Beautiful Bologna is one of Italy's jewels for food, fashion, art, and culture. Home to Europe's oldest university, founded in 1088, this lively city is kept contemporary by a student crowd contrasting with its Roman roots. Choices for accommodations include grand hotels with fine-dining restaurants, familiar international chains for business travelers near the BolognaFiere exhibition centers, and budget hostels in student neighborhoods near the central train station. Spend days walking the historic neighborhoods of the walled city center, shopping for the best food specialties in tiny lanes off central Piazza Maggiore, or strolling in the shade of the famous arched walkways known as "porticoes." A great designer shopping outlet is only a 1-hour drive from the city center. With all these features, no matter where you stay, this city is captivating.
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Best Western Plus Tower Hotel Bologna is a hotel that offers free WiFi and free parking and is known for its helpful staff. Starhotels Excelsior is a hotel that offers free WiFi and air conditioning that's well-liked for its prime location and helpful staff. It's located a short 4-minute walk from Via Indipendenza. Savhotel is a hotel that offers free WiFi and a 24-hour fitness center and is known for its helpful staff.
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B&B Selvarossa is a B&B featuring in-room kitchens and free WiFi. B&B The Journey | North Room is a B&B featuring in-room kitchens and free breakfast. It's just a short 5-minute walk from Museo di Anatomia Patologica. The window on the fair is a B&B featuring in-room kitchens and free breakfast.
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Starhotels Excelsior is a hotel featuring a restaurant and babysitting services that guests like for its helpful staff and clean rooms. Your family will be well placed to visit Bologna Botanical Gardens and Santuario della Madonna di Polsi, located close by. SAVHOTEL FIERA BOLOGNA is a hotel featuring a restaurant and free cribs that guests like for its clean rooms and helpful staff. Your family will be well placed to visit Bologna Botanical Gardens and Palazzo Poggi Museum, located close by. Phi Hotel Bologna is a hotel featuring a restaurant and laundry facilities that guests like for its central location and helpful staff. It's located steps from Archaeological Museum.
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Phi Hotel Bologna is luxury a hotel featuring a cafe that guests like for its prime location and helpful staff. Hotel Corona d'Oro is luxury a hotel featuring a deli and a bar, and guests like its prime location and helpful staff. It's located just steps from Two Towers and Cattedrale di San Pietro. I Portici Hotel is luxury a hotel featuring 3 restaurants and a rooftop terrace, and guests like its prime location and helpful staff.
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NH Bologna Villanova is a hotel featuring an indoor pool and a fitness center, and guests like its helpful staff. You'll also be located within 1.2 mi (2km) of Bowling San Lazzaro. Relais Bellaria Hotel & Congressi is a hotel featuring a seasonal outdoor pool and free breakfast. Hotel Michelino 75 by The Sydney Hotel is a hotel featuring a seasonal outdoor pool and a fitness center, and guests like its helpful staff.
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Palazzo Azzarita By Holiplanet is a guesthouse featuring free WiFi. Land Rover Arena is located just steps from the property. Hotel Astor is a hotel featuring free WiFi. Nuovo Hotel del Porto is a hotel featuring free WiFi and laundry facilities that guests like for its prime location.
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Hotel Internazionale is a hotel featuring free WiFi and private yards. It gets positive reviews for its prime location and helpful staff. The property is located 3.2 mi / 5.2 km from Bologna Airport (BLQ). Living Place Hotel is a hotel featuring free breakfast and free WiFi that guests like for its helpful staff. For easy airport access, it's located only 6.7 mi / 10.8 km from Bologna Airport (BLQ). Holiday Inn Bologna - Fiera by IHG is a hotel featuring an airport shuttle and free WiFi. For easy airport access, it's located only 5.4 mi / 8.7 km from Bologna Airport (BLQ).
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