Shallot Festival – Riolo Terme

On July 20-21 and 27-28, 2024 the Shallot festival, food, shows and music

On July 20-21 and 27-28, 2024 in Riolo Terme, a village on Ravenna hills it takes place the 32nd edition of Romagna Shallot IGP Festival.

The Shallot is a plant of the Liliaceae family similar to the onion as it shares a similar usage but it has a more delicate taste.
Today the shallot is often used by the chefs and by the “light” cuisine lovers.

In the past time in the countryside of Romagna, the people used to prepare shallots preserving them in oil, so that it was possible to eat them as a winter side plate with boiled meat.

The preparation occurred in the farmyard and it was a moment of reunion and celebration, with wine, donuts, and accordion! For this traditional heritage nowadays the Shallots Festival is enriched with shows, music, and entertainment for the whole family.

The farmers that have the IGP certification can exhibit and sell their products in the streets of the city center.

Food is prepared at Parco Pertini where it is possible to taste different specialties shallots-based, such as risotto, tagliolini with Shallots, or roasted meat seasoned with shallot.
Every evening: music, shows and entertainment.

The food stand opens from 6.30pm on Saturday. On Sundays it also open for lunch from Noon for takeaway service.

Tables and benches are available to those wishing to dine on-site and they will be placed inside the park and along the main avenue. There is no table service but takeaway will always be available. Tthose who wish to eat on-site will receive the necessary covers.

To make the service smoother,  table reservation is recommended
by phone at +39 351 320 5630.

RIOLO TERME
The municipality of Riolo Terme is famous for its thermal hot springs. From the springs sulfurous water gush, with bromine, iodine, chloride and sodium, which have therapeutic properties in healing the digestive system, asthma and respiratory tracts.

The most important monument in Riolo is the majestic Sforzesca Fortress, an old fortress in Senio Valley, built at the end of the XIV century as a defense point of Bologna. The fortress, until 1985 was only a municipality, today it hosts the Museum of Faenza’s Appenine landscape, beyond art exhibitions, music programs, movie projections and historical, cultural and food meetings.

From Riolo Terme you can also reach the Cave of King Tiberio, the most faous cave in the Park of Vena del Gesso Romagnola with archaeological proof that it was used by humans or several years. The Cave is exclusively open with a guided tour.

For information
Associazione Turistica Pro Loco Riolo Terme
Phone +39.0546 179 06 55 – +39 334 998 0966
See the site>>>
and the tourist office’s facebook page>>>

And after the festival? See what else you can do or see in Emilia Romagna>>>
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thanks to Hans for the picture