Bologna is known in the world for mainly 4 reasons: the towers, the porticos, the university and the food.
In this tour you will find out why did the porticos and the towers come to define the skyline of Bologna and how the oldest university of the western world was born exactly here in 1088. You will discover that mortadella, our pride and joy, exists since Roman times and "spagnetti bolognese". . . . doesn't really exist.
Outstanding churches and palaces, beautiful squares and narrow alleys will be the frame for all these stories.
the heart and soul of Bologna since Roman times, where the history of the city is written on its buildings.
one of the biggest churches of Christianity and a "masterpiece of the unfinished", where the longest sundial ever realized is preserved as well as the astonishing medieval frescos of the Bolognini Chapel
one of the biggest churches of Christianity and a "masterpiece of the unfinished", where the longest sundial ever realized is preserved.
You will make your own way to the meeting points