Where Italian cuisine is an art, and secret recipes are still passed from mother to daughter. A university town since the Middle Ages, art and culture are part of daily life, just like tortellini and meat sauce.

Bologna City Guide

It was for centuries the capital of the Este Duchy and one of the most important cultural and artistic centers during the Renaissance period.

Ferrara City Guide

Parma is famous all over the world as one of the most vital cultural and art centers in Italian history. "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi, "The Chartreuse of Parma" by Stendhal, Correggio and Parmigianino works of art, they all started here; so did Prosciutto and Parmigiano Reggiano.
Today's Parma keeps the tone of a small capital. It is the seat of high-level cultural institutions, and its inhabitants are famous for their love of the good life...

Parma City Guide


Ravenna

Wonderful city in the summer, not as appealing in the winter. The byzantine mosaic capital of Europe.

Ravenna City Guide


Rimini

Disco music, topless beaches, young people, and the Grand Hotel so dear to Fellini. Rimini is the Las Vegas of the Mediterranean: the excitement, the night life around-the-clock, the lights, the masses of people from all Europe, with the only goal of having fun...the casinos are not in Rimini though, but not very far away (100 mi. north),in Venice Lido.