Picture this: a weekend spent basking in the sun, sipping delicious wines, hiking past incredible scenery, and exploring more than 800 castles in one of Italy's best-kept secret destinations.

Emilia Romagna is home to some of Italy’s best-preserved castles, spread across pristine countryside ideal for rambling. Parma’s picturesque Castello Di Torrechiara was built between 1448 and ...

About an hour's drive from Porto, it offers the best of both worlds ... you're smack dab in the heart of Italy. Bavaria has some of the most beautiful and iconic castles in the world, so why ...

The region that brought Parma ham and Parmigiano Reggiano to the world has another, lesser-known draw — its hilltop castles ... Home to Italy’s most celebrated red, tiny Barolo presides ...