Most of the core sights are within a few kilometers, so we walked all over the city during our four weeks in Bologna - had to work off all the pasta and gelato! Churches The Basilica di San Petronio...
Blog posts from Bologna
Euro Trip 2025: Bologna restaurants
We typically only had one meal 'out' per day, sometimes lunch, sometimes dinner. For a few favorites we returned to a restaurant at a different time of day too. il Passatello di Bologna - Easy to...
Euro Trip 2025: Bologna takeaway meals
We never tired of Italian food during our month in Bologna. Between the different pastas and sandwich options, there was plenty of variety! Since we didn't always want to sit down at a restaurant...
Euro Trip 2025: Bologna markets and supermarkets
Bologna hosts a wide range of markets, from the standard supermarkets, to local food markets, and the periodiic flea markets. Over our four weeks we tried to hit as many as we could. Tuday CONAD - a...
Euro Trip 2025: Bologna gelato
Bologna is a food city, including for gelato. We set out to try most of the top-rated gelaterie and definitely had a few favorites. I generally stuck with pistachio but also discovered 'crema' as a...
Euro Trip 2025: Bologna aperitivo
We fully embraced the spirit of aperitivo during our month in Bologna, typically going out for a pre-dinner drink and snack Wednesdays through Sundays. Medulla Vini - We visited here a couple years...
Euro Trip 2025: Bologna, overview and where we stayed
When people ask about our favorite city in Italy, we vacillate between Rome (for the sights and sheer history) and Bologna (for the food). After enjoying our previous trips to Bologna (2017, 2023)...
Italy 2017: CIBO Cooking Class
As previously mentioned on this blog, I love to take cooking classes in various cities around the world as local food is one of the best things about travel. Bringing home the knowledge to make some...
Italy 2017: Bologna
Wednesday After checking into our hotel we headed out to explore the town. But first, we needed some lunch, so we stopped into a small deli, Borgo979. They had a number of tigella, 4" round...
Italy 2017: overview
Last summer (2016) we noticed several good sales to Europe, so we contacted my parents to see if they wanted to go on another trip with us. Italy was their favorite option so we booked a week-long...
Our Itinerary
2026 Trips
Parrish, FL (Jan)
Medellin, Columbia (Feb)
Asturias, Spain (May)
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Doha, Qatar (May)
Bristol + London, UK (Jul)
Long Island, NY (Jul)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
day trips from Bologna (Oct)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
Greensboro, NC (Nov)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)