A greedy itinerary is the one starting from Castel San Giovanni, a rich industrial and agricultural centre, from the Middle-ages to the ‘Risorgimento’ period it underwent several dominations, which have left clear traces in the village. The area is part of Gourmet Food and Wine Trail of ‘Colli Piacentini’ and of Via Francigena. Other steps are :… Continue Reading »
Travelling around Emilia Romagna region by motorhome means you can travel slowly, you can go deep into nature parks and less frequented tourist areas, you can visit cities of art where the choice of places to stay is often meager, but the culture and chance to discover new things is never lacking. Let’s star today… Continue Reading »
Bloggers taking part to Blogville project visited last week medieval castles in the area of Parma and Piacenza and had step back into 15th century life. Created with flickr slideshow. Let us give you a bit of history regarding Torrechiara a little town lying on the hills near Langhirano, at about 18 km from Parma and not… Continue Reading »
Lying on the hills of the Arda Valley, which were covered by the sea in prehistoric times, and where many fossils can still be found, Castell’Arquato is located near Piacenza. This well preserved medieval borough can fascinate everybody who explore it going around its alleys and medieval stone houses, wonderfully preserved and in some cases… Continue Reading »
Dear Via Emilia (Emilia road), you really are such a street! The Romans did a great job with you, they designed you all straight. With pleasure we travelled along you and we had the chance to see people and places that we never could have seen from the motorway. We were really lucky during our… Continue Reading »
Did you like the pic? Here more info about #Carpi ;D http://t.co/hlSWNyc15P
[Pics by ERT friends] Good night from the Renaissance town of Carpi, with a full moon shining above the Pio Castle
Pic by Pirul789
More info about Carpi: http://goo.gl/l2CeP
[Pics by ERT friends] Good night from the Renaissance town of #Carpi, with its Pio #Castle – Pic by Pirul789 http://t.co/PoSZZWYUGh
[Emilia Romagna Sweet] Tonight we're preparing a simple and "choco-licious" recipe that every [grown] child will love: Chocolate Salami!
Recipe by @FoodNetwork http://goo.gl/vbcAZ
Pic by @FrancescaV.com, via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/4rVYbS
