Ferrara Trip Overview
You will find Ferrara’s bike-friendly streets and frozen-in-time palazzi relatively unexplored and wonderfully tranquil during this 3-hour bike tour.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Ferrara, Italy
Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Bike & Mountain Bike Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
You will find Ferrara’s bike-friendly streets and frozen-in-time palazzi relatively unexplored and wonderfully tranquil during this 3-hour bike tour.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Castello Estense, Largo Castello 1, 44121, Ferrara Italy
Discover this precious Castle in Ferrara.
Pass By: Palazzo dei Diamanti, Corso Ercole I d’Este 21, 44121, Ferrara Italy
Admire the original wall of the Palazzo
Pass By: Erculean Addition, Corso Ercole I d’Este, 44121, Ferrara Italy
Discover curiosities from your local guide
Pass By: Ferrara Cathedral, Piazza della Cattedrale, 44121, Ferrara Italy
Admire the beautiful cathedral of Ferrara.
Pass By: Chiesa di San Cristoforo alla Certosa, Piazza Borso 50, Ferrara Italy
Discover this picturesque church.
Pass By: Ferrara Cathedral, Piazza della Cattedrale, 44121, Ferrara Italy
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.
Two souls vibrate in the city of Ferrara: a medieval one in the south and the a Renaissance one in the north, converging in the Castello Estense.
Start by Viale Cavour-Corso Giovecca, the road axis that represents an ideal bridge between the Middle Ages and Renaissance. We are going to reach the ancient city walls by bike, and you’ll find out that Ferrara is one of the few Italian cities still walled up, surrounded by as many as 9 km of defensive walls with green paths, viable on foot or by bike.
Then, continue your guided tour beginning from the mighty Castello Estense. This symbol of the city’s history and power dates from the time of the Este family, the Lords who ruled Ferrara for over 300 years, making it capital for culture and artistic achievements. See the magnificent façade of St. George Cathedral, all decorated with stone relief like lace and full of statues, with monsters and griffins at the front door. The long side of the cathedral on Piazza Trento & Trieste (once the market square) is also beautiful.
Then, go on towards the famous district of ‘Addizione Erculea.’ Commissioned by Duke Ercole I at the end of the 15th century, it’s the very first European example of the integral development plan that earned Ferrara’s inclusion in the UNESCO List in 1995. Here, the most famous building is Palazzo dei Diamanti with 8,500 ashlar stone diamond-shaped blocks.
From Quadrivio Degli Angeli you will arrive at Piazza Ariostea dominated by the statue of court poet, Ludovico Ariosto. Not far away is the Monumental Certosa of San Cristoforo, a beautiful religious complex from the 15th century, and the relaxing Ferrara walls too.
