Fontanelice: Culture, Santerno and Monte Penzola

Fontanelice between culture and the Santerno

Fontanelice offers you two clearly different starting points for planning your trip. The former town hall houses the Giuseppe Mengoni Archive Museum. In addition, Riva dei Cavalli is a geosite in Fontanelice with an approximately 150-metre-high vertical cliff on the Santerno River. The approximate height of the cliff remains a guideline for planning and not an exact measurement.

Fontanelice–Monte Penzola route

The Fontanelice–Monte Penzola route starts at Piazza Roma. A certified hiking guide is required for this route because working dogs and stepping stones across the Santerno are used there. Anyone planning this specific route must therefore take the guided tour into account before setting off from Piazza Roma. The starting point and the requirement for a guide are therefore part of preparing for the same tour. The Santerno accompanies the route at two points: at the stepping stones and on the return journey via the cycle path.

Trekking in the hills around Fontanelice

The hills around Fontanelice are used for trekking. The approximately 8 km Fontanelice–Monte Penzola route returns to Fontanelice via the Santerno cycle path. For day planning, the approximate length and the return via the Santerno cycle path provide a clear framework. Fontanelice remains both the starting point and the destination of the route. The approximately 8 km should be understood as a rough figure for day planning; the return journey ends back in Fontanelice.

A fixed date in the events calendar

Since 2006, the Antica Fiera di Fontanelice has been held on the weekend closest to 8 September. For a stay connected with this festival, the weekend near 8 September is therefore the relevant period. The date is determined by its proximity to this date and not by a fixed calendar day. For the Fiera, proximity to 8 September therefore matters, not an unchanging event day.

Surroundings with mountains and museums

The Monte Battaglia mountain, the Rocca di Riolo Museum and Monte Spaduro are located near Fontanelice. If you are planning Fontanelice and its surroundings according to different interests, you can consider the two mountains and the museum as separate topics without assuming a specific distance or mode of transport.

Further destinations in the wider region

In the wider regional area around Fontanelice are the Museo Checco Costa museum and the Palazzo Vescovile palace. Both destinations are therefore located within a broader geographical area than the mountains and museum in the surrounding area.

More places for your trip planning

After getting your bearings in Fontanelice, if you would like to explore more places, you can also include Quarto Inferiore, Brento, Fontana, San Lazzaro Di Savena, Monzuno, Calcara, Sasso Marconi and Ponte della Venturina in your further planning.

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