Bologna historical art walking tour with hidden gems and tastings
Bologna historical art walking tour with hidden gems and tastings
Bologna historical art walking tour with hidden gems and tastings
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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 art history, architecture, traditional food and secret atmospheres. Most of people get attracted by Bologna main concept "the learned, the red and , the fat," but this incredible huge medieval capital tends to hide itself, keeping its best atmospheres historical locations and hidden gems for a handful of curious explorers.
So...be my explorers for a 3/4 hours full immersion in the ancient city labyrith of little alleys, and be prepared for an overwhelming experience where art history, architecture, medieval heritage and legends, traditions, great food, history of music and traditions seem to merge and be no more sepatrated by conceptual barriers.
Itinerary
Piazza Maggiore
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeOld 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.Palazzo d'Accursio
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe 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.Basilica Di San Petronio
35 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedThe biggest sundial in the world, the medieval frescos of Cappella Bolognini, the four ancient crosses, Parmigianino and Lorenzo Costa famous paintings.Archiginnasio Di Bologna
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedThe 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.Quadrilatero
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe labirinth of the middle age market, its stalls, old food shops, ancient coats of arms and witnesses of the guilds.Basilica - Santuario di Santo Stefano
40 minsAdmission Ticket FreeIn 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.Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vita
20 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedThe terracotta masterpiece sculptured in 1470 by Niccolò Dell'Arca and its incredible avanguardist interpretation of movements and emotions.Le Due Torri Torre degli Asinell(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeA great view from street level of the symbol of Bologna: the 98 meters tall Asinelli Tower and the leaining one Garisenda Tower.Finestrella
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeA rare example of medieval canals designed to supply silk and hemp textiles manifacture (UNESCO HERITAGE)
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Riccardo Bacchi
SGD 238.97
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