Tours & Activities in Bologna
The places that we are going to see are all placed in the center of Bologna. We will talk about food, lifestyle, history, some people and how Bologna developed itself.
Bologna offers much more then just tasty food and wines.
City its full of resturants, bars and beautiful spots.
Places where we will have a walk in town:
-Archiginnasio (First University in Europe) and Square Galvani
-Piazza Maggiore
-Quadrilatero district (Food area)
-Square Santo Stefano
-2 Towers
Lets discover it together and lets have some fun!
Tour just in English and only with direct booking!
Hunting for the Towers!
Did you know that in the Middle Ages Bologna had almost 100 towers? Some almost 100 m high, like the Torre degli Asinelli, others lower and used as fortified houses.
Today we can admire about 23 towers, incorporated into the modern city.
We will go hunting for a dozen of these, and we will explore the historic center with our nose up!
For each stage, we will see 1 or more medieval towers.
Where are we going to go:
- Piazza del Nettuno
- Piazza Maggiore
- Galileo Galilei square
- Piazza dei Celestini and Catalani tower
- Galluzzi court and tower
- Piazza Galvani and Archiginnasio
- Via Marchesana (mwzzo market)
- Minghetti Square
- Piazza Santo Stefano
- Piazza della Mercanzia
- Torre Asinelli and Garisenda
- Vicolo Mandria
- Piazzetta Prendiparte
- Altabella Tower
- King Enzo square
- Voltone del Podestà
- Piazza Maggiore
Bologna is called the Red, the Learned, the Fat…but above all, Bologna is the city of porticoes.
Since the Middle Ages, these structures, first made of wood and then of masonry, have characterised the urban evolution of the city.
Present from the 11th century until today, they are a private space but open and public at the same time.
About 45km of porticos just inside the city walls and about 60km in total, make Bologna the city with the most porticos in the world.
Bologna is officially the "City of Porticoes" with the nomination of UNESCO World Heritage , arrived on July 28, 2021, directly from Fuzhou in China. The inscription constitutes a new recognition by UNESCO for the city of Bologna which, in 2006, was declared Creative City of Music .
In this tour, we will walk together to admire the most significant examples of Bolognese porticoes.
Where we will go:
- Neptune Square
- Porticoes of the Palazzo del Podestà
- Porticoes of the Town Hall
- Archiginnasio porticoes
- Main Square
Arcades on Farini Street
- Arcades of via Ugo Bassi
- Porticoes of Galliera Street
- Porticoes on Independence Street
The free tour of Bologna is for all audiences: children, adults, couples, families... We will discover the city, I will explain the secrets and I will show you the most emblematic sites. What are we going to discover? -It begins with Piazza Galvani -Then we will see the Archiginnasio, the oldest university in the West. -Next we will see the church santa maria de la vita, santo Stefano, the 2 towers, the palace of King Enzo, San Pietro and the Finestrella dil canale di Reno. ¡ Sign up for a different guided tour of the essential places of Bologna!
