Travel and Tourism In Italy

The Nile and the Amazon might be famous for being the longest rivers in the world, the Mississippi for being the longest in America, but the river Po is famous for being the longest river in Italy. It measures over 650 kilometers in length and its widest point measures "only" half of a kilometer (503 meters, to be precise).

The river peacefully flows from its origin in the Monte Viso group of the Cottian Alps on Italy’s western frontier (with France), it passes through many important Italian cities and ends its journey into the Adriatic Sea. Turin, Piacenza and Ferrara are three of the proud Italian cities that the river Po "visits" along the way. Milan is not on the list, but Po is connected to the big city by a set of channels called 'navigli', designed by Leonardo da Vinci himself.

The Po valley is a large geographical feature of Italy. It's also called the Po Basin and it became the main industrial area of the country. Not only that, but the valley is also very...