POINT TO POINT HEAD IN THE CLOUDS This guide has not AND FEET ON THE GROUND been designed for use AUTONOMOUS REGIONAL by pilots and their AUTHORITY OF SARDINIA passengers alone, but also, and above all, by all those who like to EMILIA-ROMAGNA look at and understand REGIONAL AUTHORITY things from a different point of view. Free from obstacles and impediments, LIGURIA REGIONAL AUTHORITY we will guide you, in flight, along the routes marked by evidence of our past and the infi- nite surprises offered TUSCANY REGIONAL AUTHORITY by the landscape; in places where nature, and the work of man- kind combine to be- VENETO REGIONAL AUTHORITY come art. LEISURE FLIGHT ITINERARIES IN VENETO, EMILIA-ROMAGNA, TUSCANY, LIGURIA AND SARDINIA GUIDO MEDICI AUTONOMOUS REGIONAL AUTHORITY OF SARDINIA Tourism, Handicrafts and Trade Department Viale Trieste, 105 - 09123 Cagliari tel. 070 6067005 - fax 070 6067255 OINT O OINT e-mail: [email protected] P T P www.regione.sardegna.it LEISURE FLIGHT ITINERARIES IN VENETO, EMILIA-ROMAGNA, Project coordination: Tourism Dept. LIGURIA, TUSCANY AND SARDINIA Five Italian regions connected by an aviatory point to point; five regions EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGIONAL AUTHORITY that express a unique product resulting from the combination of the Department for Tourism and Trade beauty of their landscapes. Viale A. Moro 64 - 40127 Bologna tel. 051 283491 - fax 051 284169 The Regional Authorities of Sardinia, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Tus- www.emiliaromagnaturismo.it cany and Veneto have joined forces in an inter-regional project called [email protected]/romagna.it “Point to Point” - funded by the Ministry of Productive Activities pur- suant to art. 5 Law 135/2001 - aimed at promoting and valorising the environmental, artistic, cultural and oenogastronomical heritage of the LIGURIA REGIONAL AUTHORITY respective territories. Tourism Sector The leitmotif of the project unites these five territories by proposing a Via D’Annunzio 113 - 16121 Genoa tel. 010 54851 - fax 010 5484024 new kind of high-quality tourism that offers users an innovative vision www.regione.liguria.it of the places visited. www.turismoinliguria.it Of the project’s various common activities, a privileged space was dedi- [email protected] cated to this volume, which proposes a “visit” of the regional territory from an unprecedented standpoint: itineraries followed on the wing ac- companied by aerial photographs that provide a extraordinary overview TUSCANY REGIONAL AUTHORITY of the territories of the participating regions, seen from the air, as they Tourism Promotion and Development Policy Dept. Via di Novoli, 26 - 50127 Florence could be admired from a leisure aircraft, to create a unique plot that fax 055 4383141 contains them all in a single reality of land and sky. website: www.rete.toscana.it/sett/turismo A guide for pilots, passengers and all those who like to look and see e.mail: [email protected] (project information) things from a new angle. [email protected] (tourism information) From the Alps to Lagoons, along the Adriatic coast, across the Apen- nines to the rugged Ligurian coast, from the Emerald Coast to the Pada- nia Plateau, from the Arno to the hills of Sardinia, without limits or VENETO REGIONAL AUTHORITY frontiers, with the sense of freedom that a plan alone can give, overfly- Tourism Department ing the territory with a new outlook that allows a global vision of the Cannaregio 168 - 30121 Venice infinite variety of Italy’s landscape. tel. 041 2792644 - fax 041 2792601 www.regione.veneto.it/Economia/turismo The volume also constitutes a useful practical tool for flying, with in- dications on the location of the airports and airfields throughout the course described. POINT TO POINT HEAD IN THE CLOUDS AND FEET ON THE GROUND TABLE OF CONTENTS: Text and Photos Guido Medici ON THE WAY ........................................................................................................................... page 6 Editor ON THE WING ........................................................................................................................ page 8 This publication is co-edited by the Regional Authorities of Sardinia, VENETO Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Tuscany A look back through history ............................................................................... page 12 and Veneto as part of the inter-regional Regional cuisine ........................................................................................................... page 14 project entitled Point to Point” funded Airspace geography .................................................................................................... page 16 pursuant to art. 5, Law135/2001 On the wing ................................................................................................................... page 18 From the mountains to the sea, the Piave Valley, Feltre, the land of Prosecco, Editing the Montello, City centres and stately homes, the Plateau, Venice and the coast, Towards the Po Delta and Romagna. EMILIA ROMAGNA E.I.L. di G. Medici A look back through history ................................................................................ page 42 Via F.lli Bandiera 76 Regional cuisine ........................................................................................................... page 44 30175 Marghera Venice Airspace geography .................................................................................................... page 46 On the wing ................................................................................................................... page 48 On Ferrara’s lidos, the City of salt and eels, Towards the pinewoods of the Ra- Graphics and paging venna Coast, the City of the Byzantines , the Cervia saltworks, the Romagna Riccardo Chinellato Riviera. Along the via Emilia, the Roman Cities, In the Valley of theMalatestas. Contributors & collaborators TUSCANY Aeronautical consultation: A look back through history ................................................................................ page 72 Emanuele Menna, Roberto Giacopello Regional cuisine ........................................................................................................... page 74 Aviation charts: Airspace geography .................................................................................................... page 76 Davide Giacopello On the wing ................................................................................................................... page 78 A.S.A. srl - Rome In the Tiber Valley, En route to Arezzo, Arezzo, Exploring the Chiana Valley, Historical context: On the curves of the land, the Era Valley, the city of Puccini, Versilia and the Luciana Milani Apuans. Photographic processing: Giona Grazioli LIGURIA Photography A look back through history ................................................................................ page 102 Air Data srl - Padua Regional cuisine ........................................................................................................... page 104 EliPiù srl - Thiene (VI) Airspace geography .................................................................................................... page 106 On the wing ................................................................................................................... page 108 Translation by The Levante Riviera, the Montemarcello Magra Nature Reserve, the Cinque Emma Claire Drew Terre, the Rocky Coast, the Gulf of Tigullio, Portofino Nature Reserve, From Levante to Ponente, on the Ponente Riviera, Rocks and Castles, the Albenga © Guido Medici Plateau, the Riviera of Flowers, Botanic gardens and prehistoric sites. Avioportolano® Italia SARDEGNA Copyright holders A look back through history ................................................................................ page 132 Regional Authorities of Sardinia, Regional cuisine ........................................................................................................... page 134 Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Airspace geography .................................................................................................... page 136 Tuscany, Veneto. On the wing ................................................................................................................... page 138 The Iglesias mines, the Crags of Masua, the Desert of dunes, the Corsairs’ tow- Published ers, the Gulf of Oristano, the Lava of Santa caterina, Torre Foghe and Bosa, July 2005 Alghero, From Platamona to Valledoria, The San Teodoro lakes. The aeronautical information pro- AIRPORTS AND AIRFIELDS .............................................................................................. page 160 vided in this volume is unofficial and pilots should in any case refer to AIP Italia indications. ■ Point to point Introduction ON THE WAY We are used to travelling increasingly frequently and ever greater dis- tances, by train, by car, by plane; we often travel from one point to another without paying little or no attention to what exists along the way. We therefore waste the time that we spend travelling and make it as short as possible. Maybe this is why we want faster trains, cars and aeroplanes, to prevent us from getting bored. However, it is the journey that counts. Everything that is good or bad about going from one place to another will happen along the route; during the “trip”, with stops, cally anywhere. The landscapes are events