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Examples
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In this early-20th-century setting, known as the passeggiata, the local tailors competed with one another to showcase their sartorial talents.
Gay Talese: The Scion, the Stitch, and the Wardrobe Talese, Gay 2007
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The passeggiata was the ritual evening stroll she could get used to.
That’s Amore Carol Grace 2003
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From a full-day hike linking five medieval villages to a leisurely stroll (called passeggiata by the locals) through one of Italy's largest botanical gardens, walking is the best way to experience this region of pine-splattered mountains plunging into the cobalt sea.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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Alas, the passeggiata no longer takes place, although friends who now have cellphones arrange to meet in the cafés instead.
A. Colin Wright: Sardinia: Then and Now A. Colin Wright 2011
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I was astonished by the amount of noise created by the throng of people enjoying their early evening "passeggiata."
How Google Can Help Rebuild L'Aquila Barnaby Gunning 2010
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I was astonished by the amount of noise created by the throng of people enjoying their early evening "passeggiata."
How Google Can Help Rebuild L'Aquila Barnaby Gunning 2010
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One could hear Ritchie Valens belting it out at every sea-food shack on Livorno's beautiful passeggiata a mare, the white marble-tiled terrace that stretches along dark rocks and a cobalt Tyrrhenian sea.
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During the holiday season, Piazza Navona truly comes to life especially in the early evening for la passeggiata -- the Italian tradition of an evening walk around the neighborhood.
Kathy McCabe: Christmas in Rome: Four Places to Enjoy Italian Traditions Kathy McCabe 2010
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I was astonished by the amount of noise created by the throng of people enjoying their early evening "passeggiata."
How Google Can Help Rebuild L'Aquila Barnaby Gunning 2010
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One could hear Ritchie Valens belting it out at every sea-food shack on Livorno's beautiful passeggiata a mare, the white marble-tiled terrace that stretches along dark rocks and a cobalt Tyrrhenian sea.
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