Ferrara: oh, the tragedy of having overlooked this beauty of an Italian city for so many years! But we’re in the good company of a whole lot of other folks, it seems, with their heads in the Italian sand. Thankfully, this egregious error was corrected on a trip my husband and I shared recently. 

Strategically located on the expansive Po River delta with the Adriatic Sea to the east, Ferrara boasts remarkable historic importance in shaping modern western life; however, her accolades seem to have faded to minor trivia…at least when it comes to the “must see” Italian cities touted by most tourism sites.