Aquileia and Grado
The Roman winter camps of Aquileia went on to become the ninth most important town in the whole of the Empire, and a splendid metropolis based on trading across the […]
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Treviso
Treviso, rumoured to have been founded by refugees from the Trojan War and which became the ancient Roman town of Tarvisium, is now known as ‘Little Venice’ for its collection […]
Ferrara & the River Po Valley
The great river Po flows eastward across northern Italy from a spring in the Alps, to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It is the longest river in Italy and extends […]
A Day in Bologna
Bologna’s history reads like a blueprint for the major Italian cities; founded by the Etruscans, overrun by the Gauls, conquered by the Romans and then ravaged by the Barbarians. From […]
Modena
Wanting to get to Modena early we sailed down the slip road onto the motorway just after 8am and straight into a police convoy escorting two small noisy vintage racing […]
Parma
Parma is a place for the senses, you see, hear, feel and taste it… A genteel town that still thrives on ‘la dolce vita’ it is rumoured to be packed […]
Piacenza and Fontanellato
Planning our route to Bologna we were careful not to cross the path of the Mille Miglia, a 1,000 mile race of vintage sports cars, heading along the same route. […]
