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Ravenna among the 10 best "art & culture" holidays of 2021 according to the Times

The web edition of the British newspaper Times has elected this Romagna town among the 10 unmissable art and culture destinations for 2021 for its surprising ascent from "swampy stretch of the Adriatic coast" to "political and religious fulcrum of Italy".

Perhaps thanks to the sparkling breathtaking mosaics of the early Christian basilicas of Ravenna in stark contrast to the "dark" history of the British Middle Ages?

A destination to add to your list, so you are ready as soon as you can go back to travelling.

Best in Travel 2021: Lonely Planet "Le Vie di Dante" awards

On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, Le Vie di Dante awarded as a model of slow cultural tourism

Lonely Planet - the Travelers' Bible - has identified a single Italian tour among the international destinations not to be missed for 2021 and the choice goes to Le Vie di Dante, the slow tourism package that follows in the footsteps of Dante's journey from Florence to Ravenna del Sommot, created in collaboration with Tuscany.

Reported in the sustainability category, as a model of slow cultural tourism together with the hiking path of the same name (395 km in 20 sections from Ravenna to Florence and back), they offer a holiday on a human scale, in touch with the most beautiful nature, inviting you to rediscover of traditions, crafts, villages, museums and food and wine.

To be done by bike, on foot or by train along the ancient Faenza-Florence railway route, it would be the perfect trip to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, when we will be able to go out "a riveder le stelle (to see the stars)"

All information on the different sections of the hike, typical dishes to taste and tourist packages on the official website.

75 years of UNESCO

Discover the 12 recognized places #inEmiliaRomagna

November 16 marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of the UNESCO Foundation.

With 12 recognized places, Emilia Romagna is an important protagonist of the Italian team: discover them all!

Four World Heritage Sites of Humanity

• Ferrara, city of the Renaissance, and the Po Delta -1995
• Early Christian monuments of Ravenna - 1996
• Modena: Cathedral, Civic Tower and Piazza Grande - 1997
• Forest of Sasso Fratino in the context of Ancient primordial beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe - 2017

Eight other Unesco awards

• Malatesta Library of Cesena - Register of the Memory of the World - 2005
• Abbey of Santa Cecilia alla Croara - Heritage messenger of a culture of peace in favor of young people - 2005
• Bologna - Creative City of Music - 2006
• Chiusa di Casalecchio di Reno - Heritage messenger of a culture of peace in favor of young people - 2010
• MIC - International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza - Heritage messenger of a culture of peace in favor of young people - 2011
• Parma - Creative City of Gastronomy - 2015
• Tuscan-Emilian Apennines - MAB Unesco Reserve - 2015
• Delta del Po Park - MAB Unesco Reserve - 2015
• Po Grande - MAB Unesco Reserve - 2019

Humans of Emilia Romagna

Video series made #inEmiliaRomagna: getting to know the region through its people

The new video-series made #inEmiliaRomagna is dedicated to the people who make our region special.

Because if our region "IS" in a certain way, the merit goes to those who inhabit, live and collaborate in this area, each according to their abilities and inclinations, in the daily "creation" of our society, with one eye on tradition and one eye on the future.

How about getting to know our region, starting with meeting 10 people from Emilia-Romagna?

• Oscar, the salt worker of Cervia
• Maurizio, the miller of the ancient mill in Fiumicello
• Miro, the creator of Rimini Film Archive
• Fabio, the maker of the Budrio's ocarinas
• Giordano, oenologist of Emilia Romagna's Enoteca
• Oriano, the cheesemaker of Parmigiano Reggiano
• Franco, vintage car restorer
• Carletto, fisherman of the Comacchio Marshes
• Giulia, tourist guide of the Castle of Rivalta
• Iside, the "sfoglina" (handmade pasta maker)

Pink Night becomes Pink Week

From 3 to 9 August the summer New Year's Eve is celebrated for a week

Pink Night, the New Year's Eve of summer, becomes Pink Week.

The big party that will color all of Romagna pink, from the beaches to the hinterland, passing through the squares of the city of art and the charming villages will be held from 3 to 9 August.

The 2020 edition presents itself in new social dynamics and for this reason it will become an event spread over time and space: a real pink week, during the discovery of the excellence and essence of Romagna.

Lightness, conviviality, healthy safe fun, placing, as always, the female figure and family at the center.

Come and experience the proverbial Romagna hospitality in continuity between the memories related to traditions and the dynamic push towards the future: all the details of the program on the official website

Because as the most famous Liscio song says, my Romagna, one can't be away from you ...