First stop Riccione, the Rain Forest

From the sea we begin with a tribute to the rain and the coolness it brings. Six columns of layered natural glass support seven fishing nets: drops fall from the meshes, creating a musical ticking sound.

This work is a reference to the sea and fishing, but also an invitation to stop and listen to the "drops that bathe thoughts", as the Poet called them.

Second stop Santarcangelo di Romagna, Piazza Ganganelli and Campo della Fiera

Here Tonino is at home and his poetic breath becomes matter.

In Piazza Ganganelli, the Fontana della Pigna (a renovation project commissioned by Guerra in the last months of his life) puts back into operation a symbol of welcome in Istrian stone, born from one of his "Suspended Projects": ideas for beautifying the valley that become shared dreams.

Not far away, at Campo della Fiera, two installations dialogue with the walls and the fortress.

- The submerged meadow is a curved sheet of water with a carpet of sprays and four glass sculptures by Fausto Baldessarini.

- The stone flowers, a work with seven rocky stems on which the water glides, drawing a serenity that invites meditation. "It is a mirror of the soul", wrote Guerra, "whoever looks at it finds himself".

Third stop Torriana, the Water Tree

On a small square that is a balcony over the valley, Tonino Guerra draws a portrait of the Marecchia: in summer, among the stones, the river moves its branches and becomes a tree. The water becomes trunk and branches, flowing like a living memory.

It is the first fountain the poet imagines for his Marecchia valley: a "thank you" to the river that holds the landscape together.

Fourth stop Sant'Agata Feltria, The Fountain of the Snail

A staircase welcomes a gigantic mosaic snail composed of over three hundred thousand polychrome and gold tiles for a eulogy to slowness and the spirals of life. A small, precious marvel that invites one to follow the proper rhythm of things, as the country teaches.

Fifth stop Pennabilli, La Voce della Foglia - (Garden of Forgotten Fruits)

In the village that houses the second museum dedicated to Tonino Guerra and the heart of his 'Suspended Projects', water becomes sap that gushes from a three-metre high wooden leaf, falls onto a millstone and collects in white river stones.

"In autumn, the sound of a falling leaf is deafening because with it a year precipitates": poetry within poetry, between nature and memory.

Tips for true professionals

• Take off the clock and experience time: each stage is an invitation to slow down, listen, look at the details.
• Photograph reflections and surfaces: mosaics, glass, stone and water change with light and season.
• Link the sea to the hills: start in Riccione and close in Valmarecchia. You will discover that water unites landscapes and stories.