Emilia-Romagna beyond the riviera and the art cities: the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, the valleys of the Piacenza area and the Romagna hinterland hide stone villages, ancient parish churches, castles and woodland trails that mass tourism ignores. Uncrowded destinations where you can combine genuine cooking, hot springs and nature, to be explored at leisure far from the coastal crowds.
56 guides in Emilia-Romagna · 🛏 Dove dormire in Emilia-Romagna
From Bologna to Florence on foot, along ancient Roman roads and nearly deserted Apennine ridges. A 130-kilometer trek that few still know about.
Jul 9, 2026
The Ciclovia del Sole links the Brenner to Bologna across 360 km of cycle paths through alpine valleys, Trentino orchards and the Emilian countryside.
Jul 5, 2026
Torrechiara castle, among the Parma hills, shelters the Camera d'Oro with Bembo's love frescoes and sweeping views over the Val Parma.
Jul 5, 2026
Pennabilli, in the heart of the Montefeltro, preserves the poetic legacy of Tonino Guerra: petrified gardens, forgotten fruits and wandering Madonnas.
Jul 5, 2026
Brisighella enchants with its elevated Via degli Asini, three iconic gypsum hills, award-winning DOP olive oil and the celebrated passatelli in broth.
Jul 5, 2026
Fontanellato surprises with the moated Rocca Sanvitale, Parmigianino's masterpiece frescoes and the extraordinary bamboo labyrinth of La Masone nearby.
Jul 5, 2026
Compiano is a walled borgo in the Val Taro with a Landi castle turned hotel, the International Masonic Museum and forests teeming with porcini mushrooms.
Jul 5, 2026
Three natural sulphurous pools at 26°C along the Luretta stream in the hills of Piacenza — countryside thermal baths with no signs and no infrastructure.
Jul 5, 2026
Hemingway called it the most beautiful river in the world. The cycle route tracing it from Piacenza to Bobbio is a journey through an Italy that never changes.
Jul 5, 2026