How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Bologna, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Bologna, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Bologna are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Bologna. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

About Insight Guides

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Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Table of Contents

Bologna’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

Top Attraction #2

Top Attraction #3

Top Attraction #4

Top Attraction #5

Top Attraction #6

Top Attraction #7

Top Attraction #8

Top Attraction #9

Top Attraction #10

A Perfect Day in Bologna

Introduction

Bologna La Grassa

Cultural Legacy

A Living City

A Brief History

Early Settlers

Huns, Goths and Lombards

Communes and Dynastic Powers

Centuries of papal domination

Foreign Intervention

World War II

Modern Bologna

Historical Landmarks

Where To Go

Piazza Maggiore and Around

Piazza del Nettuno

Palazzo di Re Enzo and Palazzo del Podestà

Palazzo d’Accursio

Salaborsa

Piazza Maggiore

Basilica di San Petronio

Museo Civico Archeologico

Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio

Quadrilatero

Santa Maria della Vita

East of Piazza Maggiore

Due Torri

Piazza della Mercanzia

Strada Maggiore

Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica

Museo Civico d’Arte Industriale e Galleria Davia Bargellini

Santa Maria dei Servi

Santo Stefano

The University Quarter

San Giacomo Maggiore

Oratorio di Santa Cecilia

Piazza Verdi and Teatro Comunale

Palazzo Poggi

Pinacoteca Nazionale

North and West of Centre

The Jewish Ghetto

Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro

Palazzo Fava

Museo Civico Medievale

San Colombano

MAMbo

San Francesco

South of the Centre

Basilica San Domenico

Via d’Azeglio

The Bologna Hills

Excursions from Bologna

Parma

Modena

Ferrari Museums

Ferrara

Ravenna

Rimini

What To Do

Entertainment

Classical Music, Opera and Theatre

Cinema

Nightlife

Shopping

Gastronomy

Markets

Sport

Motor Valley

Active Pursuits

Sports in Emilia Romagna

Children’s Bologna

Calendar of Events

Eating Out

Where to Eat

Antipasti

Primo

Secondi

Dolci

Gelati

Wines

Reading the Menu

To Help you Order

Menu Reader

Restaurants

Piazza Maggiore and Around

East of Piazza Maggiore

University Quarter

North and West of Piazza Maggiore

South of the Centre

Ferrara

Modena

Parma

Ravenna

A–Z Travel Tips

A

Accommodation

Airport

B

Bicycle Hire

Budgeting for your Trip

C

Camping

Car Hire

Climate

Clothing

Crime

D

Driving

E

Electricity

Embassies and Consulates

Emergencies

G

Gay and Lesbian Travellers

Getting to Bologna

Guides and Tours

H

Health and Medical Care

M

Maps

Media

Money Matters

O

Opening Times

P

Police

Post Offices

Public Holidays

T

Telephones

Time Zones

Tipping

Toilets

Tourist Information

Transport

Travellers with Disabilities

V

Visas and Entry Requirements

W

Websites and Internet Access

Y

Youth Hostels

Recommended Hotels

Piazza Maggiore and Around

University Quarter

North and West

South