Days 65 & 66 – Castel Maggiore to Ferrara – 50km
Ferrara’s Palazzo Schifanoia, once a leisure retreat for the city’s great family, the Este, had been taken over by a tobacco baron in the 18th century. He determined that the palace’s defining space, the Hall of Months, a large room covered with murals depicting the months of the year, should be covered in plaster and […]
Days 63 & 64 – Tossignano to Bologna to Castel Maggiore – 77km
Look, in my head, it’s a logical enough decision. Let’s start with that. One of the things I’ve learned over the course of these last few mega-walks is that it’s not the long, individual stages that wear me out, so much as the relentless parade of moderate-to-long days. In other words, I’d rather alternate 25 […]