Slow trip
4 slow days of sea and coast: Castelvetro di Modena and Oristano
In September and October, the Adriatic coast around Comacchio and Cervia empties of summer crowds, leaving salt marshes and pine forests to their natural rhythms. From Castelvetro di Modena, you'll move between inland fortified towns like Castell'Arquato and coastal lagoons where fishermen still work the traditional way, then fly south to Sardinia for a single day in Oristano's province, where limestone cliffs at Bosa rise directly above turquoise water and the islands of La Maddalena appear close enough to swim toward.
4 days · September or October · sea & coast-first · moderate walking
Castelvetro di Modena
Castelvetro di Modena, 3 days
Base yourself in Castelvetro di Modena and make these your day trips.
4 towns · qualifying pool of 7 from 28 candidates
Coastal towns in the provinces of Ferrara, Ravenna, and Piacenza. Bandiera Blu coast.
Getting around
Castelvetro di Modena, your base, is on the rail network. 2 of the 4 towns here have a station; the rest need wheels. A rental car makes this corner simple, a rail-plus-taxi version takes patience.
Your timing
September and October sits in this corner's best window: open, temperate, and short of the crowd months.
While you're there
- Comacchio — Sagra dell'Anguilla, September–OctoberLate-September eel festival on Comacchio's canals with thousands of eel-based dishes, food stalls, concerts and Lagoon excursions since 1999.
- Castell'Arquato — Rivivi il Medioevo, SeptemberWeekend medieval reenactment with encampment, costume parades, fire spectacles and international historical fencing tournament in full armor.
Day 1 · Arrive in Castelvetro di Modena
Settle in. Castelvetro di Modena is your base for the next 3 days. Take the afternoon to walk the centro, find your bearings, eat something local.
Day 2 · Day trip to Ravenna
First outing. Head to Ravenna for the day. Take the slow road, leave time to wander, be back in Castelvetro di Modena for dinner.
Day 3 · Day trip to Castell'Arquato
Last day trip in this corner, to Castell'Arquato. Make a day of it, then back to Castelvetro di Modena.
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Comacchio
Province: Ferrara
A canal town on thirteen islets, with brackish lagoons that hold three hundred bird species.
Picked for: sea and coast · Sagra dell'Anguilla, September
Cervia
Province: Ravenna
The Adriatic salt town with 827 hectares of working saline, planned in 1697 around a grid of salt workers' houses.
Picked for: sea and coast · autumn travel
Oristano
Oristano, 1 day
Base yourself in Oristano and make these your day trips.
4 towns · qualifying pool of 4 from 40 candidates
Coastal towns in the provinces of Oristano, Sud Sardegna, and Sassari. Bandiera Blu coast, olive oil country, and Borghi Più Belli d'Italia.
Getting around
Rent a car for this corner. Oristano, your base, is on the rail network. Only 1 of the 4 towns have a railway station; the day trips assume driving.
Your timing
September and October sits in this corner's best window: open, temperate, and short of the crowd months.
Day 1 · Arrive in Oristano
Settle in. Oristano is your base for the next 1 day. Take the afternoon to walk the centro, find your bearings, eat something local.
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Bosa
Province: Oristano
A colour-washed riverside town on Sardinia's only navigable river, with a Malaspina castle on the hill and the tanneries of Sas Conzas along the Temo.
Picked for: sea and coast · autumn travel
Sardara
Province: Sud Sardegna
A Campidano thermal town where Nuragic well-temples, Roman Aquae Neapolitanae and a hilltop Arborea castle share the same hot springs.
Picked for: nature and walking · plain
La Maddalena
Province: Sassari
The only inhabited town of a sixty-island granite archipelago between Sardinia and Corsica, and the place Giuseppe Garibaldi chose to die.
Picked for: sea and coast · island
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