vigo on 4 December and Campitello on the 5th. Wooden huts in squares and parks, with local producers, craftspeople and villagers behind the counters.
The Val di Fassa tourist board counts four Christmas markets in four villages. In Canazei the market is called Maitin, the Ladin name for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve: a small village of wooden huts in the public playground a few steps from the centre, with large snow sculptures and a pergola where you sit down to eat and where concerts and shows are held. Behind the stalls are local producers and craftspeople, shopkeepers, volunteer groups and the Alpini.
In Moena the huts stand in Piaz de Ramon, Piaz de Sotegrava and the little Perla Alpina square, with small braziers lit at sunset. Children get the merry-go-round, the little train and shows, and then come St Nicholas, Father Christmas and the Befana. On Sunday 6 December at 17:30 the Fata's Christmas parade runs from Piaz de Ramon to Piaz de Sotegrava, led by St Nicholas, with the ski instructors, the village band and the Scufons del Cogo. During Advent the people of the Turchia quarter put their own nativity scenes outside their houses, and the big tree in the square stays decorated until the Marcialonga.
In Vigo di Fassa the market goes by ‘Pìcol, bon e bel’, small, good and beautiful: the huts run from the little square by the tourist office to the terrace of the Ciasa Marmolada, whose façade becomes a life-size Advent calendar with 24 windows. From 5 December to 10 January about twenty handmade nativity scenes stand on the fountains of the village's old quarters. In Campitello the huts stretch from Piaz de Ciampedel to Piaz Veie, with the big tree, braziers, an ice fountain in the stream that comes down from Val Duron, roving concerts and bagpipes.
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Good to know
- Admission: The official pages mention no admission tickets: the huts stand in village squares and parks, and you pay for what you buy and eat. In Moena a carriage ride costs 5 euro for adults and 3 for children.
- Canazei: 11:00 to 19:00 (from 15:00 on Christmas Day). According to the tourist board's calendar it opens on 27, 28 and 29 November, from 4 to 8 December, on 11, 12 and 13 December and every day from 18 to 27 December.
- Moena: from 11:00, but from 15:00 on Fridays 4, 11, 18 and 25 December. Open on 28 and 29 November, from 4 to 8 December, on 11, 12 and 13 December, from 18 to 24 December and then every day from 25 December to 6 January. Carriage rides leave from Piaz de Ramon from 27 December to 5 January, 16:00 to 19:00, and on 6 December from 16:00.
- Vigo: 4 to 7 December from 15:30 to 18:30, 8 December from 10:00 to 12:30, 19 to 24 and 26 to 30 December from 15:30 to 18:30. For the nativity scenes on the fountains, the tourist offices hand out a map of the walking route: fill it in and you get a sweet treat. The tourist board says sunset is the best time to see them.
- Campitello: 15:00 to 19:00, from 5 to 8 December and then every day from 19 December to 6 January.
- The dates on this page come from the fassa.com calendar: ‘28 November to 6 January’ does not mean every day, and third-party sites sometimes list different days. South Tyrol's five original Christmas markets have a page of their own.
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Dates, times and prices change every year: always check the official pages before you go.