Gourmet products local specialties and wines Ferrara

Every Friday, producers from the Ferrara area set up shop around the Porta Paola, an ancient city gate built in the 17th century, and offer their seasonal produce: fruit and vegetables, but also meat, cheese and poultry. There are also jam jars, pretty flowers and local wine.Those who love antique fairs, on the other hand, will rather go to the Trento e Trieste and Savonarola squares on the first Saturday and the first Sunday of each month, when a market for antiques and collectibles is held.

To the south of the historic centre, after crossing the Burana Canal on Via Bologna, you reach the most famous delicatessen in the city, specialising in the production of salami, sausages, pancetta and other tasty pigs. Prepared by craftsmen, they are then left to rest in the maturing rooms before being put up for sale. Choose, for example, the salama da sugo, the Ferrarese salami with garlic, or the zia ferrarese, typical specialties of Ferrara.

In this shop you can buy typical gastronomic products of Ferrara and its region: pampapato (or pampamper), a typical dessert of the city, fresh homemade pasta and in particular cappellacci di zucca (squash cappellacci), salama da sugo, coppia ferrarese, a hard bread twisted into an X shape, various cold cuts, local beers and wines from the PoDelta . There are also some handicrafts. The company also rents bicycles, to get around the city like the people of Ferrara.