Tag: sightseeing

Reggio Emilia

Located north of Modena on Via Emilia, the quiet antique REGGIO EMILIA is a completely different city, where it is worth to rest for a while. There are not many monuments here, but it's nice to walk around the city, a …

South of Modena

South of Modena lies the foothills of the Apennines, overgrown with oak forests, hornbeam and walnut. Narrow roads cut into the mountains and lead to Tuscany via Foce delle Radici or Abetone. You can climb from these high mountain passes …

Modena

Although MODENA is only half an hour by train from Bologna, it has a completely different character. The city claims to be the spiritual capital of Emilia, which underlines the long-standing and sometimes fierce rivalry with Bologna. In fact, however, these claims are somewhat exaggerated. Similar to …

Further from Bologna: south to Tuscany

In the summer heat, the need to get out of Bologna becomes hot and you can count on cooling in the hills, almost right outside the city gates. An overwhelming destination for a short trip is the 17th-century Chiesa di …

Bologna – Gastronomy and nightlife

Visiting restaurants, Bars and nightclubs form the core of Bologna's social life, and some osteria in the city combine these three functions, because they are open until late at night. The authorities also made an attempt to slow down …

Bologna – On the east: university district

In the eastern part of Bologna's centro storico, bounded to the west by via Oberdan, and from the south by the Maggiore Strada, there are many senior faculties of the university, mostly in large 17th and 18th century palaces. Is …

Bologna city center is very compact and most of the noteworthy sights are inside the viale, i.e. the beltway. One of the main streets, Independence Street, leads from the station to the center, it is surrounded by cinemas and bars and is always busy; …

Bologna.

The capital of Emilia, BOLOGNA, entered the period of economic boom in the 1980s and the local computer industry brought wealth to old brick palaces and squares with porticoes. In the past, the city was known mainly for its cuisine, undoubtedly the most varied one in the country, …

Situated between Lombardy and Tuscany and stretching from the Adriatic Sea to almost the Mediterranean coast, Emilia-Romagna is a key region in northern Italy. These are, in truth, two provinces: Emilia and Romania, former papal states reunited after the unification of Italy. Before reigning over …

Villa Manin i Pordenone

By CODROIPO, west of Udine, trains run every hour. It is a quiet town, where there would be nothing worth recommending, if only three kilometers to the southeast weren't for Villa Manin, which …