Holiday packages

Effective for New Year's Eve period

Firewokrs will light up New Year's Eve night and the Estense Castle will be the background to this show that by now it's a tradition for the city.

The touristic package includes the stay outside the city in a suburban area and the feast in a restaurant in the city centre, with a 5-courses menu that will end in time to reach at midnight the Estense Castle.

The touristic package with 1 night includes the stay, the New Year's Eve feast and a guided tour in Ferrara; whereas the package with 2 nights in addition to the mentioned services includes a dinner in a typical restaurant for the second evening, too.

The stay conerns accomodation facilities that are 10, 15 and 20 km from Ferrara centre.

1° day: Arrive in Ferrara. Check-in in Hotel/B&B/Inn/Agritourism. Guided tour of the city of Ferrara (only on Saturdays). Typical dinner in restaurant. Overnight.

2° day: Breakfast in hotel and free time to visit Ferrara. Tasting typical product in the city center.

3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS

1° day: Arrive in Ferrara. Check-in in Hotel/B&B/Inn/Agritourism. Typical dinner in restaurant. Overnight.

2° day: Breakfast in hotel. In the afternoon guided tour of the city of Ferrara (only on Saturdays). Typical dinner in restaurant. Overnight.

3° day: Breakfast in hotel and free time to visit Ferrara. Tasting typical product in the city center.
 

Starting every day - all the year

A unique tour starting from Argenta. You will cycle throughout full of vineyards's countryside (“vini delle sabbie” or sand wine are the most famous) up to Comacchio with its bridges and canals that remind of Venice. In the eel's capital city you will see the Manifattura dei Marinati Museum, where they still prepare eel. After the Valleys's visit, with the most copious italian colony of pink flamingo, you will proceed towards the north station of Po Delta Park. You will stay for the night near Pomposa's Abbey and Volano's Po. You will proceed towards Ostellato, where you will see orchards and wheat fields of Ferrara's countryside, discovering Este's Delizie up to Ferrara.

Day 1 – ARRIVAL IN FERRARA
Arrival in Ferrara. Hotel accomodation. Bicicles pick up and free time to roam around by bike discovering the most famous streets and squares. We suggest a walk in “campagna ferrarese”, a little country heaven within the city's walls. Optional break at TerraVivabio company, trying nature's products. Free lunch. In the afternoon, visit at Estense Castle with a guided tour, who will illustrate the history and the strangest stories, guiding you room after room from the prisons to the kitchen discovering the Este's family. In the evening meeting with our appointed who will give you all necessary information for your tour. Hotel stay.

Day 2 – FERRARA/OSTELLATO (KM 40)
Breakfast at the hotel and start towards Ostellato. The bagages will be transfered, dependent on us, to the hotel you will reach in the evening. Travelling on low trafic roads, you will cross little burgs and adrmire the famous Belriguardo's “Delizia Estense” and the Verginese's Castle, reaching the bank of Volano's Po. You will arrive at Vallive's coves in Ostellato, a unique freshwater humide area full of white and grey egrets, rich of rushes, water lilies and canes. Hotel accomodation. Dinner and night stay.

Day 3 – OSTELLATO/POMPOSA (KM 30)
Breakfast at the hotel. Left the rooms, start towrds Pomposa. In Migliarino you will access the cycle path up to Migliaro, following then the bank of Volano's Po. You will enjoy Isola Tieni Oasis, island shaped by Volano's flow, where stands out Tieni's Tower, historical building of the XV century, which once was a lighthouse and a customs barrier for navigation tolls. The next stop is Codigoro. Near the abandond Saccarifero factory and the Reclamation's Consortium water-scooping system, stands the Garzaia, that is the Egrets's City, where undisturbed took up residence different spieces of Little Egret, Nycticorax, Grey Egrets and Major White Egrets. Thanks to a sighting little tower you can study, observ and supervise animals, without detriment.you will proceed towards Pomposa's Abbey, one of the most evocative and rich in history places of Po Delta Park: once enclosed island by Volano's Po, Goro's Po and the sea, today fascinating art and culture area, considered one of the most important italian romanic buildings. Founded before the IX century by Benedictines, on a island enclosed by the sea and Po river, it experienced a period of glory, especialy after 1000 d.C. In this period, the property included many delta's area, but also other regions's extended areas. At Sunday, at 11.00 the Holy Mass is officiated. You can visit the cathedral, the refectory and the Capitulary Hall in the Benedictine's complex, or relax on the surrounding green great park. There is the possibility of a guided tour of Bosco della Mesola's Park. At the end, return to the hotel. Dinner and night stay.

Day 4 – POMPOSA/COMACCHIO (KM 45)
Breakfast at the hotel. Start towards Comacchio. From Pomposa to Comacchio by bike, going through the 7 lidos, from Volano to Porto Garibaldi. You will go through the typical mediterranean scrub, lining the Adriatic Sea. First afternoon, arrival in Comacchio. Free time for the visit of the traditional little city, called “little Venice”. Overnight stay in a B&B.

Day 5 – COMACCHIO/ARGENTA (KM 40)
Breakfast at the hotel. After the final visits, departure towards Comacchio's Valley. On the way, you can see the “bilancioni”, traditional houses on piles, used for fishing. Arrive at Bettolino di Foce for a break and a boat trip (elective) throughout the valleys. Proceed to Argenta lining the canals and Ferrara's countryside. Arrive at Argenta and proceed by train up to Ferrara. It is possible lenghten the stay in the city on request.

The tour departed from Ferrara to Argenta. The itinerary will be inside the countryside, near the river of Po di Primaro until to arrive to Argenta.
Free time for to visit the Museum of Valli and for to relax in a typical "capanno".
Here you will find a the necessary to make a grilled meat inside the nature. Return in Ferrara in late afternoon.

1st day – Ferrara-Argenta (km 46)
Departure by bike from Ferrara to Argenta. Outside the city center you cycle in low traffic street, inside the nature and near the river Po di Primaro. When you arrive in Argenta is possibile to visit the Museum of Valli. In Museum area you can find a picnic area. In late afteroon you can arrive at the "capanno" where you can find all the necessary for to do a meat grilled and overnight stay.

2nd day – Argenta-Delizie Estensi-Ferrara (km 40)
Breakfast in the "capanno". You can visit the Museo della Bonifica and than departure to the "Delizie Estensi", reinassimental Palaces of Estensi. You will go to Delizia del Verginese and visit it, than continue to Delizia del Belriguardo the Estense "Versailles" and visit it.
Return to Ferrara in the late afternoon.

The tour departed from Ferrara to Argenta. The itinerary will be inside the countryside, near the river of Po di Primaro until to arrive to Argenta.
Free time for to visit the Museum of Valli and for to relax in a typical "capanno".
Here you will find a the necessary to make a grilled meat inside the nature. Arrive in the "little Venice" of Comacchio and return to Ferrara bu bus.

1st day – Ferrara-Argenta (km 46)
Departure by bike from Ferrara to Argenta. Outside the city center you cycle in low traffic street, inside the nature and near the river Po di Primaro. When you arrive in Argenta is possibile to visit the Museum of Valli. In Museum area you can find a picnic area. In late afteroon you can arrive at the "capanno" where you can find all the necessary for to do a meat grilled and overnight stay.

2nd day – Argenta-Comacchio (km 45)
Breakfast in the "capanno". You can visit the Museo della Bonifica and than, departure to Comacchio. You will cycle in the middle of Valli di Comacchio. When you arrive in Bettolino di Foce, inside the Comacchio Valleys, an ancien "Capanno" where you can lunch. Here youhave the possibility to do a boat excursion in the Comacchio Valleys.
Than, departure for the city of Comacchio and return to Ferrara by bus.

Departures: every weekend from April until October
Take a weekend to discover the Estense city and its impressive castle, then hop on your bike to discover the delights of the Estense family, along the Po di Volano river bank, through the valleys of Ostellato until you reach the Abbey of Pomposa.

1st day – Friday: ARRIVAL AT FERRARA 
Arrival in Ferrara. Check-in at Hotel. Bike pick-up and free time for a bike ride to discover the famous streets and squares. We recommend a ride through the “Ferrara countryside,” a small paradise right inside the Medieval walls of Ferrara. Optional stop in at TerraVivabio to taste their natural products. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon, a guided visit of the Estense Castle with a tour guide who will explain the history and the most interesting anecdotes as they guide you through the various rooms of the castle, from the prisons, to the kitchens on a hunt to learn more about the Estense family. In the evening, there will be a meeting with our representative who will give you all the necessary information to continue your tour. Dinner at a restaurant and overnight in the hotel.

2nd day – Saturday: FERRARA / OSTELLATO (km 38,9) 
Breakfast in the hotel and departure towards Ostellato. Your luggage will be transferred by us to the hotel where you will stay Saturday night. The route that you will follow will be on streets with very little traffic along small villages. You will admire the famous “Estense delights” of Bel Riguardo and the Verginese Castle until you arrive to the riverbank of the Po di Volano river. You will then proceed until the inlet “Vallive di Ostellato,” a zone rich in fresh water, a unique place in the territory, which populated by beautiful white and grey herons and covered with reed groves, water lilies and blooming reeds. Check-in at Hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

3rd day – Sunday: OSTELLATO / POMPOSA (km 30)  / FERRARA 
Breakfast in the hotel. Leave the hotel rooms and depart towards Pomposa. At Migliarino, you will enter the bike path until Migliaro, where you will then return to the Po di Volano riverbank. Along the way you can admire the Tieni Island, a island formed inside the course of the Volano river, where the Tower of Tieni stands out. The tower is a historic building dating from the 400s which used to serve as a lighthouse and the duties barrier from which tolls were collected from the vessels. Next stop: Codigoro. Under the shade of the abandoned sugar factory and near the water pump system for the Reclamation Consortium, rises the Garzaia, otherwise known at the City of the Herons, where various species have settled: little egrets, black-crowned night herons, grey herons and great white herons. Thanks to a watch tower, it is possible to study, observe and monitor the birds without disturbing them. The tour continues towards the Abbey of Pomposa, full of history and one of the most suggestive places of the Po river Delta Park. It was once an island surrounded by the Po di Volano river, the Po di Goro river and the sea; it is now a fascinating place of art and culture. It is considered one of the most important Roman buildings. It was founded by the Benedictines before the IX century on a “island” between the sea and the Po river, and it thus experienced many years of glory, especially during the centuries after 1000. During this period, its property included not only many areas of the delta, but also vast areas of other Italian regions. On Sundays at 11:00 AM the Catholic Holy Mass is held. In the Benedictine complex, it is possible to admire the cathedral, the refectory, and chapter house, or you can relax in the green areas of the large surrounding park. At the end, there is a visit to a wine producer for a tasting of the typical wines of the sands. Bike return and return to Ferrara with a private transfer organized by us. Arrival in Ferrara and end of tour.