A Trip to Motor Valley
The part of Italy, long known as “Motor Valley,” includes Modena, Bologna and other cities in the Emilia-Romagna Region, where the great Italian automobile factories were founded and became famous the world over.
Here, it is said, “the passion races.” The legendary heroes of speed were born here, and their names still set the hearts of automobile buffs afire.
Our “Motor Valley” excursion lets you discover the world of high-performance automobiles. This journey through museums, galleries, and collections puts visitors front and center for a direct, heart-pounding experience of custom-built and vintage autos and of the speed and excitement of competitive racing.
If you’re ready to enter Motor Valley, this trip will introduce you to the places, the personalities, and the automobiles that have become legends!
This itinerary is organized into a series of sites for you to visit, discover, and experience over two unforgettable days. Here, power, elegance, luxury, and speed are meant to be lived and savored intensely. If this excursion interests you, contact us. We can help you book all your experiences and make the absolute best of your days in Modena.
- Enzo Ferrari museum The museum complex includes Enzo Ferrari’s birthplace and a futuristic automotive design gallery, painted in the yellow that Enzo Ferrari chose as the background for the Prancing horse on his logo.
- Ferrari Museum in Maranello The Museum in Maranello features Ferrari’s present and future, its roots deep in the extraordinary history of the “Prancing Horse”. A visit that takes in the most famous, multi-winning Formula 1 cars, models from the Sport Prototype and Gran Turismo categories and the most important road versions. The Museum also offers a whole host of other attractions to make the visit extra exciting: a semi-pro Formula 1 simulators, a set allowing visitors to pose in a Ferrari and take home a photo souvenir of their visit, the chance to try out their skills in a real pit stop wheel change, a big Ferrari Store and welcoming cafeteria.
- Maserati Factory and Showroom Maserati is one of the most fascinating car production companies with a long history of appeal, tradition and sporting success.
- Stanguellini museum In the fascinating Stanguellini Museum founded in 1996 by Francesco, Vittorio's son, visitors can survey the automobile vicissitudes of this family of historic manufacturers, admiring their finest cars, motorcycles, accessories, photographs, reviews and the advertising material of the epoch.
- Umberto Panini historic cars and motorcycles collection This museum houses one of the world’s most complete Maserati collections, including the A6GCS Berlinetta Pininfarina, of which only four were made, which with its “barchetta” body was a three-time winner of its category in the Mille Miglia.
- Pagani Automobili: visit to the factory and museum The company was founded in 1998 by Horacio Pagani and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, in the province of Modena, Italy.
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