The Gran Premio Nolan del Made in Italy e dell’Emilia-Romagna pays homage to a land that in the history of motorsport has seen the birth and growth of extraordinary champions. The event scheduled from October 22nd to 24th is the result of a virtuous path that sees the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation together with the ICE (Italian Trade Agency) join forces with Santamonica SpA and Dorna Sports, under the aegis of the Italian Motorcycle Federation.

This union constitutes a great event for the Motor Valley becoming an ideal tool for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Cooperation and ICE Agency to tell the world about Italian excellence.

Hosting the MotoGP™ World Championship in Misano will be a further step in this collaboration that will count on a great testimonial of Made in Italy, Valentino Rossi, who will greet the “yellow wall” from all over the world and the millions of fans who have followed him with great love in so many years of success in the Riders’ Land.

An event not only sporting but also a powerful marketing and territorial promotion tool that will promote the communication to the world of its values of a district that thanks to its history, its companies, its champions and events has also become a leading producer of one of the most important European tourist destinations.

Emilia-Romagna, for its part, boasts a district without equal in the world, where brands such as Dallara, Ducati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Pagani were born and became famous, and where private collections, international circuits and specialized training centers work in synergy to enhance this heritage on an international level, also from a tourist point of view.

The Motor Valley brings together this reality based on a total of 16,500 companies with more than 66,326 employees and an export of almost 5 billion euros, as well as a real tourist heritage that has attracted, in 2019 alone, more than 2 million visitors.

There are at least fifteen riders across all three classes who call the circuit their home, starting with the nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi. Now, there are even some of the youngest riders on the grid who travel no more than a handful of kilometres to the circuit. That’s all thanks to the track becoming a reference point for training and testing throughout the year for riders.

San Marino is visited by many an intrigued tourist each year - wanting to discover the secrets of this ancient, tiny hilltop republic.

San Marino’s waxworks museum, its restored medieval-style citadel, the surprising 1960s Giovanni Michelucci church and the rocce castles along the elevated ridges of the Città di San Marino are all worth checking out.

As for Rimini city, it has a population of 150,000 and has plenty of life all year round, with a huge amount of cultural heritage, in addition to being the focal point of this summer holiday hotspot.

Indeed, Rimini’s tourist office sets out a ‘Roman Itinerary’ of sites to be visited (The Amphitheatre, Tiberius Bridge and Augustus Arch for example), before setting out a Medieval Itinerary, Renaissance Itinerary and even a Fellini Itinerary for fans of the late, great Italian film director Federico Fellini, who was a Rimini native.

However, if you only want to lounge on the sand or drink cocktails and enjoy great Italian food by the beach you can do just that, and you will be spoiled for choice up and down the Riviera.

If you want a break from the beach then head inland to some of the province’s many pretty villages, such as Santarcangelo di Romagna or San Leo, which are amongst the most picturesque in Italy.