Italy

With Euro 2020, Six Nations rugby, The Open and Tour de France all on the agenda, it promises to be a thrilling sporting year across the continent.

It’s the time of year for painting eggs, lighting bonfires, colourful parades and devouring chocolate bunnies. Here are some of the most interesting ways Easter is celebrated across Europe.

If fun afternoons filled with snowboarding, skiing, canoeing and thermal baths sound good to you, then the snowy, mountainous province of Sondrio is a must visit.