Bologna Trip Overview
A mix of art masterpieces, history, food stories, legends and secrets described by a local art lover with a great experience and knowledge of the city. The tour itself will be like a dive into history and time. All information about art will be experienced by the visitors as a trip enriched with details about life, food, culture, music and traditions of those ages.
Additional Info
Duration: 180 to 210 minutes
Starts: Bologna, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
A mix of art masterpieces, history, food stories, legends and secrets described by a local art lover with a great experience and knowledge of the city. The tour itself will be like a dive into history and time. All information about art will be experienced by the visitors as a trip enriched with details about life, food, culture, music and traditions of those ages.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza Maggiore, 40121, Bologna Italy
Old medieval buildings of the main square, the four “speaking” corners, secrets of the textile market, the renaissance fountain of Neptune, the facade with the old clock of the Council Palace.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, 6, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
The noble rooms at first and second floor, the frescos, the private chapel of the bishop, the big stairs for horses by Bramante, the room of the seniors, the earthquake’s virgin by Francesco Francia.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica di San Petronio, Corte De’ Galluzzi 12/2, 40124, Bologna Italy
The biggest sundial in the world, the medieval frescos of Cappella Bolognini, the four ancient crosses, Parmigianino and Lorenzo Costa famous paintings.
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At: Archiginnasio di Bologna, Piazza Galvani 1, 40124, Bologna Italy
The headquarter of the oldest university in Europe, the renaissance palace with its huge collection of coats of arms, the witnesses of the secret powerful medecine, the wooden anatomical theatre, the Stabat Mater room with precious books such as Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Flights of the birds” and the long hall for books and ancient codes.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Mercato di Mezzo, Via Rizzoli 9 Quadrilatero area, 40125, Bologna Italy
The labirinth of the middle age market, its stalls, old food shops, ancient coats of arms and witnesses of the guilds.
Stop At: Basilica – Santuario di Santo Stefano, Via Santo Stefano 24, 40125, Bologna Italy
In a single complex of churches the whole history of Bologna, since a Roman temple on a natural spring up to the Dante Alighieri’s cloister surrounded by the cells of the monks and the capitals headed by animals faces.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vita, Via Clavature 10, 40124, Bologna Italy
The terracotta masterpiece sculptured in 1470 by Niccolò Dell’Arca and its incredible avanguardist interpretation of movements and emotions.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Le Due Torri Torre degli Asinell, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, 40126, Bologna Italy
A great view from street level of the symbol of Bologna: the 98 meters tall Asinelli Tower and the leaining one Garisenda Tower.
