Ferrara Balloons Festival

Ferrara Balloons Festival

Ferrara Balloons Festival is a yearly balloon fiesta that takes place in Ferrara, Italy and is considered to be one of the largest festivals of hot air ballooning in Europe, with numerous teams from Italy and other parts of the world bringing their traditional or uniquely shaped aircraft.

The first festival began in 2005 and has become extremely popular with hundreds of thousand of people vising during the ten days event.One of the most popular features of the Festival is the ascent of tens of balloons in the sky, all setting off from the Bassani Urban Park just outside the Renaissance city walls of the Unesco World Heritage City.

Organised by the city council and the provincial administration of Ferrara, the festival also features concerts, shows, entertainment and a grand Village of the Air with numerous attractions, shops and food outlets.

External links

* [http://www.ferrarafestival.it Official Ferrara Balloons Festival Site]
* [http://ferraraballoonsfestival.it/?page_id=482 Ferrara Balloons Festival Videogallery]
* [http://ferraraballoonsfestival.it/?page_id=533 Ferrara Balloons Festival Photogallery]
* [http://www.ferrarainfo.com Ferrara Official Touristic Site]
* [http://www.sitiunesco.it Italian Unesco Association]
* [http://www.parcodeldelta.com Po Delta Park]
* [http://www.balloonfiesta.com Sito Ufficiale del Balloon Fiesta di Albuquerque, New Mexico]


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