Emilia-Romagna: Places to Explore

Bologna, a city rich with cultural jewels, has long been one of the best-kept secrets in northern Italy. Tourists in the know can bask in the shadow of its leaning medieval towers and devour the city's... Read more

The Via Emilia runs through Emilia's heart in a straight shot from medieval Piacenza, 67 km (42 mi) southeast of Milan, through Bologna, and ultimately to Romagna and the Adriatic Coast. On the way you... Read more

When the legendary Ferrarese filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni called his beloved hometown "a city that you can see only partly, while the rest disappears to be imagined," perhaps he was referring to the... Read more

A small, quiet, well-heeled city, Ravenna has brick palaces, cobbled streets, magnificent monuments, and spectacular Byzantine mosaics. The high point in the city's history occurred in the 5th century... Read more

Anywhere in Emilia-Romagna, the story goes, a weary, lost traveler will be invited into a family's home and offered a drink. But the Romagnesi claim that he'll be served water in Emilia and wine in Romagna... Read more