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Bologna 3 hour walking tour
Duration
3 hours
Overview
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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 exactely here in 1088.
You will discover that the "Boloni sandwich" was invented at the time of the roman Emperor Tiberius and "spagnetti bolognese". . . . doesn't really exist.
PIAZZA MAGGIORE, the heart and soul of Bologna since roman times, where the history of the city is written on its buildings.
BASILICA OF SAN PETRONIO, one of the biggest churches of christianity and a "masterpiece of the unfinished", where the longest sundial ever realised is preserved.
ARCHIGINNASIO PALACE, the historical seat of the University of Bologna, where you will have the chance to visit the anatomic theater, in which dissections used to take place.
MEDIEVAL MARKET , with its narrow alleys and really tempting food shops and historical inns
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