Emilia Romagna

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Emilia Romagna

Emilia Romagna. Italy’s Fabulous Food Valley for Gourmets 

Michael Edwards explores why Emilia Romagna is dubbed the bread basket of Italy.

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Guide to truffle hunting in Emilia Romagna

Guide to truffle hunting in Emilia Romagna. Italy’s beautiful bread basket.

Michael Edwards pulls on his wellies to go truffle hunting in Emilia Romagna

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Insider guide to Rimini

Insider Guide to Rimini  

Rupert Parker drags himself away from the beach to offer up his insider guide to Rimini, Emilia Romagna’s coastal playground.

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Ferrara. Emilia Romagna’s hidden gem.

Ferrara, with its ancient palaces and piazzas is a pearl of the Emilia-Romagna region. A region famously productive for so much of Italy’s attraction.

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Emilia-Romagna Italy’s Jewish heart

A lone bell tolls from somewhere close by, not an unfamiliar sound when you’re in Italy, but at this moment it’s rather more poignant. I’m inside Ferrara’s ancient synagogue, still going strong in the heart of the former medieval ghetto, nearly 600 years after it was built. Tonight though it’s completely rammed, standing room only for the Friday night service and Rabbi Luciano Caro is beaming from ear to ear. Is Emilia-Romagna Italy’s Jewish heart? This region is a veritable treasure trove of Jewish history, and the cities of Bologna, Cento and Ferrara in particular, owe their very existence to their Jewish communities.

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The Beaches of Emilia Romagna

Emillia Roagna’s Adriatic coastal stretch is impressive. Miles and miles of soft sandy beaches, all of them clean as a whistle and family friendly. This is the thing about most Italian resort beaches, they are set up perfectly.From Lido di Volano in the north by the Po Delta to Cattolica in the south close to the border with the Marche region.

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