Car Hire Parma Airport

Parma is a city in the Northern Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region with nearly 180,000 inhabitants on an area of 260 square kilometres. Parma is one of the most important economic centers on the Italian boot with Milan, Bologna and Turin. Here, the focus in particular in the food sector, which bear witness to the world famous Parma ham and the Parmigiano.

First traces of settlement reject in Parma until in the time of the Etruscans, was founded as a town in the year by the Romans in 184 BC. In the course of its history, Parma had numerous, changing ruler reflected particularly clearly in the urban architecture. In the first place, the Palazzo della Pilotta in the year 1583 is here to name a few. The headquarters of the Farnese of family was named after the eponymous ball game Pilotta, which was run by the nobility eagerly.

Not less imposing, the Palazzo del is Governatore and the elegant bowever of Muncipio in the busy Piazza Garibaldi. Here are also the many small deli interest stores with regional specialities, Parma is famous for the and several cosy terraces. Just north of the Piazza Garibaldi, the oldest Renaissance church of Parma is located with its impressive landscape of the steeple, the Madonna della Steccata. With a walk through the pedestrian zone can be reached the very picturesque Cathedral Square, the Piazza from here in a very short time del Duomo. This is determined mainly by the mighty domes of the Church and its magnificent brick Tower the Torre della Ghirlandina. The medieval seat of a Bishop of Parma, the Palazzo del Vescovado, with a unique Church in filigree pink-white marble structure is directly opposite.

The city is ideal to discover with a rental car.