Trip and Tour Planning Guide about thinks to do in Emilia Romagna Italy

This description page of Emilia Romagna, Region Of Italy, will guide you in planning your trip to Italy and help you to find useful travel information about the Things to Do in this Italian Region.

Every trip to Italy is an endless journey into culture and beauty. No other country in the world can boast the cultural and artistic treasures of Italy. More than half the's historical and artistic heritage is found in Italy. Evidence can be seen in every village. There are so many art treasures of such quality, spread across the country that Italy can rightly be considered an “open air” art gallery.

Each year is packed with special events, some linked to festivals of the Catholic Church, others to the changing seasons. Every little village in Italy has its own wonderful festivals. Many are associated with the harvest (especially wine) or to local products (polenta, prosciutto). The remainder tends to be historical re-enactments linked to jousting or to costumed cavalcades.

Art and culture, the pleasures of good food and music, traditional crafts and expressions of collective religion, folklore and contemporary art, opera and operetta, concert and theater seasons—in Italy the calendar of festivals and events is practically endless.

Festivals

Festa del Sangiovese

Predappio Alta, 2nd Sunday in May

Features craft markets, free food, and wine stalls for tasting, and a gigantic bruschetta that rests on a serpentine table that snakes its way through the streets of the town. To imagine the dimensions, begin with 200 plus pounds of bread and 210 cloves of garlic

Voghera Garlic Festival

Garlic is the signature product of Voghera, and it is celebrated with tasting sessions, original creations made of garlic, and games for children.

Shopping

Shopping in Emilia-Romagna offers style and quality: shop for ceramics in Faenza, Ferrara, or Sassuolo, mosaics in Ravenna, olive oil from Brisighella, leather or wrought iron in Bologna, traditional hand-printed linens from Santacanegelo and Gambettola, lace or wicker baskets throughout the region, or perhaps a Ferrari, Maserati, or Lamborghini from Modena.

But a trademark of Emilia-Romagna is the food: cheese, a wide variety of salumi, pasta, dried porcini, wine and liqueurs.

You may choose to visit the weekend flea markets/antique fairs:

Wednesdays (May-September): Cervia

Friday nights (mid-June to mid-September): Brisighella

First Saturday in the month: San Pietro in Casale

First Sunday (excluding August): Budrio; Santacangelo di Romagna

Second Sunday: Bologna (Piazza Santo Stefano); Savigno (excluding July and August)

Third Saturday and Sunday: Ravenna

Third Sunday: Fontanellato (excluding January); Casalecchio (plus every Tuesday in July and August)

Fourth Saturday and Sunday: Modena; Imola (excluding June and July)

Fourth Sunday: Pieve di Centro; San Giovanni in Marignano (excluding July and August)

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