With its cities of art and history, its gastronomic products of excellence known throughout the world, its castles, its authentic villages, its traditions and its culinary know-how, its sports cars unique in the world, its contrasting landscapes of hills and mountains in the Apennines, its beautiful sandy beaches, Emilia-Romagna is a particularly interesting destination, still preserved from mass tourism.
Bologna, the city of a hundred towers, bohemian and lively capital of Emilia-Romagna, should be a priority destination for any visitor who loves Italian art, culture, architecture and cuisine. The city is the birthplace of tagliatelle al ragù, tortellini in brodo and mortadella. Bologna has the oldest university in Europe, nearly 40 km of superb colonnades, medieval towers, 11th century churches and a breathtaking museum of musical instruments, the San Colombano Collezione Tagliavini. Emilia-Romagna also has pretty towns such as Parma known for its Parma ham and Modena for its Ferrari cars and traditional balsamic vinegar. Visits in the surroundings: the city center of Ferrara dating from the Renaissance and the castle of Castello Estense, visit and tastings at a producer of traditional balsamic vinegar.
Large sandy beaches stretch along the entire Emilia-Romagna coast. Discover the charming village of Comacchio, located in the Po delta and called little Venice. Its culinary specialty is, among other things, eel in its countless versions. Visit with a guide the beautiful city of Ravenna, Dante Alighieri city of adoption, famous for its numerous churches and their remarkable mosaics.
Rimini is above all the birthplace of the famous director Federico Fellini. His neighbourhood cinema, Cinema Fulgor, which appears in the partly autobiographical 1973 film Amarcord, has been nicely restored and reopened in early 2018. It is today a museum in honor of Fellini. Visits in the surroundings: The small town of Busseto and the villa of Giuseppe Verdi, place of pilgrimage for great opera lovers, the thermal baths of Castrocaro, the charming seaside village of Cervia, the lagoon of Comacchio, the caves of Onferno.
A few words about gastronomy
Emila-Romagna is one of the regions of Italy with the greatest number of gastronomic specialties known all over the world. Discover during your stay the true taste of Parmigiano Reggiano by visiting a farm producing parmesan and take a visit to a producer of traditional balsamic vinegar AOP. To get the AOP certification, the traditional balsamic vinegar must age 12 years in barrels. Only a few producers continue the tradition and give this ancestral know-how from family to family. Among the most famous regional products, we find: Parma ham, Culatello, Mortadella, Lambrusco and Sangiovese wines, Tortellini in brodo, parmesan, balsamic vinegar
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Located in the northeast of Italy, Emilia-Romagna is a region with many assets: its Riviera Romagnola bordered by long sandy beaches, its contrasting landscapes of hills and mountains in the Apennines, its numerous natural parks and its cities of art and history.
Emilia-Romagna has a good rail transport network (high-speed train and regional trains). Many walking and cycling routes exist to discover the inland and the coasts.
By plane: Bologna or Rimini airport By train:
Bologna, Parma or Modena station
