Fontanellato: Parmigianino's Frescoes and the World's Largest Labyrinth
Fontanellato surprises with the moated Rocca Sanvitale, Parmigianino's masterpiece frescoes and the extraordinary bamboo labyrinth of La Masone nearby.
Jul 5, 202656 guides · regione
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.
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Vigoleno is a perfectly preserved medieval borgo in the Piacenza hills: intact walls, a panoramic keep and a DOC vin santo unique in all the world.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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130 km across the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine, along Roman roads, through chestnut forests and lonely passes. Italy's most beautiful walk that isn't the Camino.
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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.
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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.
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