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Pizza a Vico 2026: Dates and How to Get to Vico Equense's Pizza Festival
The Sorrento Peninsula's clifftop pizza capital throws its ninth annual festival from 15 to 17 September 2026, with tastings and pizzaioli demonstrations across the historic centre.
What is Pizza a Vico, and when is the 2026 edition?
Pizza a Vico is Vico Equense's annual pizza festival, taking over the town's clifftop historic centre with tastings, pizzaioli demonstrations, and stalls from local and visiting pizza makers. The ninth edition runs from 15 to 17 September 2026, as reported by Sud Notizie, About Sorrento, and event listings site Dolcevia. This year's edition was promoted with a billboard in New York's Times Square — a sign of how far the town's pizza reputation is meant to travel.
Why is Vico Equense known for pizza?
Vico Equense is widely credited as the birthplace of pizza a metro — pizza baked and served in metre-long strips down the middle of the table, meant for sharing rather than one round per person, a format that spread from the town's pizzerias across the region. The festival leans into that identity, with the historic centre's narrow streets given over almost entirely to pizza for the three days.
How do I get there?
Vico Equense sits on the Circumvesuviana's Naples–Sorrento line, roughly 40 minutes from Naples and about 15 minutes from Sorrento by train, with the station a short walk down to the historic centre. Mid-September still brings warm, swimmable weather without August's crowds, which makes the festival an easy add-on to a few days based in Sorrento — arrive by train for the evening, eat your way through the centre, and catch a train back without needing a car.
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