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Tours of Bologna, Italy

Bologna is a compact, visitor-friendly city with portico-covered sidewalks and piazzas without traffic. Walking tours are by far the best way to see the old city center; the more intrepid can climb the stairs of the world's longest portico (3.5 kilometers, 2.17 miles) that extends from the city center to the Sanctuary of San Luca on Colle della Guardia. Guided by Anna Brini, Bologna University graduate in foreign languages and Bologna native, these tours are the best the city has to offer. Brini has extraordinary insider itineraries that let you see the real life of the Bolognese, not just tourist attractions. Although English is widely spoken in Bologna, it is highly recommended that visitors invest in an Italian dictionary and an Italian phrase book. These Bologna tours are family-friendly and are appropriate for physically challenged individuals in wheeled vehicles, but they are not recommended for individuals who might have problems walking distances.

The Best of Bologna in ... 1/2 Day or a Full Day, You Choose - Walking Tour
- Bologna's famous medieval towers are awe-inspiring.
  
  Anna Brini's most popular tour is her Best of Bologna in ... Designed to be flexible, this tour allows you to see as much -- or as little -- as you want. The sights include Piazza Maggiore, Palazzo Accursio, the Palazzo del Podesta, the Sala Borsa, Fountain of Neptune, Palazzo Re Enzo, the Basilica of San Petronio, the Archiginnasio and the Anatomy Theatre, the medieval market and the loggia dei mercanti, the complex of Santo Stefano, the two towers, San Giacomo and the oratory of Santa Cecilia, San Domenico, and the Sanctuary of San Luca.
  
  Bologna Tour Guide
  Via Fosse Ardeatine, 13
  S. Lazzaro di Savena (BO)
  Italy
  40068
  +39-051-467598
  +39-339-8393099
  [email protected]
  bolognatourguide.com/italy_tour/bologna_classical_tour.htm
Underground Bologna and the City's Waterways - Walking Tour
- Waters from the Fountain of Neptune flowed into Mario's Baths.
  
  Unbeknownst to most people, Bologna has two sides--one sunny and cheerful, the other darker and impenetrable. It's the latter on which this tour focuses, with its well-kept secrets, sinister noises and mysteries to solve. This tour includes Torrente Aposa (Aposa river), Bagni di Mario -- Mario's Baths, the Roman Aqueduct, and the archaeological digs under the Stock Exchange Hall. The waterways portion of the tour includes the canals and ancient waterways of Bologna including the Salara (the old wharf-side salt warehouses).
  
  Bologna Tour Guide
  Via Fosse Ardeatine, 13
  S. Lazzaro di Savena (BO)
  Italy
  40068
  +39-051-467598
  +39-339-8393099
  [email protected]
  bolognatourguide.com/italy_tour/bologna_classical_tour.htm
A Taste of Emilia Romagna -- Production of a Legend - Bus and Walking Tour
- See how Parmigiano Reggiano is made.
  
  Leaving the city in the early morning, you will travel by private tour bus to a Parmigiano Reggiano cheese dairy to learn all steps in the production of this world-famous cheese. You can taste different types as you tour the aging cellars. Next, visit a turn-of-the-century villa, now the home of one of the best balsamic vinegar production facilities in Italy. You can taste 12-, 25-, 30- and 50-year-old vinegars. After, satisfy your hunger at a 16th-Century monastery-turned-agriturismo for a lunch and wine tasting.
  
  Bologna Tour Guide
  Via Fosse Ardeatine, 13
  S. Lazzaro di Savena (BO)
  Italy
  40068
  +39-051-467598
  +39-339-8393099
  [email protected]
  bolognatourguide.com/italy_tour/bologna_classical_tour.htm
Musical Bologna
- One of music capitals of the Baroque period, Bologna is home to Italy's only surviving 18th-Century music theater.
  
  Bologna has long been an important European music center, known for its music academies, instrument artisans and theaters. See the world's oldest organs as well as the small private theatre of Villa Mazzacorati, the new International Museum of Music showing the famous Father Martini's Collection, the musical chapel of Santa Maria dei Servi, the Conservatory, an old violin maker's shop, and the Teatro Comunale, the only surviving 18th-Century opera theater in Italy.
  
  Bologna Tour Guide
  Via Fosse Ardeatine, 13
  S. Lazzaro di Savena (BO)
  Italy
  40068
  +39-051-467598
  +39-339-8393099
  [email protected]
  bolognatourguide.com/italy_tour/bologna_classical_tour.htm

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The Best of Bologna in ... 1/2 Day or a Full Day, You Choose - Walking Tour

Underground Bologna and the City's Waterways - Walking Tour

A Taste of Emilia Romagna -- Production of a Legend - Bus and Walking Tour

Musical Bologna