Hotel Al Cappello Rosso, Bologna ****
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna  Just 50 metres away from Piazza Maggiore (the Main Square) in the cultural and commercial heart of Bologna, the Hotel Al Cappello Rosso is possibly the oldest hotel you will ever stay in. The Capello has been a hotel since 1375 - the date quoted in historical researches on one of the oldest hotels in the city. View hotel Double rooms from €90
Grand Hotel Elite, Bologna ****
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna  A delightful four-star hotel in Bologna, the Grand Hotel Elite is the perfect base for exploring this fascinating northern Italian city. Known affectionately as the 'Bologna the Red', and with an attractive city-scape of ancient red brick buildings and terracotta-tiled roofs, the capital city of Italy's Emilia-Romagna region has a... View hotel Double rooms from €41
Hotel De La Gare, Bologna ****
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna  The Jolly Hotel de La Gare is perfectly situated for exploring Bologna. This modern hotel offers a huge choice of rooms, and cosy, comfortable surroundings. All rooms are well equipped and come with all the modern conveniences you expect from a first-rate city centre hotel. View hotel Double rooms from €31
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According the Mao Zedong 'the East is Red' but in Italy make that the North. Bologna, the comfortable, intellectual, and very well fed capital of the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, is also the spiritual home of Communism in Italy. Mind you, it's also arguably the gourmet capital of Italy too ... though every region will sing its own merits. Hence the various nicknames appended to the city: Bologna La Rossa, and Bologna La Grassa: Bologna the Red and Bologna The Fat. For good measure, this lovely city is also known as Bologna La Dotta or Bologna the Learned, courtesy of its famed and very old university. Founded in 1088 it is the oldest existing university in the world - Oxford and Cambridge mere striplings by comparison. And Bologna is a very old town. Probably founded by the Etruscans, the pre-Roman civilisation which gave its name to Tuscany, it occupies a strategically vital position between the River Po and the Apennine mountains. By the late medieval period Bologna was a powerful trading power as well as a seat of learning. The money that poured into the city built one of the most beautiful towns of medieval Europe, and much of that remains. The city has fine churches, but probably the best-known architectural feature of the city is 'the porticoes', some 37km of arcades that run around the city. Rain or shine, you can walk the streets of Bologna protected from the elements, beneath the porticoes. Unsurprisingly you'll find superb restaurants and some very hip bars. Bologna is a marvellous place to spend a long weekend, though you may have to let the belt out a notch on your return home. To the left you'll find a selection of Bologna hotels, just to whet your appetite. See also Bologna hotels (full listings) and our Bologna hotel map. |
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