Ravenna – San Vitale and surroundings
As for the monuments, it is undoubtedly the most exciting neighborhood that you can drive to in ten minutes, heading northwest of the center around the Basilica of San Vitale (codz. …
Ravenna and surroundings
Ravenna and surroundings
When fifteen centuries ago RAWENNA became the capital of the Western Roman Empire, it was more a fate than the effect of long historical processes. Emperor Honorius, alerted by the approaching army from the north, he moved his court to this sunken town on the coast …
Solid Delta – Comacchio
Solid Delta
"So ugly, that she's beautiful ", there is talk of the Po Delta - a stretch of marshes and lagoons east of Ferrara, ending with tongues of land cutting into the waters of the Adriatic Sea. Most travelers don't stop here, therefore the tourist authorities …
Ferrara
Ferrara
The journey from Bologna to FERRARA takes only half an hour by train. It was the residence of the princes d'Este, an eccentric dynasty, which during the Renaissance played an important political role. The d'Este family placed orders with the best artists of their time and built the city, which though …
Via Emilia do Rimini
To the east of Bologna Via Emilia - running through a series of small towns offers much less curiosities; some of these, like Forli, they are industrialized and mostly post-war, in others, such as Faenza, there are medieval squares, surrounded by towers and embankments; gave birth to …
Piacenza
Piacenza
PIACENZA is situated at the end of Via Emilia, on the border with Lombardy. It is a small city with no major aspirations and the local attractions remain in the shadow of the monuments of Parma or Modena (and Cremona in Lombardy - see chapter three); even though it is on the Pada …
From Parma to Piacenza
From Parma to Piacenza
Via Emilia runs further west of Parma through numerous small towns, which, however, most often come down to a row of shops and roadside cafes. The first larger town is FIDENZA, with a cathedral in the Lombard-Romanesque style, richly ornamented …
South of Parma
South of Parma.
The landscape around Parma is a strange mélange: some roads lead through gloomy gullies in the shadow of a vertical rock wall; others seem to go nowhere, emerge among the open meadows and orchards, and the fertile farmland stretches out …
Parma
Parma
PARMA is considered to be the city with the highest standard of living in all of Italy. The leisurely pace of life, the number of restaurants and the overall atmosphere of the provincial abundance make it pleasant, though a bit bland atmosphere, which is easier to appreciate, if you came from the south. While …
South of Reggio
South of Reggio
The hilly area south of Reggio is a cheese country: by the road you can see many boards advertising the local parmigiano-reggiano, and in the town of CASINA, some 20 km from Reggio on the N road 63 do La Spezia, takes place …