Travelogues Emilia-Romagna

TRIESTE is the maritime gateway to Northern Italy. The city has a deep-water port that connects via the Suez Canal to many countries in Asia. The port is duty-free. There is a...

After the super foggy morning in Chioggia, we head to Comacchio, a small town that is just as crisscrossed with canals as Chioggia. The place itself is really beautiful, but...

My Ship 6Dream Destinations on the Adriatic27.07.-03.08.2025 Ravenna on Your Own Excursion booked through TUI Cruises. Ravenna gave me quite a headache on this tr

Tuscany Tour - Day 6 and 7Bardone in Emilia-Romagna Yesterday, we spent the day quite calmly and lazily by Lake Maggiore in Tenero. This morning, after breakfast, we leisurely...

Prologue In the past, one prepared for a vacation by studying road maps, but nowadays one can use their GPS. However, as time is moving so quickly, especially in this area, I...

It was a bit quieter here on the blog. Italy has once again shown itself from its best side. We had (mostly) nice and warm weather, now almost hot towards the end. And we took...

Wednesday, September 17. Day 9 Return journey. Enjoying another hearty breakfast and dropping by the superlocal for the oil. Well, it was clear that no one would be there at 9.

A conclusion, that was something I owed to myself. Bologna was now six months behind me, and the feeling of wanting to end the travel report with a final chapter gnawed subtly...

Cheers to the air conditioning because it's just too hot 🔥 Even though it was even hotter at home than here, sleeping is not really restful 😴 After a late breakfast, we drove...

Rome was buried in Ravenna, according to the title of a historical novel by László Passuth from 1971. The Hungarian book is about the life of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths....

Today it's all about food because we were at Fico Eataly World - a food theme park 😋 On the way there, I had a happy and excited Finn next to me. It opened at 11 am and we...

After a not so good night, due to the uncomfortable and hard bed as well as the loud surroundings right next to the main road, we had a semi good breakfast. There wasn't much...

The breakfast leftovers didn't work out so well because we weren't really hungry. But in the end, we hardly had to throw anything away 👌🏼 Packing the car went relatively well...

After skipping breakfast, we rode around Reggio nell' Emilia, where we are staying, on an e-scooter 🛴 There were a few places and buildings to admire. Since the scooters in the...

Is this now Liguria or the Palatinate Forest?

19.6.2024 Ravenna + San Marino Today's excursion started at 10 a.m. In the theater I was given my bus number, 1. Shortly afterwards we boarded the corresponding bus. I had...

This travel report actually deserves a special title: Bologna - On the way through the infinity of the arcades. In fact, during our visit to Bologna we unfortunately had very...

In the morning, we drove from Bologna to Ferrara. We parked near the car-free center and explored the city on foot. Ferrara originated in the early Middle Ages and its current...

Today everything was much easier than feared before, the tension is now luckily gone. Monica takes care of me like a mom even during breakfast and serves enough for at least two...

Modena is the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari and Luciano Pavarotti, and of course, there are museums dedicated to these two famous personalities. We visited two Ferrari museums and...

The last three summer harvest days were quite eventful. However, the final day offered a wonderful view over a new valley. On our way there, we drove through tobacco fields,...

20.6.2024 Ravenna I had booked my bus transfer to Ravenna for 8:00 a.m. and had to get up early. The bus dropped us off near the city center. I had been trying to find something...

Hey friends, I'm not exactly sure what to tell you today 😂 After packing and loading the car, we had an Italian breakfast, which was a chocolate croissant and a sweet cake-like...

For today, the journey ends in the Po Valley near Parma. The smell of suppliers for the famous ham is in the air at every corner. Emilia-Romagna is one of the wealthiest areas...

Yes, today was the day. After a two-hour drive we reached Brescello, the filming location of Don Camillo and Pepone. Everyone our age has seen the films and laughed. Even today...

The place is so beautiful that I don't hesitate for long and finally take a rest day today. There is always shade somewhere under the pine trees, even at noon, and I am glad...

Spoiled by the EuroVelo 7 north of Bologna, I had hoped that the fantastic signage would also be present in the south. There are three options for continuing: a) heading...