Villages and castles
A healthy lifestyle with no stress, anxiety or atmospheric pollution, is instead full of original values that linger in the air, and are respected and handed down.
The history of Romagna traces its roots to olden times, a heritage that still conserves today in its charming, fortified villages, forts and castles, all perfectly preserved.
If in the past the aim of these fortifications were to defend and control the area, today they stand as examples of medieval and renaissance architecture, and places where the authenticity of the people’s culture is kept alive, and still promotes the simplicity, hospitality and wellbeing of a lifestyle that is free from stress, atmospheric pollution and dense with the original values of the people that imbue the air and are handed down through the generations.
The Wellness Valley complex hosts four of the most beautiful Villages of Italy awarded by ANCI, and the ten Orange Flags of the Touring Club and two certified destinations of the Slow City Movement inserted in the international chain of the Good Living Cities. Two of the magical and charming itineraries right behind the coastline are: northward, in the Marecchia Valley. Starting off from San Leo, transiting through Verucchio and Torriana, turn off toward Santarcangelo and climb up to Poggio Berni, Bertinoro with its millenary Fortress and Castrocaro Terme with its castle that is one of the most important samples of composite fortified architecture; southbound, in Valconca, do not miss the visit to Montefiore Conca and Montegridolfo, precious local gems.
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