Bologna Bed and Breakfast Inns

	Beatrice B and B Bologna (Bologna, Italy) The apartment is situated on the main street of the historical centre of Bologna. Our home is an attic apartment with a terrace with a panoramic viewBeatrice and Roberto: ?We are pleased to welcome you in our home.? Friendliness, Quality, Professionalism, English spoken, French spoken. The apartment... [more]
	Bed And Breakfast Camomilla (Bologna, Italy) Found in one classic manor house of Bologna country of beginning the 1800's.Residence is private and you can park your car in front of the home. Offer night's passing and breakfast (English or continental).... [more]
	Break 28 (Bologna, Italy) Break28: the top view over "old Bologna". Born to give our guests, the best traditional " Made In Italy friendly welcome", with all comforts.We offer an amazing view at the top of the city, and more: one quiet and windly double bedroom, with private and full optional restroom... [more]
	Casa Ilaria (Bologna, Italy) Casa Ilaria is situated right in the heart of the historic city, inside an ancient palace. It is an apartment of recent renovation, and we have paid great attention to detail to ensure the comfort of our guestsIf you would like to spend several days in Bologna taking in its special atmosphere, then,... [more]
	Lodole Country House (Bologna, Italy) Lodole Country House is a labour of love. It took love to renovate and restore this traditional 17C cottage and rekindle its original glow of hospitality. Breakfasts are all hand made and the surrounding area offer amazing attractions.Tv, Internet access, all en suite bathroom bedrooms, near to Golf... [more]
	Residenza Al Collegio Di Spagna (Bologna, Italy) Your real ?home from home?, we furnished our guesthouse by thinking how we would feel if we were abroad on business or on holiday.Our apartment is decorated with the utmost care , in order to offer our guests a ?home from home?* a stylishly decorated, ample bedroom with a king size bed (cm 190*200)... [more]

This fine city merits more than just a one-night visit. Bologna (pop. 422 000)
has gardens, museums parks, fine buildings, churches and miles of
shopping streets and don't forget the great food. Sometimes called
Bologna the fat this city is a great place to indulge yourself.
Other names for Bologna include Bologna the learned and
Bologna the red. The first refers to the presence of the oldest
still existing university in Europe, founded in 1088 AD. The
presence of the university is quite noticable, in terms of cultural
activities, bars, and general life. Bologna the red officially
refers to the red roofs of the city. If you climb the
Torre degle Asinelli you can see it for yourself. However,
the intellectual left had also a strong presence in Bologna,
which could be another explanation of the name.

The city is alive and it is changing from year to year. It has
known quite a turbulent past. In the fascist era, some awful
buildings were planted in the city. Moreover, the area around the train station
was bombed extensively during the war and some of the beautiful
nineteenth century houses were lost. Fortunately, Bologna is
actively restoring it past and these past twenty years have been
good ones. In the year 2000 Bologna was a European Cultural Capital.

Pick up a good map of the city before you begin your explorations.
You can get them from any bookstore (Rizolli on Via dei Mille, open until
2am in the morning, or another halfway on Via Indipendenza that is
open till late as well).

We suggest you start by climbing the Torre degle Asinelli for a great view.
Most of the sights are clustered around the Piazza Maggiore, which makes
a great starting point for your explorations. For just a taste of
Bologna, visit the seven churches of Santo Stefano,
the 16th-century Neptune Fountain whose penis had to be adjusted
by its sculptor, Europe's oldest university (its museum exhibits
16th-century art). Afterwards walk along Strada Maggiore in the
well-preserved medieval town center. The Pinacoteca which has an
excellent collection of Italian Renaissance art. For a taste of modern
Italy visit the Museo Morandi on Piazza Maggiore (opened in 1993) which
houses more than 200 works by 20th-century painter Giorgio Morandi.
Thirty miles northwest is the town of Modena which has an impressive
28-ft/88-m Ghirlandina bell tower. Modena is also the home of tenor
Luciano Pavarotti and the Ferrari and Maserati auto companies. Further
to the West is Parma, famous for its food. An hour South of Bologna
is Florence and an hour East is the ancient capital of the Western
Roman Empire with its magnificent Byzantinian churches, Ravenna.

Some general(izing) comments about Italy. Be careful while driving. It is
a country that loves its cars and people are happy showing their
top-speed off (without wearing seatbelts). However, as pedestrian you
are very much respected, so most of you won't have any problems. Smoking:
a high percentage of Italians smoke. As a guest in this country, you'd
better learn to live with it -- I try, at least. Coffee: if you go
to a bar and order a coffee (Un caffe, per favore) remember two things,
(i) they don't try to cheat on you with this little cup. It is normal.
un caffe is what most other countries call an expresso. If you want
a normal coffee ask for a caffe lungo or a capucino. (ii) if you
have a sit down service, you pay more than if you stand at the bar. Since
almost everyone drinks his coffee at the bar, be aware that staff may not
notice you sitting down. You may have to order at the bar anyway...

Information office of Bologna

On the central square of Bologna there is a good tourist information
office with loads of leaflets and with helpful staff to get you
going. A good thing to look out for is the guided city tours.


Ufficio Informazioni e Accoglienza Turistica

Piazza Maggiore 1/E

tel. 051-246 541