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fers bright, spotless rooms. Laundry facilities are available, and the building has access
for guests with disabilities. Take bus 1, 16 or 17 from the train station.
Antica Trattoria Dell'Angelo
(Via Tibini 14; meals €20-25; noon-2pm & 7.30-10pm Thu-Tue)
With its beamed ceiling, wood-
fired heater and red-checked tablecloths, this laid-back trattoria is as traditional as they
come. The food is hearty, homemade fare - think spinach-and-ricotta
tortelloni,
roast meat
and fizzy local red wine. Weekday lunch specials are a steal, with pasta/main courses cost-
ing €4/5.
TRATTORIA
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Tourist office
(
www.comune.piacenza.it/english
; Piazza dei Cavalli 7; 9am-1pm & 3-6pm Tue-Sat,
9.30am-12.30pm Sun & Mon)
Handily placed in central Piazza dei Cavalli.
Getting There & Around
Piacenza's bus station is located on Piazza Citadella; however, the train is a more conveni-
ent way to reach most destinations. There are frequent trains to/from Milan (regular/
Eurostar €6.45/14, one hour, hourly), Parma (€5, 40 minutes, half-hourly) and Bologna
(regular/Eurostar €10.40/22.50, 1½ hours, hourly).
Piacenza is just off the A1 linking Milan and Bologna and the A21 joining Brescia and
Turin. Via Emilia (SS9) also runs past on its way to Rimini and the Adriatic Sea.
Bus 2 (€1) runs between the train station and Piazza dei Cavalli.
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East of Bologna
Ferrara
POP 135,000
A heavyweight Renaissance art city peppered with colossal palaces and still ringed by its
intact medieval walls, Ferrara jumps out at you like an absconded Casanova (he once
stayed here) on the route between Bologna and Venice. But, like any city situated in close
proximity to
La Serenissima
, it is serially overlooked. As a result, Venice avoiders will
