Province of Mantua - Provincia di Mantova

Mantuan is the territory of the city of Mantua in Lombardy.

To know

The Mantuan territory borders to the north-east with the Province of Verona, to the east with Rovigo south with Ferrara, Modena, Reggio Emilia is Parma, west with Cremona and to the northwest with Brescia.

Spoken languages

• Mantuan dialect
• Upper Mantuan dialect
• Eastern Lombard dialect
• Casalasco dialect - Viadanese, of Emilian stock, in the interprovincial area Oglio Po, headed by Casalmaggiore (Cr) e Viadana (Mn).

Territories and tourist destinations

Alto Mantovano

• Lake Garda
• Mincio Regional Park
• Bertone Park
• Castellaro Lagusello Nature Reserve
• Bosco Fontana Nature Reserve
• Buttonhole
• Castel Goffredo
• Castiglione delle Stiviere
• Cavriana
• Solferino
• Volta Mantovana

Middle Mantuan

• South Oglio Park
• Thanks for Curtatone
• Mantua

Basso Mantovano

• Marsh of Ostiglia
• Sabbioneta
• San Benedetto Po
• Viadana

How to get

By plane

The nearest airports are Verona-Villafranca, Montichiari, Bologna and Bergamo-Orio al Serio.

By car

• A22 motorway: Mantova Nord, Mantova Sud and Pegognaga toll booths.
• A4 motorway: Desenzano del Garda and Peschiera del Garda toll booths.

On the train

The railway stations serving the Mantua area are:

• Mantua (Piazza don Leoni 14), on the Verona-Modena line
• Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione and Peschiera del Garda, on the Turin-Trieste route
• Asola, on the Parma-Brescia line

By bus

The connections with the province are made by the company APAM of Mantua and the BE of Brescia.

How to get around

What see

Itineraries

• Mantua is part of the Route of Mantuan Wines and Flavors, a path of food and wine tourism promotion, about 300 kilometers long and recognized by the Lombardy Region, which winds in the province of Mantua on a territory of 41 municipalities, touching among these: Castiglione delle Stiviere, Buttonhole, Curtatone, Sabbioneta, Viadana, Bagnolo San Vito, San Benedetto Po, Quistello, Gonzaga, San Giacomo delle Segnate, Poggio Rusco, Ostiglia, Goito, Volta Mantovana, Monzambano, Bridges over the Mincio is Cavriana. The route is intertwined with other tourist itineraries in the area: Route of Rice and Risotto Mantovani is Mantuan Truffle Road.
• In the lands of the Gonzagas - An itinerary through the centers, large and small, which were the capitals of the Gonzaga cadet branches: principalities, marquisates, duchies which, within the Mantuan state structure, enjoyed real independence, often minted coins and held refined courts that rivaled that of Mantua, embellished their urban centers by equipping them with elegant architecture - churches, squares, palaces, walls, towers - and characteristic urban views such as the typical Gonzaga arcades.
• Morainic hills of Lake Garda - On the first corrugations of the Po plain that becomes a hill, where the great lake basin of the Lake Garda, the route touches towns and cities that were the domain of Gonzaga, Venice, Scaligero, and then became the scene of the bloody battles of the Risorgimento that were the prelude to the unification of Italy. To the tourist, historical and naturalistic importance the area combines an oenological interest as a production area of wines from the hills, tokai, merlot and claret.
• Matildic churches in the Mantuan Oltrepò - The itinerary goes to the discovery of the churches and oratories that were built between the 11th and 12th centuries by Canossa, whose most representative exponent was the Grand Countess Matilde of Canossa.

What to do

At the table

Mantua is the gastronomic cradle of Mantuan cuisine, whose typical dishes are: Mantuan salami, pumpkin tortelli, capunsei, risotto alla pilot, risotto with saltaréi, stew, pike in sauce, sbrisolona cake, Elvezia cake and Mantuan wines.

Drinks

The main local wines are:

• Colli Morenici Mantovani del Garda white
• Garda Colli Mantovani Cabernet
• Garda Colli Mantovani Merlot
• Garda Colli Mantovani Pinot Grigio
• Garda Colli Mantovani Tocai Italico
• Garda Colli Mantovani white
• Lambrusco Mantovano

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