Gustatus – The Sense of Taste
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Gustatus – The Sense of Taste

30 Oct 2025 — 02 Nov 2025
Orbetello — Grosseto (053)

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Edition 2025 — Gustatus

From October 30 to November 2, 2025, Gustatus celebrated its twentieth anniversary in Orbetello with a special edition. Four days of food and wine stalls, tastings, and shows transformed the historic center into a grand culinary journey, featuring Maremma cuisine, local wines, and lagoon traditions, along with concerts, historical pageants, and the historic Corsa dei Barchini.

The 2025 edition of Gustatus – The Sense of Taste, the twentieth anniversary of the event, took place from October 30 to November 2, 2025, in the historic center of Orbetello. For its twentieth year, the festival offered an especially rich program: the inauguration on Thursday, October 30, with the historical pageant of the Reali Presìdi and the Città di Orbetello band, roving parades and aerial acrobatics on Friday, and the grand finale on Saturday, November 1, with the Corsa dei Barchini in the lagoon and the concert in Piazza Eroe dei Due Mondi by Nesli and Petit.

The food and wine stalls, open until late at night, offered typical Maremma products — lagoon fish, bottarga, wines, oil, cheeses, and meats — accompanied by guided tastings, cultural conferences, and the Sunday fishing competition. A great popular festival that confirmed Orbetello as the autumn capital of taste in Tuscany.

Programme

Thursday, October 30

  • Inauguration in Piazza Duomo with the historical pageant of the Reali Presìdi and the re-enactment by the Centro Storico Culturale Duca d'Arcos
  • 18:30 — performance by the Città di Orbetello band
  • Food and wine stalls open from 17:00 to 23:00

Friday, October 31

  • Roving parades, street performances, and aerial acrobatics
  • Live music in the main squares in the evening
  • Stalls open from 11:00 to 23:00

Saturday, November 1

  • Heats and finals of the Corsa dei Barchini in the lagoon
  • Conference "Telling the past to understand the present"
  • Grand finale in Piazza Eroe dei Due Mondi with the concert by Nesli and Petit

Sunday, November 2

  • Day dedicated to sports with the fishing competition
  • Food and wine stalls and entertainment for families

Highlights

Twentieth-anniversary edition. Historical pageant of the Reali Presìdi, Corsa dei Barchini in the lagoon, and the final concert by Nesli and Petit in Piazza Eroe dei Due Mondi.

Prices

<p>Free entry to the event. The wine salon and some guided tastings required a participation fee.</p>

Where does it take place — Gustatus

Centro storico di Orbetello

Piazza della Repubblica 1, 58015 Orbetello

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Gustatus in brief

Music Gastronomy Wine Local produce Heritage Historical reenactment Folk traditions Folklore Outdoor Multidisciplinary Grosseto

History of Gustatus

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