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Ferrara is a city to be enjoyed walking down its streets, discovering its character of magnificent Renaissance capital and finding out how its present has arisen from that splendid past. The historical memories follow you everywhere, in the fine palaces or in the small medieval streets, and once a year they explode with the colours and sounds of the "palio" of Saint George, A city born on the water, Ferrara still shows the marks of a close relation with its big river, the Po: the design of the streets, for example, or the modem tourist harbour, or the network of canals which surround it reaching the Adriatic Sea where the Po-Delta Park stretches for kilometres with its woods, pine-woods, lagoons, beaches and modem resorts. A peculiar atmosphere can be enjoyed in the city centre, between shops and cafes, where the rhythm of life seems to be beaten out by the silent passing of hundreds of bicycles.

Ferrara should be explored to the full, walking through its streets and discovering throughout the magnificence of this Renaissance city, understanding the present from the glorious past. Its history can be seen in both the sumptuous palazzos and the narrow Medieval streets, with a yearly celebration in the colours and ancient music of the "palio di San Giorgio". A city shaped over the centuries by the River Po, Ferrara maintains close links with its river, both in the layout of the streets and the modern holiday port formed by the San Paolo basin, or in the network of canals which surround it as far as the Adriatic, where the great Parco del Delta stretches with its woods, pines, lagoons and modern beach resorts.

The city centre has its own special atmosphere among the shops and cafés, where the rhythm of life is played out against the quiet passing of hundreds of bicycles. In the gardens of all sizes, cloisters and courtyards the silence is only broken in the summer evenings when the "Aterforum" festivals are held, pioneering the ancient musical tradition of Ferrara, together with top-rate events at the Civic Theatre and of the Ferrara musical committee, led by Claudio Abbado. Then there is another annual music festival - that of buskers, whose sounds fill the streets and piazzas for a whole week, to the delight of thousands of fans. Enthusiasts of figurative art should not miss the great exhibitions staged at the Palazzo dei Diamanti, where only recently the works of Dali, Miro, Monet, Chagall and many others have been hosted.

Wonderful are the facade of cathedral, the renaissance frescos of Palazzo Schiafanoia and the stateliness of Este Castle.

Thus from the many different opportunities, everybody can find what they are looking for - art, tradition, markets, trade fairs and congresses, folklore and cuisine, and much more, in a city where the visitor can choose whatever he or she pleases.

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