4 days · 3 nights
Fresh pasta, porticoed streets and local wine, in a city made for eating well.
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Ask about datesA short stay in Bologna built around its table. You make lasagna and gelato on your first evening, walk the historic centre with a guide on the second day, and taste three local wines at one of the city's oldest inns on the third, with free time around each.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
+1 day beforeA night in Bologna first
Bologna
Day 1 · Bologna
Make your way to the hotel and settle in. In the evening, join a small cooking class to make green spinach pasta by hand, a béchamel and a classic lasagna with slow-cooked ragù, then one or two flavours of gelato. You eat what you have made after an aperitivo of local wine, mortadella and ham, and leave with the recipes.
Day 2 · Bologna
A guided walk through the old centre, from Piazza Maggiore and the Basilica of San Petronio to the Two Towers. You visit the Archiginnasio, once the seat of the university, and its Anatomical Theatre from the 17th century, then climb the Clock Tower at your own pace for the view across the city.
Day 3 · Bologna
The morning is yours. In the afternoon, meet a local host at one of Bologna's oldest inns to taste three DOC wines from the region with local produce, and learn how they are made and why they suit the food.
Day 4 · Bologna
A last breakfast and, time permitting, a final walk or some shopping before you leave.
+1 day afterA last night in Bologna
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A short stay in Bologna built around its table. You make lasagna and gelato on your first evening, walk the historic centre with a guide on the second day, and taste three local wines at one of the city's oldest inns on the third, with free time around each.
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