Emilia-Romagna, Italy · Europe
Castell'Arquato is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Lugagnano Val d'Arda, 39km from Ponte Gobbo, Bobbio.
Castell'Arquato is in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with about 2,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lugagnano Val d'Arda, about 5 km away.
Castell'Arquato (Italian pronunciation: [kaˌstɛllarˈkwaːto]; Piacentino: Castél Arquä or Castél Arcuà) is an Italian town located on the first hills of Val D’Arda in the province of Piacenza, in Emilia-Romagna, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Piacenza and 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Parma. Places nearbyRead more
include Bacedasco, Vigolo Marchese, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Lugagnano Val d'Arda, and Vernasca. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
A medieval town of traditional structure which has maintained its appearance as it was in the early 10th century, the Old Town of Castell'Arquato is a high rock which in other times was strategically important for dominating the valley, now surrounded by the village. Its picturesque medieval features have led to the burg's appearances in movies such as Ladyhawke.
Opera librettist Luigi Illica, known for his long collaboration with composer Giacomo Puccini, but also with Alfredo Catalani and Umberto Giordano and author of the libretti of such operas as Tosca, La bohème, Madama Butterfly, La Wally and Andrea Chénier, was born in the borough in 1857 and is here buried.
Castell'Arquato is also in the area of the Colli Piacentini (Piacenza Hills), an important area for wine production. The most important wines produced in the Colli Piacentini are Gutturnio, Bonarda, Ortrugo, Malvasia, and Monterosso Val d'Arda.
The recent film Juliet and Romeo was filmed here. https://youtu.be/1SgikfMKAb8?si=wqJVa8HflGQEsCzH
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Within an hour or so of Castell'Arquato: Autogrill Fiorenzuola Bridge Restaurant (10 km), Dallara Academy (22 km), Parma (36 km), Ponte Gobbo, Bobbio (39 km).
The nearest famous roads are Cinque Terre Coastal Trail, Strada della Forra (Tremosine) and Passo della Presolana.
Castell'Arquato is in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, about 5 km from Lugagnano Val d'Arda.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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cafe
The 1959 Pavesi bridge restaurant spanning the A1 Autostrada del Sole near Fiorenzuola d'Arda: Europe's first over-motorway diner and a design icon of Italy's postwar road-trip boom.
10 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Interactive motorsport engineering museum and experience center by the legendary racing chassis manufacturer.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A refined Emilian city famous for Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Parma ham, and magnificent Correggio frescoes in its Romanesque cathedral.
36 km · about 40 min drive
bridge
Eleven irregular humpbacked arches carry this medieval 'devil's bridge' across the Trebbia at Bobbio, the abbey town Hemingway reputedly called part of 'the most beautiful valley in the world'. The SS45 Trebbia gorge drive to reach it is half the reward.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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April to October
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