Insight Guides Pocket Bologna (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.

Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Bologna, from top tourist attractions like Mambo, Neptune's Fountain, the Portico and Le Due Torri to hidden gems, including Santo Stefano, as well as the best places to try its world-famous pasta sauce.

Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Bologna.

- Cultural: delve into the city's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people
- Inspirational: discover where to go and what to do, highlighted with stunning photography
- Practical: get around with ease with a free pull-out map featuring key attractions
- Informative: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Piazza Maggiore, the university Quarter, around the centre and the Bologna Hills.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Italy
• My Last Duchess
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839051883
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Bologna, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Bologna, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Bologna are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Bologna. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Bologna’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day in Bologna
Introduction
Bologna La Grassa
Cultural Legacy
A Living City
A Brief History
Early Settlers
Huns, Goths and Lombards
Communes and Dynastic Powers
Centuries of papal domination
Foreign Intervention
World War II
Modern Bologna
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
Piazza Maggiore and Around
Piazza del Nettuno
Palazzo Re Enzo and Palazzo del Podestà
Palazzo d’Accursio
Salaborsa
Piazza Maggiore
Basilica di San Petronio
Museo Civico Archeologico
Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio
Quadrilatero
Santa Maria della Vita
East of Piazza Maggiore
Due Torri
Piazza della Mercanzia
Strada Maggiore
Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica
Museo Civico d’Arte Industriale e Galleria Davia Bargellini
Santa Maria dei Servi
Santo Stefano
The University Quarter
San Giacomo Maggiore
Oratorio di Santa Cecilia
Piazza Verdi and Teatro Comunale
Palazzo Poggi
Pinacoteca Nazionale
North and West of Centre
The Jewish Ghetto
Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro
Palazzo Fava
Museo Civico Medievale
San Colombano
MAMbo
San Francesco
South of the Centre
Basilica di San Domenico
Via d’Azeglio
The Bologna Hills
Excursions from Bologna
Parma
Modena
Ferrari Museums
Ferrara
Ravenna
Rimini
What To Do
Entertainment
Classical Music, Opera and Theatre
Cinema
Nightlife
Shopping
Gastronomy
Markets
Sport
Motor Valley
Active Pursuits
Sports in Emilia Romagna
Children’s Bologna
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
Where to Eat
Antipasti
Primo
Secondi
Dolci
Gelati
Wines
Reading the Menu
To Help you Order
Menu Reader
Restaurants
Piazza Maggiore and Around
East of Piazza Maggiore
University Quarter
North and West of Piazza Maggiore
South of the Centre
Ferrara
Modena
Parma
Ravenna
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airport
B
Bicycle Hire
Budgeting for your Trip
C
Camping
Car Hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergencies
G
Getting to Bologna
Guides and Tours
H
Health and Medical Care
L
LGBTQ Travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money Matters
O
Opening Times
P
Police
Post Offices
Public Holidays
T
Telephones
Time Zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
Travellers with Disabilities
V
Visas and Entry Requirements
W
Websites and Internet Access
Y
Youth Hostels
Recommended Hotels
Piazza Maggiore and Around
University Quarter
North and West
South


Bologna’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Santo Stefano
Enchanting complex of medieval churches, cloisters and crypts. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Le Due Torri
The Two Towers are celebrated symbols of the city. Climb to the top of tilting Torre degli Asinelli for splendid views of the city. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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MAMbo
A sleek modern Arts Centre, with a fashionable café. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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The Portici
An impressive 35km (22 miles) of elegant porticoes provide handy protection from the elements. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Gastronomy
Indulge in Bologna’s culinary delights and find out why they call the city ‘La Grassa’ (The Fat). For more information, click here or click here .



Top Attraction #6
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Neptune’s Fountain
Giambologna’s show-stopping bronze of Neptune is a favourite rendezvous in the heart of the city. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
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San Luca
Climb the world’s longest portico to the hilltop sanctuary church of San Luca. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio
Former university building with Anatomical Theatre where human corpses were dissected. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Basilica di San Petronio
The monumental basilica ranks among the most imposing of Italy’s Gothic churches. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
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Pinacoteca Nazionale
The city’s finest art collection with works by Bolognese and other Italian masters. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day in Bologna



9am

Breakfast
Kick off the day with coffee and diet-busting brioches at the Caffè Sette Chiese on Piazza Santo Stefano. Secure a seat under the arches of the portico for fine views of Santo Stefano. After breakfast wander through the delightful jumble of medieval churches, cloisters and courtyards.


10am

Strada Maggiore
From Via Santo Stefano take the Corte Isolani, a quaint medieval warren of galleries and cafés, to Strada Maggiore where porticoes and palatial homes line the street. Browse in elegant antique shops and/or visit the delightful Museum of Music and Gothic Church of Santa Maria della Vita.


11am

Historic core
Head for Piazza del Nettuno, host to Giambologna’s celebrated statue of Neptune, and beyond to Piazza Maggiore, which is overlooked by the Basilica di San Petronio. Here, absorb everyday life in this sweeping square, then take a peek inside the monumental interior of San Petronio.


Noon

Culinary delights
Plunge into the maze of medieval alleys off Piazza Maggiore with tantalising delis, fresh food stalls and a chic covered food hall. For lunch grab a piadina (sandwich) crammed with Parma Ham, Mortadella and local cheeses, or head for Tamburini at Via Caprarie 1, a famous gourmet deli