Emilia Romagna isn’t top of the list usually for an Italian trip-unless it’s for business, to visit the headquarters of Ferrari, Lamborghini or Maserati or for gourmets to make a pilgrimage to Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana in Modena and other culinary draws in Bologna and Parma. Many just pass through it driving between Tuscany and Milan. But apart from those cities, there’s another reason to stop in this region: 14 miles outside of Bologna, Palazzo di Varignana Resort & SPA combines a full scale wellness retreat, the area’s culinary richness including wine and olive oil produced on site, views of green hills on par with Tuscany’s courtesy of the
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