This converted country farmhouse is located in a vast park area, between two cemeteries and the Ferrara wall. You feel like you are on a country estate, but the city is in walking distance.

Excellent quiet location set away from the city with vineyard views. Outstanding restaurant and character bar - wonderful prices after the bigger cities. Hotel and rooms a little quirky in a good way - only downside is lack of air conditioning when 25C (80F) at night. Easy walk or cycle into town. Secure location to leave cars while exploring city. Great staff - even without English menu and limited English with waiter he ascertained what we wanted, liked and delivered accordingly. Watch for Mosquitos although hotel pays attention to this.

Beautiful semi-rural location within the city walls. Short walk (15 mins) to city centre. Smart, clean, comfortable, ultra-modern rooms. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Good restaurant within lovely outside dining spot. One of the nicest places we've ever stayed.

Found Principessa Pio on an Internet search of places in Ferrara. The photos looked great, but they frequently do, while the places often fail to live up to them. Not so in this case. The Pio has just a few rooms along with a restaurant in a recently renovated barn. The fit and finish are of a very high order with a minimal aesthetic throughout. Our room was spacious and relatively inexpensive. The restaurant is quite good and reasonable, and draws a number of people each evening. It is about a 20 minute bike ride from the station, in the northeast corner of Ferrara on a property where various fruits and vegetables are grown, the very ones you will have for breakfast or dinner. We were looking for a quiet, low intensity visit, and it was perfect for that. Bikes were also provided to get around town or to circumnavigate Ferrara's wall/parks. Grazie, Federico!