Festa della Pitina
7–8 November 2026 · Tramonti di Sopra, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Two days to meet the producers, discover pitina and the craft of smoking, taste and learn in the Laboratori del Gusto (Taste Workshops).
Free entry · Taste Workshops paid, booking required
- 9:30–12 Forest Bathing · Dolomiti Days Around Tramonti di Sopra To be confirmed booking required
- 9:30–12:30 Workshop · Let’s make brisaola Piazza Alessandro Volta (la piazza della fontana) 30 € booking required
- 9:30–12:30 Workshop · Hands in the milk Azienda agricola Fratelli Gambon 30 € booking required
- 9:45 CircaCibum · The cultural heritage of local food Marquee at the Park Visitor Centre Free entry
- next CircaCibum · Photography tourism and slow travel on the Cammino di San Cristoforo Marquee at the Park Visitor Centre Free entry
- next The Food District, a project for Western Friuli Marquee at the Park Visitor Centre Free entry
- 10–18 Earth Market Tramonti di Sopra Free entry
- all day Io Sono FVG market Marquee in Piazza del Municipio Free entry
- 11–14:30 Food area Tramonti di Sopra Dishes for sale
- 11:30 Meet the guest, with an aperitivo Marquee at the Park Visitor Centre Free entry
- 13:30–16:30 Workshop · Let’s light up the North Piazza Alessandro Volta (la piazza della fontana) 30 € booking required
- 13:30–16:30 Workshop · Let’s make Pitina PGI Azienda agricola Borgo Titol 30 € booking required
- 15–17 The Rest Is Art · drawing and visual storytelling residency Library, via Roma Ages 16–35, 8 places booking required
- 16:30–18 Rifugi per un tempo sospeso · Marianna Corona with Camilla Costa Venue to be confirmed Free entry
- 9:30–12:30 Workshop · Let’s make mortandela Piazza Alessandro Volta (la piazza della fontana) 30 € booking required
- 9:30–13 Mountain Forum · Dolomiti Days · The mountains that build a future Municipal hall Free entry
- 10–18 Earth Market Tramonti di Sopra Free entry
- all day Io Sono FVG market Marquee in Piazza del Municipio Free entry
- 11–13 The Rest Is Art · second session Library, via Roma Ages 16–35, 8 places booking required
- 11–14:30 Food area Tramonti di Sopra Dishes for sale
- 13:30–16:30 Workshop · Let’s make smoked sausage Piazza Alessandro Volta (la piazza della fontana) 30 € booking required
Booking required · 12 places
Laboratori del Gusto (Taste Workshops)
About three hours in a small group alongside the producers: watch, try, taste. Each producer’s story is on the workshop page.
Where it takes place
Tramonti di Sopra is in the Val Tramontina, in the Friulian Dolomites: from Pordenone go up through Maniago and Meduno on the SR 552 (about an hour); from Udine through Spilimbergo and Meduno.
Most Taste Workshops are in Piazza Alessandro Volta, the square with the fountain; those held at the farms have the address on their page.
Parking and shuttle
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Accessibility and bad weather
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Where to stay
Farm stays, hotels and houses to spend the weekend in the valley and nearby.
The 2026 edition
What the fire preserves
Pitina is a ball of sheep, goat or game meat, kneaded with salt and spices, rolled in cornmeal and smoked: a way of preserving meat in mountain homes, when there was nothing else.
It was born here, in Val Tramontina, and this is where the village of Tramonti di Sopra holds its festival.
This year the festival puts smoking at its heart: smoke as a way of preserving food, in the hands of those who still practise it, here and in other mountains of Europe, from Val di Non to South Tyrol and Sweden.
Organised by Slow Food Condotta del Pordenonese, the Municipality of Tramonti di Sopra, Montagna Leader with the Interreg project “Circa Cibum” and the Associazione Produttori Pitina.