Riolo Terme and its Sforza castle are located on the first hill of the province of Ravenna, a few kilometers from the border with Tuscany, in the Senio valley which includes Casola Valsenio with its famous Officinal Herb Garden and Palazzuolo sul Senio.

The “City of Waters” Riolo Terme owes its vocation to the presence of therapeutic sources, already known in Roman times, which over the centuries have allowed the city to develop and become one of the most avant-garde spa centers.

The village of Riolo was founded in the early Middle Ages, in 1388, and its Rocca from 2005 is home to the Faenza Apennines Landscape Museum which houses exhibitions and exhibitions, music programs, film screenings, historical and cultural events. gastronomic with the possibility of visits and creative workshops. Due to its military importance, it was fortified in the 16th century by the Bolognese and Sforza families.

Its imposing bastions, which Cesare Borgia – the Valentino, the inspiration for Macchiavelli – conquered in the 1500s, constitute a splendid example of Renaissance military architecture. In addition to the fortress, Riolo Terme has the attractions of a medieval nucleus enclosed by the old walls and remained almost intact, the splendid parks, the tranquility of a spa immersed in the green of the Apennines.

Numerous sports facilities, including the greens of the Golf Country Club for high-quality sports performance, with 18 holes arranged over an area of ​​200 hectares against the background of evocative gullies and soft hills, the Acqualand water park equipped with swimming pools, water games and slides, up to the many nature trails that wind through the heart of the Parco della Vena del Gesso Romagnola, a unique environment, rich in chalk outcrops with caves, including the Grotta del Re Tiberio, open to the public with adjoining museum, ridges, slopes and the possibility of discovering the vast flora and fauna that populates the area.