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Day 4 Bologna • Optional Ravenna’s people in this region. The word balsamico
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surroundings. Dinner is on your own
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this evening.
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is included at a local restaurant.
Enjoy dinner on your own this evening Breakfast, Dinner
in Bologna.
Breakfast
Day 7 Parma • Po River Experience
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Modena and the surrounding areas since traditional culatello Parma ham.
the Middle Ages—and its importance to the
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