Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Italy. Together with the nearby delta of the Po river, Ferrara has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Ferrara Halal Travel Guide

Ferrara - Palazzo del Municipio 2 - Palazzo municipale Although it certainly has a thriving tourism industry, Ferrara is not on the typical foreign tourist's itinerary, which makes it perfect for those tourists who want to get off the beaten path of Venice-Florence-Rome and soak in some authentic northern Italian culture. It's characterized by twisting medieval cobblestoned streets, a Duomo (cathedral) with a looming Gothic façade, and—best of all—a historic castle straight out of storybooks, complete with towers, moat, and drawbridges (that you can cross during the day). Thanks to the d'Este family of astute art patrons, Ferrara contains many beautiful objects de arte, but the genuine masterpiece is the city itself. Half medieval, half Renaissance and the dual cityscape was the vision of oligarch Ercole d'Este, who hired architect Biagio Rossetti to seamlessly meld the newer section to the old. This careful planning earned Ferrara the title of Italy's first "modern city." Today, its captivating, anachronistic ambience is best explored on foot or by bicycle. Touring the sites will occupy a day, but after that the best way to experience Ferrara is to relax at one (or several) of its cafes and enjoy la vita italiana going on around you.

• IAT Ferrara - Ferrara Tourism Board Office | Largo Castello 1 (Viale Cavour) - GPS: 44.837765, 11.619705 ☎ +39 0532 209370 Opening Hours: 9:30-17:30

Travel to Ferrara

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Buy a Flight ticket to and from Ferrara

• Guglielmo Marconi (Bologna) International Airport IATA Flight Code: BLQ Via Triumvirato, 84 44.535444, 11.288667 ☎ +39 051 6479615 - Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport - Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport aerial
• Marco Polo Airport IATA Flight Code: VCE Via Galileo Galilei, 30/1, Tessera (Venezia) 45.505278, 12.351944 - Venice Marco Polo Airport - Aeroporto di Venezia - vue aerienne -

Travel by train to Ferrara

The easiest option. Ferrara is on the line that runs from Florence to Bologna to Venice, and thus makes an easy day trip on your travels to the more heavily tourist sites.

• Stazione di Ferrara - Train station | Piazzale della Stazione 2-4 44.842778, 11.603889 - Ferrara train station - Ferrara Central Station Connections to: Bologna (0.5-1h, €3-€7), Florence (2-3h, €8-€20), Venice (1.5-2.5h, €6-€12), Ravenna.

Travel on a Bus in Ferrara

• Autostazione - Intercity bus station | via del Lavoro 44.842094, 11.601563 behind the train station

By car

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By coach

• Flexibus.

Get Around

Take your cue from the local residents and rent a bike (at the train station, near the Duomo or interurban companies). Everyone bikes in Ferrara—old ladies in fur coats, mothers and fathers each with a babyseat on the back, studentessas in skirts and stillettos, even the police officers themselves. It's really the most convenient way to get around this city made up of a twisting maze of cobblestone streets.

What to see in Ferrara

Il Castello Estense di Ferrara - Castello Estense DiamondPalace - Palazzo dei Diamanti Rotonda Foschini - Teatro Comunale Ferrara - Rotonda Foschini at the Teatro Comunale Walls of Ferrara shrouded in heavy fog - Walls of Ferrara shrouded in heavy fog Ferrara is one of a few provincial centres in Italy (along with Lucca, Bergamo and Grosseto) where city walls were remained mostly intact. The most of the attractions of the city are inside its almost 9 kilometers city walls.

• Castello Estense - Este castle | 44.8375, 11.619444 Opening Hours: October - Feb Tuesday - Sunday 09:30-17:30; March - May,September 09:30-17:30; June 09:30-13:30,15:00-19:00;July - Aug Tuesday - Sunday 09:30-13:30,15:00-19:00 € 8,00 Castello Estense - Castello esterno 48836 The castle, built in 1385, is the main attraction of the city. It is one of a few moated medieval castles remained in Europe. See painted ceilings and the Golden Room and the duchesses' Camerino, don't miss its medieval dungeon.
• Palazzo municipale - Palazzo Ducale | Piazza Municipale, 2 44.835875, 11.618956 ☎ +39 0532 419770 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00-13.00 Free guided tours Ferrara - Palazzo del Municipio 2
• Cattedrale di San Giorgio Martire Piazza della Cattedrale 44.835508, 11.620144 - Opening from Monday to Saturday 7.30-12.00, 15.30-18.30; Sunday 7.30-12.30,15.30-19.00 Ferrara Gothic Church - Ferrara 02 It's construction begun in the 12th century, so the lower part of the building has characteristic Romanesque appearance.
• Palazzo Costabili - Palazzo di Ludovico il Moro | Via XX settembre, 124 44.82737, 11.62755 ☎ +39 0532 66299 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 9:30-17:00 € 5 Costabili Palace Currently Museo Archeologico Nazionale (National Archaeological Museum) is located there. The collection of the museum mostly consists of various artifacts excavated from Greek and Etruscan tombs.
• Palazzo dei Diamanti 21 Corso Ercole d'Este 44.842156, 11.621081 ☎ +39 0532 205844 Opening Hours: Tu, W, F-Su 9.00-14.00, Thursday 9.00-19.00 € 4 Palazzo dei Diamanti - Ferrara 07-05 (67) Currently at the 1st floor it hosts Pinacoteca Nazionale (National Gallery). The ground floor is dedicated for 895/palazzo-dei-diamanti temporary exhibitions.
• Palazzo Schifanoia - Museo Schifanoia | Via Scandiana, 23 44.830482, 11.629075 ☎ +39 0532 244949 Opening Hours: Closed for restorations €3,00 Palazzo Schifanoia - FE Schifanoia 03 It was the only summer residence of Este family located inside the city walls. Today the main attraction of the palace is Salone dei Mesi ("Hall of the Months") decorated by pagan cycle frescos representing the months of a year. Unfortunately for a few centuries the frescos were plastered, so only some of them survived.
• Monastero di Sant'Antonio in Polesine Vicolo del Gambone 44.826667, 11.624444 - Sant'Antonio in Polesine =129FerraraSAntonioInPolesine The convent church is open to the public. There are some 17th century ceiling frescos by Andrea Ferreri, also in the side chapels there are some frescoes of the school of Giotto.
• Casa Romei Via Savonarola, 28-30 44.832275, 11.627531 ☎ +39 0532 234130 Opening Hours: Sunday - West 8.30-14.00, Thursday - Saturday 14.00-19.30 € 3,00 Casa romei, cortile, 08 It is one of the best preserved Renaissance building in Ferrara.
• Palazzina di Marfisa d'Este - Villa Marfisa d'Este | Corso Giovecca 170 44.833081, 11.629692 ☎ +39 0532 244949 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 9.30-13.00, 15.00-18.00 €4 Palazzina Marfisa d’Este Palazzina di marfisa d'este, ext. lato strada 01 It's an example of Renaissance-style villa.
• Chiesa di San Cristoforo alla Certosa - Certosa di Ferrara | Piazza Borso, 50 44.845335, 11.626842 - Certosa 11 maggio 16 5 A This Renaissance church was a part of a Carthusian monastery, which is now a cemetery site.
• Basilica di San Giorgio fuori le mura 44.821658, 11.628025 - Basilica of San Giorgio fuori le mura - Ferrara, san giorgio, esterno 03 A former cathedral of the town.
• Teatro Comunale di Ferrara Claudio Abbado Theatre | Corso Martiri della Libertà, 5 44.837464, 11.620574 - Teatro Comunale (Ferrara) - Comunale Theatre - An opera house, built between 1786 and 1797.
• Museo Ebraico Via Mazzini, 95 44.83422, 11.621754 Opening Hours: Closed for restorations Ferrara Synagogue - Ferrara, sinagoga, 01 The Yahudi Museum and the Synagogue are located at the former ghetto (along the street used to be called Via Sabbioni).

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Ferrara

Take a stroll or a bike ride around the walls, either on the path that runs on top, or on the sidewalks in the park that runs around nearly the entire circumference. Good access at the end of Corso Ercole d'Este or of Via Quartieri.

• Via delle Volte - Vaulted street | 44.833402, 11.618012 - Ferrara 07-05 (6) It used to be a street with various shops and workshops during heydays of the city.

Local events in Ferrara

• Ferrara Buskers Festival - Via Mentessi, 4 44.83939, 11.62301 ☎ +39 0532 249337 Opening Hours: Aug International Street Musicians Festival

Shopping in Ferrara

• Ferrara is a fairly well-to-do northern Italian city and predictably has a good number of clothing shops, ranging from budget-fashion Zara to small, expensive boutiques. The main shopping neighborhoods are Via Mazzini (the street leading from Piazza Trento-Trieste where the campanile and Mel Books is) and Via Garibaldi (the street leading from inside the Palazzo Municipio), as well as the whole center of the city around the Castello.
• Every Saturday morning there is an open-air market set up in Piazza Trento-Trieste with a changing weekly theme—ranging from furniture to antiques to clothes to food and produce. One night a week the same piazza is devoted to an open-air Candies market.
• Stop by Ferrara Frutta (the best one is on the very end of Via Garibaldi), a co-op that sells fresh local produce of excellent quality for very fair prices.

Halal Restaurants

Panini and Piadine

In Italian, a "piadina" is the type of pressed, flatbread sandwiches that is known in the United States as the "panini." Actual "panini" (singular "panino") are merely normal sandwiches.

• Mordicchio La Piadina Piazza Sacrati 44.837780, 11.615719 ☎ +39 380 767 5585 Opening Hours: Monday - West 12:00-15:00, 18:45-22:00, Thursday 12:00-15:00, F-Sa 12:00-15:00, 18:45-22:00 A little on the costly side, but for a quick bite head down Via Garibaldi to the piadina stand across from the Indian restaurant. Don't forget to try the perfectly cooked French fries.
• Birreria Giori Piazza Savonarola, 1 44.837076, 11.619472 ☎ +39 0 532209341 - It's the bar that looks a little like a greenhouse set up right against the moat with tables outside. With a "make your own panino" option on the menu, friendly waiters, and an ideal location literally in the shadow of the Castello, it makes a perfect lunch stop.

Pizza

In Italy it is customary for each person to order a whole Pizzas for him or herself. The crusts are thin, so one Pizzas is almost exactly enough for a filling dinner for one person. Generally cheaper than a full-course meal, perfect for students.

• Il Ciclone Via Saraceno, 36 44.832759, 11.623111 ☎ +39 0532 210262 - Once located upstairs in an alley just off Via Mazzini, recently moved 100 meters further, this friendly restaurant offers regular meals but its specialty is Pizzas.
• Al Frattino Via Carlo Mayr, 155 44.830938, 11.621397 - A small, unremarkable-looking Sicilian pizzeria which serves without a doubt the best Pizzas in town. Try the "Diablo" and make sure to chat with the friendly owners, even if it's in sign language.
• Cafe Settimo Via Cortevecchia 44.835950, 11.617793 - Don't be put off by the dingy bar at the front. At the back is one of the friendliest restaurants in Italy, presided over by the splendid Norberto. The food is simple but excellent and not at all expensive. Pizzas and Salama da Sugo con Pure are particularly good. For years it has been the favorite watering hole for performers at the Teatro Communale and Ferrara Musica. After concerts the place is very lively and, unusually for Ferrara, it closes late.

Pasta

Do not leave Ferrara without trying its trademark cappellacci di zucca (round Pastas stuffed with squash/pumpkin), either "al burro e salvia" (with butter and sage) or "al ragu" (with Meat sauce).

• Ariosteria - Via Palestro, 99 - GPS: 44.841051, 11.624898 ☎ +39 0532 210 583 - Trattoria, Enoteca
• L’Oca Giuliva Via Boccacanale di S. Stefano, 38/40 44.836040, 11.616339 ☎ +39 0532 207628
• Al Brindisi Via Adelardi,11 44.83585, 11.62045 ☎ +39 0532471225 - Wooden, atmospheric, and crammed with dusty bottles, this charming enoteca has not only of being the oldest fruit cocktailbar in Europe but also as having had Copernicus as a tenant while he was a student in Ferrara. Although most come at night to drink and they also serve exclusively Ferrarese fare such as pasticcio and cappellacci di zucca for dinner (the portions are small, so make sure to eat a real Italian meal and order both a primo and a secondo).
• Il Cucco 44.83137, 11.623701 - Located on a backstreet near Via delle Volte, at Via Voltecasotto 3, this charming and affordable trattoria offers a variety of local Ferrarese specialties. Garden seating available in warmer weather.
• Hostaria Savonarola Piazza Savonarola 18 44.836745, 11.619447 - Located right next to the Savonarola statue, this restaurant offers a good selection of traditional Ferrarese fare.
• Ca' Vecia Via Ravenna, 588, Fossanova San Marco 44.78956, 11.62992 ☎ +39 0532710062 - Located in the nationside it is a typical trattoria serving traditional dishes.

International fare

Chinese restaurants are mediocre, but

• Indian restaurant on Via Garibaldi is in fact quite good, even by non-Italy standards.

• Agapi mou Via Saraceno, 71 44.832481, 11.624152 ☎ +39 0532 20 79 41 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 12:00-14:00,18:30-23:00 A small Greek restaurant with decent Greek food, though a bit pricey for the amount.
• The Piazza - If you're in Ferrara on a fair Wednesday night, do yourself a favor and go out to the main piazza. There you will find every young person in the city (and some older ones too) out socializing at the piazza in front of the looming Duomo façade with organic juice in hand (acquired at Settimo or Bar del Duomo for just around €2-4). An experience not to be missed. - Tsunami Via Savanarola 2just down the street from the University. Very popular with the students, packed most weekend and Wednesday nights, also Tuesday nights which are traditionally "Erasmus Night," dedicated to the many foreign students who spend the semester or year here.

• Il Clandestino Via Ragno 35/37 - If you can find it in the backstreets, this bar has a lively atmosphere, not to mention the board games and the craft organic juice from the Biren brewery.
• Al Brindisi - The oldest enoteca in Europe that can boast of having had Copernicus as a tenant when he was a student in Ferrara. Located at Via degli Adelardi and the street just to the left of the Duomo.

- Maracaibo. Located just around the junction from IBS.it Bookstore, this bar is the best place for l'aperitivo in Ferrara, mainly because a single drink will also get you a plateful of fantastic appetizers, out of which cheapskate students know they can make a dinner. - Il Piccolo Particolare. On Via Boccacanale di Santo Stefano (a cross-street of Via Garibaldi), this intimate cafè/bar offers a good selection of fruit cocktails, salads, sandwiches, and desserts with friendly service and, at one point in time, free wifi access. - Pepe Rosa. At Via San Romano 99, this bar offers a generous and delicious buffet at aperitivo hour. Don't forget to order the spritz, a northern Italian apertif cocktail made up of prosecco and Aperol.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

• Torre Del Fondo farm holiday - Holiday apartments in a 3 stars farm holiday just 5 minutes from Ferrara. Excellent point from which to explore all of Emilia Romagna and Veneto. Historical building, completely restructured. Swimming pool, Internet Wi-Fi, Internet point, barbecues corner, large equipped garden, laundry room and internal vehicle parking. Open all year round. Very reasonable prices.
• Casa degli Artisti - Respectable pensione located at Via Della Vittoria 66, a cobblestoned side street just off Via Mazzini. Clean, serviceable rooms at economic rates (around €25-30 per day), but beware of the curfew. No guests allowed upstairs.
• Hotel San Girolamo dei Gesuiti - A renovated monastery at Via Madama 40/a, just around the junction from the main section of the University, a pleasant 5-10 minutes walk from the central piazza. Friendly and available service, complimentary breakfast as well as an attached restaurant, and the rooms are simple but lovely and clean. Well worth the price at €42/night for a single, €78/night for a double.

• Il Giardinetto Rooms - A Charming Room & Breakfast in the Historical Centre of Ferrara.
• Hotel De Prati ☎ +39 0532241905 Just in front to the Castle, about 15 minutes walk form the train station. Charming Hotel.

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