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Best of Bologna in one day : Food, architecture, art and history

By Riccardo Bacchi
10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is $189 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travelers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This is an extremely comprehensive tour to discover the marvelous city of Bologna. A day of culture, art, and gastronomy among the city's main attractions. The program has been carefully designed to combine the great potential of Bologna's gastronomy (tortellini, mortadella, delicious cured hams, rice cake, tagliatelle, tortelloni, PARMIGIANO REGGIANO, MOodena Dop TRADITIONAL BALSAMIC VINEGAR)…
with that of its rich architectural and artistic heritage, including its splendid churches, palaces, ancient university, canals, and towers, and finally, a tunning museum rich in ancient art, the Pinacoteca Nazionale. Regarding its great famous gastronomy : most of its preparations do not need any poresentation (balsamic, parmesan cheese, pasta bolognese, lasagna, tortellini, parma ham, mortadella), but some of these delicacies are actual hidden gems for most of Italian travellers too! We ll visit also a TRADITIONAL PASTA LABORATORY for a qiuick and efficient LITTLE COOKING CLASS!

Activity location
  • Piazza Maggiore
    • Piazza Maggiore
    • 40121, Bologna, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Bar Vittorio Emanuele
    • 1 Piazza Maggiore
    • 40124, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Best of Bologna in one day : Food, architecture, art and history
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h
    7h
  • English
Price details
$189.24 x 1 Adult$189.24
Total
Price is $189.24

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance to the Bolognini Chapel, San Petronio
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance to the National Art Gallery
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance ticket to the Lamentation of Santa Maria della Vita
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tasting of cured meats, Parmesan cheese, balsamic vinegar of Modena in the historic market
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance to the Archiginnasio and Anatomical Theater

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • reccommandable to all categories of travellers

Activity itinerary

Piazza Maggiore
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
We will discover the secrets and the great masterpieces of the square, such as the terracotta works of Nicolo' dell'Arca, the Fountain of Neptune, Palazzo Comunale and San Petronio. We will visit some splendid frescoed rooms of the Palazzo Comunale, the grand staircase of Bramane's horses and other small jewels of the sumptuous building.
Piazza Santo Stefano
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Large and unique complex of early medieval buildings, medieval and Romanesque interiors, Gothic palaces, specialized art museum, frescoes, medieval porticoes and spiral staircases, terrace with a view of the towers and Bologna from "high".
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vita
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Baroque church with the splendid Lamentation of Nicolò dell'Arca, a Renaissance terracotta masterpiece.
Archiginnasio di Bologna
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Ancient Renaissance and Baroque palace of the University of Bologna, with splendid frescoes, books, historical library and wooden anatomical theatre.
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit one of the most important museums of painting and ancient art in Italy, from Giotto to Raphael, from Titian to Guido Reni, from Ercole de Roberti to Carracci and Guercino, from Vitasle da Bologna to Parmigianino.
Quadrilatero
  • 40m
A place of history, art, and gastronomy : the ancient market of Mezzo di Bologna, among historic stalls, taverns, and traditional shops, a true medieval Temple of Emilia Romagna RICH GASTRONOMY
Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore
  • 40m
Great art gallery church, with the famous Bentivoglio Chapel, a masterpiece of the Emilian Renaissance, Oratory of Santa Cecilia with frescoes and musical venues.
Canale delle Moline
  • 5m
Towers, arcades, medieval houses, palaces, extravagant architecture, hidden canals, noble staircases, frescoed halls, oratories, places of the oldest university in Europe
Basilica di San Domenico
  • 40m
Basilica treasure trove of art and architecture, from the Ark of Nicola Pisano, Nicolò and Michelangelo, to the alchemical wooden choir, from Mozart's favorite organ to the Renaissance cloister.
Basilica - Santuario di Santo Stefano
  • 40m
Visit to a medieval and early medieval complex of inestimable value, built in the image and likeness of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.
Bruno e Franco - La Salumeria
  • 1h
Tastings of : Figs and PArma ham, CULATELLO, salami, Mortadella, Pasta, Meatballs and peas (Bologna style), Tagliatelle with ragout, PARMIGIANO REGGIANO (3/4 YEARS aged ), TRADITIONAL GREEN LASAGNE BOLOGNESI, Traditionalò MODENA BALSAMIC VINEGAR (up to 24 years of aging)...much else!
Bruno e Franco - La Salumeria
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
A little COOKING CLASS for PASTA alla BOLOGNESE (pasta with egg, for tagliatelle, tortellini, lasagna, balanzoni, tortelloni, passatelli...)

Location

Activity location
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    Piazza Maggiore
    • Piazza Maggiore
    • 40121, Bologna, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Bar Vittorio Emanuele
    • 1 Piazza Maggiore
    • 40124, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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