Sea, sun, and relaxation

Settled in the ancient valleys of Mezzano, Portomaggiore is a wetland of extraordinary natural value for the protection of numerous animal and plant species. Occupying an area of about 52 hectares, the Oasis is made up of a central pool with a perimeter of about 3.5 km, and three smaller ones. Thanks to a strip of land separating the pools, you can walk or go by bike along the perimeter of the central body of water, enjoying the variety of plants and animals present and admire the breathtaking views offered by the oasis.
Thanks to its extraordinary characteristics of freshwater wetland it was possible to enhance two important reintroduction projects, which led to the return of animal species that had formerly disappeared in the area: the Greylag Goose and the White Stork. To date, more than 300 pairs of Greylag Goose and 4 pairs of White Stork take their nestle here.
Beyond storks, in the greed’s grove you can admire reeds herons, little egrets and night herons; on the waters of the pools you can find different duck species, like Common Teals, Garganeys, Northern Pintails together with Greylag Gooses and Grebes. On the waters of the pool “prato umido” you will find plenty of limicola, like Common stilts, Sandpipers and Spoonbills, while in the sky beautiful birds of prey fly. It’s often possible to come across to beautiful Kingfishers as well as to the many passerines living in the rich vegetation of the oasis.
Awards:
Service and consulting Center for independent educational institutions of Emilia Romagna Region recognized for the school year 2012/2013 with resolution n. 8240 of 19.06.2012 of the Chief of Education of the Emilia-Romagna Region, according to the regional law n. 262/2010, amended by Council Decision no. 2185/2010.
The oasis visitor center called "At Stork’s House" is a little museum about the oasis and its main character: the White Stork. Porty, the center’s mascot, will lead you at the discovery of the inhabitants of the oasis and of their habits. The Visitor Center is also the starting point of numerous free or guided tour to the Oasis; moreover, here you can rent bicycles and binoculars that will allow you explore the area surrounding the oasis, an exciting mosaic of landscapes: from the ancient valleys of Mezzano and its lakes to the “Delizia Estense del Verginese” and its brolo, a Renaissance garden recently rebuilt.

Opening Hours:
Opening hours (winter) Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10:00 to 16:00
Opening hours (summer) Saturday, Sunday and holidays 8:45 to 18:45
Tickets:
Adult ticket €2,00, Reduced ticket €1,00 (children between 6-12 years old, over 65, groups)
Free Entrance: children up to six years old, disabled people.

San Marino is an independent republic which lies near the Adriatic coast in central Italy, between the borders of Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions. Despite its Italian character, San Marino is very proud of its independent status, which brings in hundreds of tourists and tax-free shoppers every day.
Although the steep slopes, cliffs and castles of San Marino are impressive enough in themselves, what really takes your breath away is the view from the town. On a clear day you can see the Adriatic a few miles to the east, and in other directions the hilly land rises into central Italy. The most famous attractions of San Marino are its defensive towers. Two of these (the Rocca and the Torre Cesta) can be visited with a combined ticket and offer good chances to climb towers and explore ramparts. San Marino's fortifications were restored in the 1940s courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox, who used the republic as a film set for Prince of Foxes, starring Tyrone Power.There are various woodland routes marked out by signs, and if you have time it is worth wandering through the pretty woods, where the natural greenery is such a contrast to the busy streets nearby. For a good short stroll, just head along the main path which follows the clifftop. This leads to the third of San Marino's fortresses, a solitary tower called the Torre del Montale. The building isn't open to the public, but it is another great viewpoint and considerably less crowded. Along the way are various picnic spots and stone benches for a spot of peaceful contemplation. More colourful tourist appeal is to be had from the changing of the guard ceremony (at half-past every hour in the summer months) in Piazza della Libertà. San Marino's principal museum is the State Museum (Museo di Stato), which contains historical exhibits and artwork. There are also the museums of torture, waxworks, weaponry.

One of the most attractive cities in Romagna, it is famous for its beauty and for being the birthplace of more intellectuals and artists than any other town in the province, including internationally-famous poets and screenwriters past and present. Even a former Pope - Pope Clement XIV Ganganelli - was born here as some monuments dedicated to him recall. Art, culture, history and traditions are right at home; visitors can sense this in its narrow streets and squares and in the numerous events that mark the seasons and have become a great attraction for tourists. Its historical centre is more alive than ever, thanks also to careful reconstruction work that has taken care to maintain the vestiges of the past. Despite having over 20,000 inhabitants, it still retains a village atmosphere that focuses heavily on hospitality and where there is a strong cultural identity.
Since 1971 in July Santarcangelo hosts one of the most important international festivals of theatre in Italy "Festival Internazionale del Teatro in Piazza" (international festival of theatre, music and street preformances). The"Fiera di San Martino" ( November, the 11th) is an ancient cattle fair. Nowadays it's an important event dedicated to commerce, popular culture and entertainment.
"Balconi Fioriti" (May) is a flower show with a specialized market of plants, flowers and handcrafts; during the event all citizens of this beautiful city will make every effort to decorate their balconies, the streets and every corner of the town with flowers and plants.
The "Fiera di San Michele" (September, the 29th) is a traditional birds fair, dedicated to the environmental themes, animals, plants and natural food.
In Santarcangelo, since the '90, live the biggest and most active mutoid community of Europe.

Aquafan is the most famous water park in Europe and it is so much more than just an amusement park. Since 1987 Aquafan has always left its mark on fashion and trands, taking on the role of trends and styles observatory and laboratory. Opened in 1987, Aquafan was one of the first water parks inaugurated in Italy. Thanks to its numerous well-advanced attractions and the collaboration with Radio Deejay, Aquafan still achives a great success among teenagers and families who spend their holidays on the Riviera Romagnola. Aquafan is currently the most visited water park in Italy with more than 600.000 visitors every summer and it is the most famous water park in Europe.
Built on Riccione famous hill, Aquafan covers a total surface of 150.000 square meters (11.500 sq.m. of pools, 78.500 sq.m of green areas and facilities, 60.000 sq.m. of car parks) and offers water amusement for everybody: waterslides, wave-pools, slow and quick river, theme swimming pools for children, pools with massaging water jets, various entertainment performances and amusing shows. Inside Aquafan there is also the Walky Cup disco, one of the most popular night venues on the Romagna coast. This club has hosted some of the most famous djs in Italy, such as Fiorello, Amadeus and many others. After 2004 Aquafan remarkably enhanced its amusement offer with the creation of two important facilities nearby the water park: the IMAX cinema and the new Oltremare Park, a theme park focused on sea life and offering entertainment and educational visits.

Entrance ticket:
Full price: 28€
Reduction: 20€ (children between 100 and 140 cm heigth)
Over 65: 25€
Afternoon: 16€ (after 3 p.m.)
Free children smaller than 100cm

Fiabilandia covers an area of 120,000 square meters, in which there are several attractions and a building hosting every year various exhibitions on different topics.
Fiabilandia is the ideal theme park for the entire family with more than 30 attractions, surrounded by green areas and entertaining live shows. In this theme park imagination and fantasy merge in order to give you an enjoyable day.
The live shows are not to be missed. Captain Hook Show, the eternal enemy of Peter Pan with all the protagonists of Neverland, Buffalo Bill, a show set in the Far West in pure western style and a show on the theme of dreams and desires dedicated to the fairy tails.
Some of the attractions:
Space Mouse, for the bravest ones, rollercoaster provided with four seat cars, spinning around an exciting path;
Borgomagico, an area with 5 carousels for children(Marion, Max Mouse, Babau Trucks, Ciak Carousel and Anacleto) with a lot of friends;
Capitain Nemo Adventure, go aboard the Nautilus submarine and face funny challenges with splashes and...;
You'll also find the Castle of Merlino, the mysterious Bay of Peter Pan, The Valley of the Gnomes with its improbable characters, The Giant Slide, The Fu- Ming Labyrinth and many other incredible attractions.
Fiabilandia offers entertainment and education at the same time. The theme park hosts several different educational exhibitions:
the Garden of the "Forgotten Fruits", where you can admire different flowers and fruits and learn about them;
the "The Old Factory" with little donkeys, goats and many other animals;
the "Farmer's House", were you can re-live the traditions of the past when life was deep in contact with nature;
the "Scent Trail" with the aromas of more than 100 types of aromatic plants;the Bernardo Lake, hosting tons of beautiful birds (pelicans, ducks, geese, swans, etc.) in a real natural reserve;
the "Exotario", where there are representations of the habitats of some of the most difficult animals to come across,such as snakes,scorpions,piranha fishes and iguanas in order to help you to get to know them better and discover their habits and characteristics thanks to the information panels throughout the exhibition.

Don't forget.. "The day after entering free"!

Tickets:
Adults and kids (over 130 cm height): 23€
Children (from 3 years old to 130 cm height): 16€
Children under 3 years old and 100 cm height enter free.

Mirabilandia Beach is an amazing water park opened in 2003. It offers a carribean atmosphere with many water chutes (you will drop from all the water chutes aboard rubber dinghies), a calm river and a 4000 square meters lagoon. El Castillio, situated into the lagoon, is an aquatic castle with many water chutes for kids and water guns that you can use to have watergun fights with other people. The water chutes have fancy names, inspired by the tropical atmosphere of Mirabilandia Beach: Salto Caribe, Salto Tropical, Rio Diablo and Vuelta Vertigo for the most daring. Rio Angel is a calm river, more than half a kilometre long, which circumnavigate the attractions of the park. Here you can relax floating down the water and get a wonderful tan. The Mirabilandia Beach staff will entertain kids with Baby Dance, making them participate in dances and songs. For visitors who want to keep fit and have fun, the park offers Acquagym courses and group dancing.

To access the aquatic park you need a regular entrance ticket valid for Mirabilandia and you have to paya supplement. Inside the park you can find several restaurants and snack bars. You can also use showers, beach chairs and umbrellas for free while supplies last.

Amid the striking setting of the Cervia pinewood, The Butterfly House is a unique emotion for those who love being surprised by the enchanting and always changing sights of Nature.

The Butterfly House & Co. is an original and innovative educational theme park. Main attraction of the Butterfly House is a greenhouse of 500 sq.m. where you are immersed in a rainforest, sourrounded by hundreds of colorful free-flying tropical butterflies.

Every week, within the greenhouse, hundreds of chrysalises find the best environmental conditions to complete their development and turn into colourful butterflies which fly free, eat and often end their vital cycle by layng eggs, so that it is possible to watch all the different steps of the metamorphosis (egg- larva and pupa - butterfly).
Several species of exotic plants and animals share the habitat of the greenhouse with the butterflies (chamaleons, iguanas, adamantine turtle doves, bob whites) and together create a true ecosystem.
Next to the greenhouse, in a section devoted to insects, you can come into direct contact with stick insects, mantids, bumblebees, beetles and other important inhabitants of the three environments, earth, water and air.The greenhouse is integrated with a multifunctional building, housing a permanent educational exhibition on the world of insects and invertebrates, an educational equipped room and a wide theme shop.

Tickets:
Butterfly House: Full rate 8 €; Reduced rate* 7 €
Insect House: Full rate 6 €; Reduced rate* 5 €
Butterfly House + Insect House: Full rate 11 €; Reduced rate* 9,50 €; Families 35 €

*Reduced rate: children under 1 m height and up to 12 years old, over 65
**Free: children under 1 m height, disabled people
​** Bambini sotto il metro di altezza entrano gratis

The 27-hectare large pinewood area called Cervia Natural Park was opend in 1963 with the aim to safeguard a considerable part of this typical natural environment, making it particularly available and enjoyable to visitors.
The Natural Park is the ideal place where you can spend hours of absolute tranquillity and re-discover forgotten fragrances and sounds, coming into touch with nature again. Here you can meet many different animals of the farm, enjoy a pic nic or drink a coffee surrounded by swallows.
There is a real botanic garden with different routes. The most common tree inside the park is the so-called domestic pinetree (Pinus pinea) with its typical umbrella-shaped foliage,different from the other sort present here, the maritime pinetree (Pinus pinaster), which is rather pyramid-shaped. But there are also other sorts of trees, like oaks (Quercus pubescens and Quercus petraea). The underbrush is rich with bushes like brambles (Rubus ulmifolius), hawthornes (Crataegus monogyna), wild olives (Hippophae ramnoides), privets, honeysuckles (Lonicera caprifolium) and Berberis vulgaris. The presence of small orchids "cheers up" the soil.
It is an environment suitable also for lots of animals, that have been introduced here by the man: donkeys, fallow deers, horses, deers, goats, Romagna cows, ducks, swans, pheasants, peacocks, etc. A permanent aviculture exhibition shows the finest selected chicken and pheasan breeds. The Natural Park offers may other opportunities, such as the organic vegetable garden, horse riding and a rich programme of events from spring to autumn. Rest Area for children:
Platform 9 ¾ is a unique rest area thanks to a particular wooden structure, the suggestive atmosphere of the pinewood and the facilities for adults and children. It's a place to live, in which it is possible to refresh and enjoy the peace of the park at any time, a "didattic" and a little magic rest area where children can read, play and take part at educational workshops. Facilities:
- rest area and relax area.
- children area with playground.
- bookshop.
- educational activities.
- refreshment and lunch with typical products.
The Old Farm:
You can have a close encounter with farm animals in an enclosed plot of land beyond the canal. Children with the help of qualified staff could care the animals and interact with them in complete safety.
Entrance free.

Visitor Center of Cervia Salt Pan is the starting point for guided tours in the Salt Pan. Inside the Visitor Center, it is possible to discover more about historical and econoical issues related to salt production. Southern entrance door of the Po Delta Park, Cervia Salt Pan is included in the Ramsar agreement as Wetland of international importance for its environmental and landscapes' values.
The Saltpans of Cervia cover an area of about 800 hectares and are 1600 meters far from the sea. Of Etruscan origins, are a salt deposit where the "white gold" is still collected by mean of the traditional handicraft method - like in the older Camillone Saltpan- as well as the single-accumulation industrial method.
Since 1979, Cervia Salt Pan is a State Natural Reserve of animal population. The area hosts nowadays several species of birds, such as Flamingos, Black-winged Stilts, Avocets and other numerous protected species. This wildlife can be observed by booking a guided bird-watching walk, bike ride o canoe tour, all organised by the Visitor Center of Cervia Salt Pan.
Entrance Fees:
Full rate 3 €; Reduced rate 2 € (children from 1 m height up to12 years old, over 65, organized groups of at least 15 people)
Free admission: children less than 1 m height, disabled people