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The region of Emilia-Romagna is in northern Italy, partly within a triangle formed by Milan to the west, Florence to the south and Venice to the northeast. It has a coast line on Adriatic Sea is to the east. Because of the popularity of these large cities many visitors fail to explore this part of Italy that offer many and varied places of interest.
Emilia-Romagna's larger cities and towns - Bologna, Ravenna, Faenza, Ferrara, Imola, Modena, Parma and Reggio nell Emilia have many sites of historic, cultural and scenic interest. There are several regional parks, reserves and protected areas offering a variety of outdoor recreational and wildlife viewing opportunities. The Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna (National Park of the Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna Forests) is in the southeastern area of Emilia-Romagna.
The official web site for the region of Emilia-Romagna has information (Italian) on government and regional topics. There are also pages of interest to visitors. The Emilia-Romagna Tourism web site has English versions and is a very good source of information for planning a visit to this region. The Città d'Arte web pages for Emilia-Romagna are an excellent resource for information (Italian and English) about the arts and cultural events in the region.
The web sites for the provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Modena (has English pages), Parma, Piacenza (multi-lingual), Ravenna and Reggio Emilia have local information (mostly Italian) about regional topics, including travel and transportation.
The web sites for the municipalities of Bologna, Carpi, Faenza, Ferrara, Granarolo dell'Emilia, Modena, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia (has pages in English) and Rimini have local information (mostly in Italian) on a variety of topics, including travel and tourism.
The Italy Weather and Maps site has a very good map of this region as well as local weather reports.
Museums: The Italian Art and Museums web site has a list of museums in this region.
World Heritage Sites: The Cathedral, the Torre Civica and the Piazza Grande in the city and province of Modena; the Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna and Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta have been declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The Italian Association of World Heritage Sites has supplementary information (Italian with some English) and a useful map of Italy to assist with planning travel to these sites.
Parks: The Portal for Italian Parks has a list of parks in this region.
Route Planning and Maps: The Libero and the Virgilio Network (TuttoCittà) web sites provide maps on line that can be very helpful for travel planning and locating addresses and businesses and services. Enter your choice of city in the "Città" field. Go to the route planning and maps page for links to web sites providing route planning services and maps for planning travel and obtaining driving directions in Italy.
Guides: The Blue Guide to Northern Italy ☼ Rough Guide to Italy