Emilia Romagna on the road, dalla Ferrari al Rinascimento

About the destination: Modena is an ancient town in Emilia-Romagna, 40km northwest of Bologna. It is a charming place, with lovely arched porticos and a magnificent main square. We have now visited Modena twice and highly recommend it, even if you only have a few hours as a day trip from Bologna. Home to Balsamic Vinegar, there are countless places where you can taste and buy this delicious product. The region surrounding Modena is home to the factories of some of the famous Italian car makers, such as Ferrari and Maserati, which gives the town its nick-name of "the capital of engines". Modena is a gentle city and tourists from all over the world are attracted to visit the art treasures in Modena: the 12th century Cathedral, masterpieces of Italian Romanesque art, which, together with Piazza Grande and the Ghirlandina tower, creates a complex of unique beauty, included by UNESCO among the "Wealth of Mankind".

About the destination: Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, and capital city of the Province of Ferrara. The historic center of Ferrara was conferred this honor in 1995, being denominated a “City of the Renaissance”, “considering that the site is of outstanding universal value, being a Renaissance city, remarkably planned, which has retained its urban fabric virtually intact. Ferrara has many museums to visit, for instance the National Archaeological Museum, the Museo dell'Ottocento, or the Jewish Museum, that shows the life of the Jewish population that have been living in Ferrara for centuries. The city walls are a good place for take a walking, so you can run along an almost uninterrupted 9 km parks.

About the destination: The municipality of Cremona is located in the South of the region of Lombardy. The municipality stands out for its agricultural activity and therefore all its tourist activity focuses on agro tourism, thanks to the initiatives that are being taken in this area. But the city also has places of interest to visit such as: -Cathedral (Duomo): This impressive display of the Lombard art was begun in the Romanesque style, but subsequent modifications were added by Gothic and Renaissance parts. On the left side is a Bell-Tower, the Torazzo, which is the largest in Italy, with 112 meters high. It was built in the 13th century and retains a clock from the 16th century, and the coat of arms of the city, in which stands the Romanesque. -Palazzo Munizipale: magnificent Palace from the 13th century, renovated in the Renaissance style, has a Stradivarius and a few Amati. In the façade highlight the terracotta added during the Renaissance.