Discover Bertinoro

If you are looking for a hotel in Bertinoro, you can choose where to stay based on specific interests: the town’s historic tradition of hospitality, its museum and art, or its wine and landscapes. The sights and routes offer different perspectives. During your stay, you can decide whether to focus on cultural history, wine traditions, or views and trails.

Hospitality as a historic tradition

The Colonna dell’Ospitalità, also known as the Colonna degli Anelli, is a symbol of Bertinoro’s historic hospitality. Its twelve rings recall a custom in which travelers tied their horses to the column and became guests of one of twelve noble families. This story connects the column with hospitality and explains the name “Column of the Rings,” without equating the historic custom with today’s visitor arrangements.

The Rito dell’Ospitalità is also part of the public events calendar: it is renewed each year as a public celebration on the first Sunday in September. If you would like to plan your trip around a specific date, this annual occasion offers a concrete reference point.

Museum and Baroque church

The Museo Interreligioso is housed in the medieval dungeons and the 16th-century cistern of the Rocca Vescovile di Bertinoro. It is dedicated to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The exhibition comprises 15 rooms in three sections, where significant works of art are on display. The museum thus places both its unusual historic spaces and the three religious traditions at its heart.

Another point of interest for art history is the Chiesa di San Silvestro. It was rebuilt in the late Baroque style between 1740 and 1749. The church houses a painting by Giuseppe Marchetti depicting Saint Pope Sylvester I and Saint Benedict adoring the Sacred Heart. The construction period and the subject of the painting offer two specific themes through which to explore the church’s art and religious history.

Wine culture in the town

La Strada della Vendemmia is an alley about 100 metres long with a permanent exhibition: since 2001, it has featured seven paintings by local artists. They depict important moments in life in the vineyard and in wine production. The exhibition route connects Via della Trinità with Via Vendemini. This small collection of artworks brings together a specific route through Bertinoro and paintings about the grape harvest and winegrowing.

The Campana dell’Albana on the Balcone della Romagna is another visible link to local wine traditions. The bell can be visited and rung by anyone. Once a year, its peal announces the start of the grape harvest in Bertinoro. The Campana also recalls the wine traditions of Bertinoro and Romagna, as well as Albana’s recognition as Italy’s first white wine to receive D.O.C.G. status.

Views and routes

Piazza della Libertà is a notable vantage point for views of the sea and the Romagna plain: it is a panoramic terrace. The starting point of the Sentiero Monte dei Preti on the hill of Bertinoro is also considered a viewpoint. These are two distinct viewpoints: the Piazza is specifically associated with views of the sea and plain, while the start of the Sentiero is designated as a viewpoint.

The Bertinoro Tour starts and ends at the castle of Bertinoro. It passes through the surrounding countryside, past vineyards, olive groves and orchards, and across ridges with views of the sea. If you plan to take this route, check the conditions before setting out. The Bertinoro Strade Bianche follows a different described route: it connects the hills with the coast and passes through characteristic places, including Cervia’s salt pans and salt warehouses, as well as small villages in the hinterland.

The Bertinoro Strade Bianche route is also described as varied: it follows riverbanks, quiet gravel roads through the countryside and paved roads. This distinguishes it from the Bertinoro Tour, which is centred on the area around the town and its castle: the Strade Bianche focuses on the connection between the hills and coast and its changing route sections.

A festival in the area around Bertinoro

The annual events calendar in the area around Bertinoro also includes the Feast of the Madonna del Lago. It is celebrated on the Sunday after Ascension Day with a solemn procession to Bertinoro Cathedral. This occasion broadens the picture of local traditions with an event that specifically concerns the wider area around Bertinoro.

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