Pontremoli sits at the foot of the Cisa pass, where the Apennines separate Liguria from the Po Valley. This position — on the historic road that traders used for centuries to carry Parma ham and cheese to the Ligurian ports — puts it closer to the Parmigiano Reggiano production zone than almost any other Tuscan […]
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Most visitors to Lucca spend their time walking the city walls and exploring the medieval centre. Few realise that an hour and a half north, through the Apennines into the Parma mountains, they are within reach of some of the most authentic Parmigiano Reggiano production in Italy. This is mountain Parmigiano — Parmigiano di Montagna
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Most visitors to Pisa spend their time at the Piazza dei Miracoli. Few realise that an hour and a half north, through the Apennines into the Parma mountains, they are within reach of some of the most authentic Parmigiano Reggiano production in Italy. This is mountain Parmigiano — Parmigiano di Montagna — made above 600
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Ravenna is the port. Emilia-Romagna is the region. If your ship gives you a full day, there is enough time to get into the interior and see two of the things that make this part of Italy different from anywhere else. This excursion covers a Parmigiano Reggiano aging warehouse and your choice of a second
Full-Day Shore Excursion from Ravenna: Parmigiano, Balsamic, and Ferrari Read Post »
Ravenna’s mosaics take two to three hours. If your ship is in port for the day and you want to do something with the rest of it, the Romagna hills are an hour away by car and one of the best truffle territories in northern Italy. We run a truffle hunting experience in the Apennine
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Ferrara is 30 minutes from Bologna, entirely car-free, and almost nobody goes. The Este dynasty built one of the most coherent Renaissance cities in Italy — a planned grid of palaces, an intact castle with a water-filled moat, nine kilometres of city walls you can cycle on — and then largely disappeared from the history
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