In 24 days Patron saint festival
11 November 2026
Wednesday 11 November
On 11 November Toirano celebrates Saint Martin of Tours in the church named after him, in the municipality of the Varatella valley caves.
The patron of Toirano is Saint Martin of Tours, celebrated on 11 November in the church that bears his name.
It is the feast of a municipality of the Varatella valley known above all for the Toirano caves, which also counts within its territory the abbey of San Pietro in Varatella and the sanctuary of Santa Lucia.
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Places to see before or after the feast. All 5 places in Toirano →
Footprints 12,000 years old, a cemetery of cave bears and a column eight metres high.
A Benedictine abbey older than the year 1000, on the summit of Monte Varatella above Toirano.
In the stables of Palazzo D'Aste, eighteen sections on the trades and tools of the Val Varatella.
Consecrated in 1609, with Graffigna's frescoes on the vault and a 14th-century bell tower.
grotte di Toirano · abbazia di San Pietro in Varatella · Museo etnografico della Val Varatella and 2 more
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Next up: Feast of Saint Martin, Wednesday 11 November
Nearest airport: Genova, 59 km away
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