Ferrara - UNESCO City

What's particularly interesting about Ferrara?

First, because it bears the title of the first “modern city” in Europe, the captivating atmosphere of which is better to penetrate, walking around the city on foot. The old Ferrara of medieval narrow and winding streets easily harmonizes with the wide avenues and elegant streets of the “New Ferrara”, which appeared in the Renaissance thanks to the genius of the architect Rossetti.

Secondly, Ferrara has long been the residence of the d'Este family, who ruled here whiter than three centuries. The small Ferrara courtyard was the first and oldest courtyard in Italy. Already in the fifteenth century d’Este had poets, writers, artists and philosophers. Under the patronage of the dukes in the city spent the time of Petrarch, Titian, Pisanello, as well as poets Torquato Tasso and Ludovico Ariosto. Nice company, isn't it?

During the tour we will get acquainted with the Diamond Palace, one of the most famous palaces of the Renaissance, the castle d’Este, which is still surrounded by a moat filled with water, the Municipal Theatre, Savonarola Square, the ducal palace, the amazing beauty of the Cathedral of St. George. St. George of the Romanesque-Gothic style, the Jewish ghetto and the oldest part of the city - Vault Street.

I also recommend visiting the Scythanoia Palace. Traveler and art critic Pavel Muratov wrote the following words: “If only the frescoes of the Salon of the months of the Scythanoia Palace remained after the d’Este family, then even then the Ferrara dukes would deserve an acquittal at the strictest court of history.” We will get acquainted with the most extensive cycle of frescoes on a secular theme of the XV century from existing in Italy.

After sightseeing, you can drink a glass of local wine in the oldest osteria in the world, which was opened in 1435 and whose clients were such great personalities as Titian, Ariosto, Copernicus, etc.

The duration of the standard excursion with a visit to the castle (inside 3 hours) with a visit to the Scythanoia Palace + 1 hour.