The Car Enthusiast’s Guide to Touring Italy

The northern region of Italy is home to most sites that are on an Italian car enthusiast’s lists.

Turin is Italy’s fourth largest city in the Piedmonte region and is known for its chocolate, historic cafes and for being the home

to the Fiat.

The Museo Dell' Automobile is one of the oldest automobile museums in the world.

Over 200 cars dating from the mid-19th century to the present from all over the world are on display here.

The area around Modena is known as the motor valley and is where the best-known and most prestigious sports car

manufacturers are located.

Maranello, very close to Modena and about an hour from Bologna, is home to Ferrari. This is the original entrance to the Ferrari

factory since 1940.

Make your first stop to the newly renovated Ferrari Museum. The museum holds vintage Ferraris, multimedia displays including a

Formula 1 simulator and rotating exhibitions.

The Lamborghini museum is inside the Lamborghini factory and is located in the town of Sant’Agata Bolognese.

The museum displays the first production model built by Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1964, the 350 GT, up to more recent concept cars.

Lamborghini offers the opportunity to tour its factory floors, where you can see the assembly line of the Gallardo LP 560-4 or the

Aventador, including the car’s famous handcrafted engine.

Like Ferrari, only Maserati owners are allowed to visit the factory.

The Museo Panini is located in Modena and is Umberto Panini’s private collection of Maserati cars. Tours are available from March

to October and must be booked in advance.

Based in San Cesario sul Panaro near Modena, Pagani is a newcomer to the Italian luxury car market and is founded by

Horacio Pagani.

Tours are available by request and you can see the Zonda and the Huayra.

The million-dollar Pagani Huayra is the world’s most expensive car.

Mille Miglia is a vintage automobile race which happens in the month of May. Only cars manufactured from 1927-1957 are

eligible to participate in this event.

The route takes drivers through some of Italy’s most magnificent countryside in a 1,000 mile route between the cities of Brescia

and Rome.

There are luxury divisions of most well-known car rental companies where you can rent a Ferrari or a Lamborghini

and drive it on the Italian Autostrada.

Be aware that country roads are often narrow and curvy and that the Italian Autostrada does have rules and speed limits are strictly

enforced.

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