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Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello August 4th 2023

After a couple of days around the Villa and hanging out at the local swimming pool, we picked up Mhairi from the Montecatini Terme Train Station. We had a quiet dinner at url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1028703-d1866272-Reviews-Il_Maialetto-Monsummano_Terme_Province_of_Pistoia_Tuscany.html?m=19905Il Maialetto which translates to The Little Pig and as names I had to have their suckling pig for dinner. Rose and Mhairi shared a T-Bone steak which was cut from a whole side presented at the table where the girls could choose how thick the steak should be cut. This restaurant has a well deserved Michelin rating. As you would have guessed from the heading of the post, Rose, Mhairi and I all went to Maranello to visit the Ferrari Museum, we wanted to also do the factor... read more
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Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello June 10th 2023

Now for the very serious business of the cars. There are 2 Ferrari museums; one in Modena and one in Maranello. I’d gotten tickets to the Maranello museum so that we could try to get into the factory as we can get in free as Ferrari owners. We hopped in a cab and got to Maranello; we had the driver leave us off at the factory. Dale was so impressed as there is a driveway that is in many photos and there he was, walking on the driveway. We asked about going into the factory and were told we had to ask at the museum so we walked there. As it turns out, we could not take the boys into the factory as there is an age limit of 16. We were disappointed but at least ... read more
The Ferrari Museum in Modena
Fynn is getting back on the track
Emilio went off into the wild blue yonder

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello June 30th 2018

Today we left the lovely little town of Lezzeno and the wonderful Apartment we stayed in. This is also a sad day for Rose and I as Clarke leaves us to go to Berlin and continue her holiday with out us. We have had such a great time with her! So the first stop was Malpensa Airport and then off to Parma to get our bearings as we have an early start tomorrow and need to be at the Information Center in Parma (87km away from where we are staying) by 9:30 am. So a nice lunch in Parma and then on to the accommodation at Serramazzoni (just outside of Maranello) another gem of a spot with IllyCaffe machine for me... We will walk the 200 meters to dinner tonight and be up early in the ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello May 28th 2012

Catching a cab from the hotel out to the airport, it was off to Maranello, the home of Ferrari, but first we had to find our way out of Florence. With Zac at the wheel of our rental car, and turning on the trusty Tomtom and digging out the map as a backup we headed out through the crazy traffic of Florence and after several “oops we were supposed to go down there” it was off into the country side. Taking a back road to Maranello was a nice change from the hustle and bustle from the city and we were soon threading our way through country roads northwards towards our destination. An hour and a half or so later we entered the heart of Ferrari looking for the museum and the array of firms renting ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello May 21st 2011

FERRARI'S FERRARI'S AND MORE FERRARI'S what can I say we saw Ferrari's and more Ferrari's. We gave the kids the choice another old town with lot' of churches or Maranello were Ferrari come from. Even the girls voted for Maranello, I guess there over old churches. The museum is great made me want a Ferrari or even just to drive one for a day or two. We sat in a bar outside and you could test drive a Ferrari so we watched them fly down the road in all sort's of Ferrari's. The whole town is Ferrari mad shops cars, you name it. THe factory is so big and modern and red it was quite surprising. We even stayed in a Ferrari hotel just for somemore Ferrari Fun.... read more
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Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello April 27th 2011

Before heading off to Venice I wanted to visit the Ferrari museum so after a couple of wrong turns we found it, with easy parking by the front gate and alongside the inevitable Ferrari shops. After a stroll through the shops seeing the outrageous prices it was off to the museum for a look see. This is a great place to visit if you are a car or F1 buff but if you are not then don’t bother, I loved it, they had actual F1 race cars on show from around 2001 onwards, only the championship winners unfortunately, cant have non winners on show can we. There are samples of engines dating back to 1985 and the turbo day’s right through to the 2010 v10. Also on display were numbers of older and very rare road ... read more
Gerhard Berger gear 1989
Nigel Mansell gear 1989
Helmets left to right; Alain Prost 1990, Jean Alesi 1993 & Gianna Morbidelli 1997

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello April 26th 2011

An early start today as we had some ground to cover and I wanted to stop off and see Imola race track today and Pam had promised Gerry that we would call into Forli’ on the way. Before that though it was off to another country, the 5th smallest in the world and the 2nd smallest in Europe, that is San Marino. Total population 27,000, I still don’t know how or why San Marino is separate from Italy but there you have it. San Marino is s small country located on the top of yet another hill with a large castle fortification, the day was very cloudy and the best way to get to the town is via the cable car. The best thing about San Marino it is tax free therefore a great place to ... read more
San Marion - The Guard of the Rock
San marion Castle
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Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Maranello May 17th 2007

On the side of the Autostrada near Reggio Emilia, there stands an effigy of a ferrari and a sign advertising the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy, the birthplace of Ferrari. It was something I had to see and how could my father possibly refuse, they have a place in his heart as well, so we set off to find it one afternoon. It was just him and I this time and we managed to get really really lost. We ended up taking backcountry roads and kept missing Maranello somehow, which means when we finally reached Maranello and saw the first prancing horse, it was already 5pm. Tensions were running high, as we were both frustrated and worried, my father about getting lost again on the way home, and myself about it being too late to go ... read more
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Enzo and Dad
Glamour days




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