Happy Valley Kart

On the southern Romagna Riviera, in Cervia in the province of Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna, the Happy Valley Kart runs a 1,000-metre outdoor track in the famous town of Italy's oldest salt pans. The site is in Cervia's tourist area, easily reached from the SS16 Adriatica. It is used by Romagna Riviera holiday-makers and by Romagna locals for family summer outings.

The outdoor track stretches over 1,000 metres, a rhythmic layout suited to a range of skill levels, in the seaside setting typical of the Romagna Riviera. Several engine sizes are available, from beginner karts for kids to punchier versions for regulars used to timed sessions. Conditions follow the Adriatic Mediterranean climate: drier and faster in summer, more demanding on rainy autumn days. The site welcomes family taster sessions, kids' birthday parties, stag and hen groups and group evenings for Romagna Riviera holiday-makers.

Cervia is twenty-five minutes from Ravenna, twenty-five minutes from Rimini and one hour from Bologna. The region offers plenty more to see: the Cervia salt pans (the oldest in Italy, a nature reserve with pink flamingos), the historic centre of Cervia and the Borgo Marina, Milano Marittima and its 'garden' seafront, Cesenatico and its Leonardo-designed canal port, Ravenna and the Byzantine mosaics UNESCO twenty-five minutes away, or a side trip to Rimini and San Marino UNESCO. Karting at Happy Valley is a family option for Romagna Riviera holiday-makers, complementing Parco 5 Pini in Pinarella di Cervia with its 1,000 technical metres.