Emilia-Romagna
Parmigiano caves, prosciutto cellars, and a capital that invented tortellini. Emilia-Romagna is the deepest pantry in Italy.
Five reasons Emilia-Romagna stays with you.
- Italy's deepest pantry — parmigiano, prosciutto, balsamico
- Bologna's red porticoes (UNESCO) and tortellini in brodo
- Eight UNESCO mosaic monuments in Ravenna
- Modena — Bottura, balsamic and the Ferrari museum
- Motor Valley — Ferrari, Lamborghini, Ducati factory tours
Start here if you have a long weekend.
Eat and drink like you mean it.
Our editor's picks — the tables and bottles we'd cross the country for.
Massimo Bottura's three-Michelin manifesto.
Tortellini in brodo done by the book.
Frothy red and 25-year balsamic from Modena.
Three rooms with a view.
Three ways to go deeper.
Three producers in a Modena/Parma loop.
Museum, factory tour, optional drive.
Markets, tigelle, mortadella tasting.
Best time to visit · April–June and September–November. Skip humid August.
Italy's pantry — porticoes, pasta, balsamic.
A curated edit — what to see, where to eat what the locals eat, and where to sleep with intention.
Bologna
Red-bricked, porticoed, food-mad — Europe's oldest university city.
- — Two Towers
- — Basilica di San Petronio
- — Quadrilatero market
- Trattoria di Via SerraTortellini in brodo done by the book.
- All'Osteria BottegaCult ragù, Lambrusco by the carafe.
- Palazzo TreviBoutique residence steps from Piazza Maggiore.
Parma
Soft Po-valley elegance — Verdi, parmigiano, prosciutto.
- — Battistero di Parma
- — Teatro Farnese
- — Camera di San Paolo
- Trattoria Ai Due PlataniAnolini in brodo, generations deep.
- Palazzo dalla Rosa PratiApartments inside an aristocratic palazzo.
Modena
Aged balsamic, opera, Ferrari — and Massimo Bottura.
- — Duomo di Modena
- — Acetaia (traditional)
- — Museo Enzo Ferrari
- Osteria FrancescanaBottura's three-Michelin manifesto.
- Casa Maria LuigiaBottura's countryside guesthouse.
Ravenna
Byzantium in Italy — eight UNESCO mosaic monuments.
- — Basilica di San Vitale
- — Mausoleo di Galla Placidia
- — Sant'Apollinare in Classe
- Osteria del Tempo PersoAdriatic seafood, jazz on the speakers.
- Palazzo BezziDesign hotel near the mosaics.
Brisighella
Three rocks, an ochre village, Italy's first DOP olive oil.
- — Via degli Asini
- — Rocca Manfrediana
- — Torre dell'Orologio
- La GrottaCave dining; passatelli and Sangiovese.
- Relais Torre PratesiRestored medieval tower in olive groves.
