Guidebook for Bologna

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Guidebook for Bologna

Food Scene

this is a tipical bolognese trattoria: family management
30 locals recommend
Trattoria Tony a Bologna
1b Via Augusto Righi
30 locals recommend
this is a tipical bolognese trattoria: family management
a little more expensive (not too much) but you have more choice and it is really enjoyable. Better to book a table in advance.
41 locals recommend
Trattoria dal Biassanot
16 Via Piella
41 locals recommend
a little more expensive (not too much) but you have more choice and it is really enjoyable. Better to book a table in advance.
One of the best Pizza in Bologna. Just round the corner
25 locals recommend
Pizzeria spacca Napoli
45a Via S. Vitale
25 locals recommend
One of the best Pizza in Bologna. Just round the corner
Just round the corner a very creative and familiar restaurant. In the same street there are two others good ones: Osteria Broccaindosso and Da Maro.
31 locals recommend
Ristorante Scacco Matto
63/b Via Broccaindosso
31 locals recommend
Just round the corner a very creative and familiar restaurant. In the same street there are two others good ones: Osteria Broccaindosso and Da Maro.
Good vegetarian next door
15 locals recommend
Clorofilla
64c Str. Maggiore
15 locals recommend
Good vegetarian next door
It is the most know restaurant chain in Italy. Not only restaurant but bar and shop with products from the italian kitchen. Remember the restaurant is inside the book shop.
53 locals recommend
Eataly Bologna
19 Via degli Orefici
53 locals recommend
It is the most know restaurant chain in Italy. Not only restaurant but bar and shop with products from the italian kitchen. Remember the restaurant is inside the book shop.
the market is remarkable, inside there are also nice bars and restaurants
300 locals recommend
Mercato delle Erbe
25 Via Ugo Bassi
300 locals recommend
the market is remarkable, inside there are also nice bars and restaurants
close and good ;)
29 locals recommend
Drogheria della Rosa
10b Via Cartoleria
29 locals recommend
close and good ;)
historical restaurant in a small street a few step from home
24 locals recommend
Trattoria Leonida
2 Vicolo Alemagna
24 locals recommend
historical restaurant in a small street a few step from home
mmmm could say the best tagliatelle in Bologna, but this is an open discussion...;)
35 locals recommend
Annamaria
17/a Via delle Belle Arti
35 locals recommend
mmmm could say the best tagliatelle in Bologna, but this is an open discussion...;)
Central and historical
29 locals recommend
Donatello
8 Via Augusto Righi
29 locals recommend
Central and historical
I put this on the list because more than one guest asked me to make a reservation in this restaurant. They had a great experience. better to book quite in advance.
67 locals recommend
Trattoria di Via Serra
9b Via Luigi Serra
67 locals recommend
I put this on the list because more than one guest asked me to make a reservation in this restaurant. They had a great experience. better to book quite in advance.
Don’t forget to visit the area of Mercato di Mezzo (It is the area of the old market): via clavature, via orefici, via drapperie, via pescherie. It is also full of little restaurants and bars…
182 locals recommend
Mercato di Mezzo
12 Via Clavature
182 locals recommend
Don’t forget to visit the area of Mercato di Mezzo (It is the area of the old market): via clavature, via orefici, via drapperie, via pescherie. It is also full of little restaurants and bars…
next door. Brunch, sweets, sometimes live music, in a country-chic space, wooden forniture, garden and toyshop
32 locals recommend
Zoo
50a Str. Maggiore
32 locals recommend
next door. Brunch, sweets, sometimes live music, in a country-chic space, wooden forniture, garden and toyshop
for me the best icecream in town! (of course handmade)
43 locals recommend
Cremeria Cavour
1d Piazza Cavour
43 locals recommend
for me the best icecream in town! (of course handmade)
another good handmade icecream here
31 locals recommend
Il Gelatauro
98b Via S. Vitale
31 locals recommend
another good handmade icecream here
for someone the best icecream in town (handmade)
59 locals recommend
La Sorbetteria Castiglione
44d Via Castiglione
59 locals recommend
for someone the best icecream in town (handmade)
cheap and good!
43 locals recommend
Trattoria del Rosso
30 Via Augusto Righi
43 locals recommend
cheap and good!
great placd if you want to eat "Bollito"!
56 locals recommend
Da Bertino
55a Via delle Lame
56 locals recommend
great placd if you want to eat "Bollito"!
hand made pasta served in a cosy and nice enviroment. I love to have lunch here. best book a table in advance.
65 locals recommend
Sfoglia Rina
5/b Via Castiglione
65 locals recommend
hand made pasta served in a cosy and nice enviroment. I love to have lunch here. best book a table in advance.
The World largest agri-food Park. recently opened, outside the center. If you come for food, you have to go.
111 locals recommend
FICO World Eataly
8 Via Paolo Canali
111 locals recommend
The World largest agri-food Park. recently opened, outside the center. If you come for food, you have to go.
because they do the best lasagne and bolognese cotoletta! you have to reserve quite in advance.
67 locals recommend
Trattoria da Me
50a Via S. Felice
67 locals recommend
because they do the best lasagne and bolognese cotoletta! you have to reserve quite in advance.
great brunch right in the core of everything
17 locals recommend
Pappare
2d Via De' Giudei
17 locals recommend
great brunch right in the core of everything

Everything Else

- Piazza verdi is the core of the students area, really crowded during summer till almost end of july, then it becomes a desert. It is nice to have a drink sitting on the floor.
16 locals recommend
Piazza Giuseppe Verdi
16 locals recommend
- Piazza verdi is the core of the students area, really crowded during summer till almost end of july, then it becomes a desert. It is nice to have a drink sitting on the floor.

Sightseeing

If you go to the restaurant Biassanot, don't forget to have a look at the window beside the entrance. It is one of the secrets of the city.
85 locals recommend
Finestrella
16/a Via Piella
85 locals recommend
If you go to the restaurant Biassanot, don't forget to have a look at the window beside the entrance. It is one of the secrets of the city.
192 locals recommend
Basilica di San Petronio
5 Piazza Galvani
192 locals recommend
it's in front of the building! there is a winter market in december. The church is also nice
8 locals recommend
Portico dei Servi
43 Strada Maggiore
8 locals recommend
it's in front of the building! there is a winter market in december. The church is also nice
seven ancient churches one beside the other, one inside the other. stunning! (yes I know, italians and the church, a long coplicated story). 5 min from home
206 locals recommend
Two Towers
Piazza di Porta Ravegnana
206 locals recommend
seven ancient churches one beside the other, one inside the other. stunning! (yes I know, italians and the church, a long coplicated story). 5 min from home
the longest arcade in the world! maybe you can take the bus for the first part and walk half an hour to the San Luca church (climb). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_the_Madonna_di_San_Luca
11 locals recommend
Portico di San Luca
11 locals recommend
the longest arcade in the world! maybe you can take the bus for the first part and walk half an hour to the San Luca church (climb). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_the_Madonna_di_San_Luca
the arcade below the building has an outstanding acoustic effect, allowing to speak, even at low voice, from the four opposite corners of the vault itself. try it out, it's incredible.
22 locals recommend
Palazzo del Podesta
1 Piazza Maggiore
22 locals recommend
the arcade below the building has an outstanding acoustic effect, allowing to speak, even at low voice, from the four opposite corners of the vault itself. try it out, it's incredible.
willing to climb more the 400 old steps and reach the small top of the Asinelli tower? it's just at the end of the street, and the view is stunning.
173 locals recommend
Due Torri station
173 locals recommend
willing to climb more the 400 old steps and reach the small top of the Asinelli tower? it's just at the end of the street, and the view is stunning.

Essentials

the closest supermarket
Carrefour Express
the closest supermarket

Drinks & Nightlife

Very original RistoWineBar. Very recommended. Cosy athmosphere. You can eat bruschetta e affettati...vintage furniture.
82 locals recommend
Camera A Sud
5 Via Valdonica
82 locals recommend
Very original RistoWineBar. Very recommended. Cosy athmosphere. You can eat bruschetta e affettati...vintage furniture.
a little ristobar in a small vicolo near Strada Maggiore.
57 locals recommend
Ruggine
2c Vicolo Alemagna
57 locals recommend
a little ristobar in a small vicolo near Strada Maggiore.
famous Bologna jazz bar, eating and drinking
92 locals recommend
Cantina Bentivoglio
4/b Via Mascarella
92 locals recommend
famous Bologna jazz bar, eating and drinking
tha Mambo is the museom of modern art in Bologna. there is a nice bar there, crowded in the evening.
273 locals recommend
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna
14 Via Don Giovanni Minzoni
273 locals recommend
tha Mambo is the museom of modern art in Bologna. there is a nice bar there, crowded in the evening.
the first LGBT center in Italy. Bologna is known for gay rights from the 70's. it's a great historical building near the museum of modern art in a recently rennovated area. night club with music on saturday and sunday night. open air space during the summer, near the channel.
39 locals recommend
Cassero LGBT center
18 Via Don Giovanni Minzoni
39 locals recommend
the first LGBT center in Italy. Bologna is known for gay rights from the 70's. it's a great historical building near the museum of modern art in a recently rennovated area. night club with music on saturday and sunday night. open air space during the summer, near the channel.
nice cosy small bar
33 locals recommend
Marsalino
13d Via Marsala
33 locals recommend
nice cosy small bar
lot's of bars and students beside the opera theater. a nice mix! students sitting on the floor smoking weed and rich well dress people going to the opera. two steps from home
Largo Respighi
Largo Respighi
lot's of bars and students beside the opera theater. a nice mix! students sitting on the floor smoking weed and rich well dress people going to the opera. two steps from home
nice place, lots of beers, wines, something to eat joung and friendly enviroment.
23 locals recommend
LOrtica
26b Via Mascarella
23 locals recommend
nice place, lots of beers, wines, something to eat joung and friendly enviroment.

Entertainment & Activities

probably the nearest swimmingpool. open air during summer. Quite big and crowded during summer week ends. check the time schedule before going http://www.piscinebologna.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=115
Piscina Sterlino
113 Via Augusto Murri
probably the nearest swimmingpool. open air during summer. Quite big and crowded during summer week ends. check the time schedule before going http://www.piscinebologna.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=115
the best open air swimming pool in town, but quite far form the apartment (bus 96 from via santo stefano). http://www.piscinajuniorclub.it/#_
Piscina Junior
1 Via Serrabella
the best open air swimming pool in town, but quite far form the apartment (bus 96 from via santo stefano). http://www.piscinajuniorclub.it/#_
the only movie theater in town with a nice original language movie program. (in itlay we dub everything). three rooms.
90 locals recommend
Cinema Lumière
2/b Via Azzo Gardino
90 locals recommend
the only movie theater in town with a nice original language movie program. (in itlay we dub everything). three rooms.
quite famous for films restoration and the "cinema ritrovato" festival in june. http://www.cinetecadibologna.it/en/home
54 locals recommend
Cineteca di Bologna
72 Via Riva di Reno
54 locals recommend
quite famous for films restoration and the "cinema ritrovato" festival in june. http://www.cinetecadibologna.it/en/home

Parks & Nature

It's Bologna's central park. Small and relaxing right outside the walls, a 5 min run from home, and a 20 min walk. Can be romantic at night: my first kiss was on a bench there ;).
353 locals recommend
Giardini Margherita station
353 locals recommend
It's Bologna's central park. Small and relaxing right outside the walls, a 5 min run from home, and a 20 min walk. Can be romantic at night: my first kiss was on a bench there ;).
more wild than giardini margherita
75 locals recommend
Villa Spada station
75 locals recommend
more wild than giardini margherita