Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Much of the city centre is off limits to vehicles. If you're staying downtown, your hotel
can provide a ticket (€7 per day) that entitles you to enter the Zona a Traffico Limitato
(ZTL), park in designated spaces and make unlimited trips on city buses for 24 hours.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
at the main train station, the bus station and on Via Marconi. Buses 25 and 30 are among
several that connect the train station with the city centre.
DON'T LEAVE TOWN WITHOUT TRYING...
Every Emilia-Romagna city has its gastronomic secrets, weird and wonderful local recipes that'll
you'd be unlikely to find on the menu of your local Italian restaurant back home. Don't leave these
towns without trying….
»
Piacenza
Anolini in brodo - pasta pockets filled with meat, Parmesan and breadcrumbs swimming
in a rich brothlike soup.
»
Parma
Trippa alla Parmigiano - slow-cooked tripe in a tomato sauce enlivened with Parmesan.
»
Modena
Cotechino di Modena - pork sausage stuffed with seasoned mince and paired with lentils
and mashed potatoes.
»
Bologna
Tagliatelle al ragu - thick meat-heavy sauce served with wide-cut egg-based noodles.
»
Ferarra
Cappellaci di zucca - raviolilike pasta stuffed with squash and nutmeg, and doused in but-
ter and sage.
»
Ravenna
Piadina - thick unleavened bread stuffed with rocket, tomato and local soft
squaquarone
cheese.
»
Rimini
Brodetto - a hearty fish soup served over lightly toasted bread.
TOP OF CHAPTER
West of Bologna
Modena
POP 186,000
If Italy were a meal, Modena would be the main course. Here, on the flat plains of the
slow-flowing Po, lies one of the nation's great gastronomic centres, the creative force be-
hind
real
balsamic vinegar, giant tortellini stuffed with tantalising fillings, sparkling Lam-
