Réservez vos billets visites et attractions à Maranello

Maranello occupies a modest stretch of the Po Valley in Emilia-Romagna, roughly twenty kilometres south of Modena, and it would be easy to overlook on a map of northern Italy were it not for one fact that defines the town entirely: this is where Enzo Ferrari chose to build his factory in 1943, and where the company has remained ever since. The Prancing Horse is not merely a local employer or a point of civic pride; it is the reason Maranello exists as a destination at all, and the town makes no apology for that singularity.

The Museo Ferrari sits at the centre of this identity, and it earns its reputation. The permanent collection traces the full arc of the marque, from the earliest road cars of the late 1940s through to contemporary Formula One machinery, with the kind of curatorial seriousness that rewards slow looking rather than a quick circuit of the hall. Several of the bookable experiences on the tickadoo catalogue build on that foundation: the combined entry ticket with F1 simulator access is among the most popular, and it is easy to understand why, given that the simulator replicates the physical sensation of a racing cockpit with a fidelity that a static display cannot match. For those who want to move beyond the museum entirely, test drive experiences in cars such as the Ferrari GTC4Lusso and the Ferrari Portofino take visitors out onto roads in the surrounding countryside, which is itself worth noting: the flat, poplar-lined landscape of the Po Plain gives way, not far south, to the first folds of the Apennines, and the driving routes reflect that varied terrain.