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We have maps available for all the walks listed, and many more. We will be only too happy to give advice on local places for you to enjoy lunch or a refreshing drink along the way, or we can provide you with the refreshments you require, at a small additional cost. Many of the birdwatching routes are suitable for rambling. A taster of these can be found in our birdwatching pages. |
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Around the city walls of Ferrara. km 9 Ferrara retains its historic walls almost complete, encircling the city in an embrace of red brick and tree-lined earthworks: one of the most impressive historic defensive systems in all Italy, showing all the most significant periods of military architecture. Studied by no less an engineer than Michaelangelo, these walls demonstrate all the defensive techniques of the 15th and 16th Centuries: historic gates, bastions, embrasures for guns and cannon. They also display the rich history of the Estense period, which brought an organised system of gardens around the city, linked to the Castle and embroidered with fishponds, plants, hedges, flower beds, fountains. Time has transformed the walls into a meeting place, a place for sport and leisure, a place to relax and to admire inside the walls the panorama of the city with its palaces, churches and gardens, and on the outside the view over the countryside towards the Po. |
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A Walk in the Bosco della Mesola about 2 hours A stroll in The Gran Bosco della Mesola, a beautiful Nature Reserve of 1058 hectares. This green area represents one of the last and best preserved remnants of the plain woodland, the ancient woods that were found until a few centuries ago all along the Adriatic Coast. |
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A walk in the Panfilia Woods Nature Reserve Sant'Agostino; km 6 This naturalistic route shows the typical flora and fauna of the riverside areas. |
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Discover the Campotto Oasis Duration approx. 1 day with museum visits Exploring the 6th Station of the Po Delta Park, to discover the Natural Reserve of Val Campotto and its extraordinary vegetation. Peculiar plant and animal species have their habitat in this area. |
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