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.
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Triple-arched bridges, silent canals and fishing valleys: the Venice of the Po Delta still lives by eels and sunsets, entirely free of crowds.
Jul 5, 2026
On the Reggio Apennines, the Pietra di Bismantova is an isolated monolith surrounded by woods and badlands. Though cited by Dante, it remains an off-the-beaten-track destination: reached from the villages of the Emilian hinterland, far from the tourist flows of the coast and the art cities.
Jun 30, 2026
On the roof of the Bolognese Apennines, above Lizzano in Belvedere, Corno alle Scale offers glacial lakes, bilberry heaths and rugged ridges. Outside the ski season it is a silent mountain, far from the great tourist flows.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Apennines between Faenza and Imola hides the Vena del Gesso, a long ridge of white gypsum cliffs riddled with sinkholes and caves. Quiet secondary roads cross a karst landscape unique in Italy, still ignored by tourism.
Jun 30, 2026
The abbey of Pomposa, in the Po delta near Codigoro, guards a Romanesque bell tower of nearly fifty metres and centuries of history.
Jun 23, 2026
South of Ferrara, Argenta tells the struggle between man and water through one of Emilia's oldest parish churches and a great water-pumping plant.
Jun 23, 2026
Just steps from the Two Towers, Bologna's Ghetto weaves narrow medieval alleys between Jewish history and old fish markets.
Jun 21, 2026
In the heart of Bologna, the Santo Stefano complex hides a maze of silent courtyards and cloisters just steps from the crowded porticoes.
Jun 21, 2026
Between the moat of the Castello Estense and the medieval alleys, Ferrara hides red-brick courtyards and passageways where the noise of the city melts away.
Jun 21, 2026