2 medieval cities you shouldn't miss in central Italy

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You are on travel in Italy. You love wondering in the medieval centers of its art cities. You have been to Rome, Florence, Bologna etc.

Where to go?

In the middle age Italy wasn't a unified country but fragmented in many little reigns, called city-states because they were limited to the surroundings of each city ruled by the most powerful noble family in town.

The heritage of that era are a lot of little cities, located above all in central Italy, where you can spend a nice day-trip "within the walls", between a castle and a cathedral, in winter as in summer.

Travel through time to San Marino, oldest and smallest republic in the world

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The story of San Marino is really surprising. Who is San Marino? Maybe you want to say 'what'...

Perched on Mount Titano, between Marche and Romagna regions, central Italy, San Marino with its 64 km² is the smallest republic in the world. And also the oldest among the republics existing today all around the world. Founded, as tradition says, in the fourth century by Marino, a sculptor of tombstones fleeing religious persecution of Roman emperor Diocletian, in the ninth century the small town already established its independency and was recognized as an autonomous state. Emerged unscathed from the medieval conflicts between the dominions of the other cities and the papacy, the boundaries of the small state have remained unchanged for six centuries, case so rare that becomes, in the eyes of the world, a symbol of freedom and independence.

Italy experience: living Bologna for one year

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This is the story of an Emotional, Life-Changing and Blurry experience as Ben Hayward defined it, 21 years old guy from London, England, who studies German and Italian at Swansea University, in Wales, and spent his last 10 months, from September 2013 to July 2014, living in Bologna, Italy, where he "studied" German, Russian, Finnish and Polish for the Erasmus program (Cit. "If you haven’t already guessed, I like languages!")

My first impact with Italy and Bologna

I had never been to Italy prior to my Erasmus period.

Italy's Top 10 Travel Destinations: ranking update

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Two months ago we published the first ranking of the best travel destinations in Italy according to the experiences that many travelers shared on Gadders.eu, the new platform for social traveling.

With summer holidays almost ending we can now see how things changed.

The parameters on which the chart is based? The beauty of the places first of all, but also the fun activities you can do and its nightlife, how much safe is staying in each place and how cheap is to travel there, and last but not least, talking about Italy, the quality of the food!

9 best places to visit in Italy: the first ranking

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Thanks to the experiences that many travelers shared on Gadders.eu, the new platform for social traveling, during its two first months of life, we can finally discover what's the ranking of Italy's Top Destinations, by now!

The parameters on which the chart is based? The beauty of the places first of all, but also the fun activities you can do and the nightlife, how much safe is staying there and how cheap for a tourist and, of course, talking about Italy, the quality of the food!

What do you expect to see in first position? One of the amazing mediterranean beach places of south Italy? Or one of the gorgeous art cities envied all over the world? Or maybe a charming mountain resort of the Alps...

A tour at Ferrari Factory's home: Maranello

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It’s definitely not the best year for Ferrari in the Formula 1, Mercedes seems to be on another planet. But Ferrari fans never give up and it’s always a good time for all the lovers of the Prancing Horse to go make a visit in its home and birthplace in Italy, Maranello!

If you are on travel in the north of Italy, in Milan, or Bologna for example, and you are among the millions of people charmed by the world’s most famous red car, for sure you won’t exclude the small town of Maranello from your list of destinations.
Maranello, in the heart of Emilia, is famous all over the world for being the home of Ferrari.

What to do in Rimini: not only Italy’s party heaven…

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In Italy there’s a place for every need. There's who loves the precious Amalfi coast and who prefers the huge sandy beaches of south Italy. And there's who feels tight in tiny beaches but gets bored in relaxing places. This is the one who goes to Rimini and the neighbor party towns of the Riviera Romagnola, competing for the lead in the standings in Europe.
That’s the next destination of our travel across the incredibly diverse heritage of Italy. But Rimini is not only a place for party animals, there’s much more to discover…

Bologna, the good (food), the old (tower) and the young (people)

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Already been to the main cities of italy? Florence, Venice and Rome done and you are thinking to go to other european capitals? Have a look at the destinations suggested on gadders and you will change your mind! Your next trip could be to Bologna, a concentration of medieval culture, fun and good food in few km²…

Bologna the learned, the fat and the turreted. These are the three names that better than any other definition describe the peculiarities of the city of Bologna. Home of the oldest university in Europe, Alma Mater Studiorum, founded in 1088, emblem of the culinary traditions of the region of Emilia and ancient center of the Middle Ages, with its walls, porches, buildings and towers of great architectural value, Bologna is considered to be a dynamic and culturally lively city.