Half-day
Tour Bologna with a qualified tourist guide. Contact GAIAeventi, tel. 051 9911923, e-mail info@bolognaeventi.com or Le Guide D'Arte Bologna, tel. 051 2750254, mobile 346 42 33 866, e-mail info@guidedarte.com for information on rates and bookings.
Tour Bologna's underground waters. Contact: Amici delle Acque tel. 051 6232255, mobile 333 9347122, e-mail segreteria@amicidelleacque.org for information on rates and bookings.
Tour Bologna on the open tram bus at a cost of €10.00. Contact info.bologna@trambusopen.com or freefone 800 281 281 to book.
Visit the Ducati motor bike factory and museum in Borgo Panigale, Bologna. To book tel. 051 6413343 between 9:30 and 11:00 or between 14:00 and 16:00 or e-mail infotour@ducati.com.
All-day Out-of-town Excursions
Visit the Ferrari museum in Maranello (Modena).
Guided tour of Ferrara.
Guided tour of Modena with guides belonging to the Arianna association. Mobile 329 6198421, e-mail arianna.guide@libero.it.
Wine and good food tour of Parma (Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Parma ham, etc.).
Guided tour of Ravenna.
A day of relax and well-being at the Villaggio della Salute Più. Contact info@villaggiodellasalutepiu.it or tel. 051 929791 or 051 929972.
Wine and good food tour around the hills of Imola.
After dinner venues
LE STANZE (café bistro) - Via del Borgo di San Pietro 1 - Tel. 051 228767
BOAVISTA (wine & cocktail bar) - Via Cesare Battisti 9/b - Tel. 051 272333
NU-LOUNGE BAR (wine & cocktail bar)- Via De' Musei 6 - Tel. 051 222532
BRAVO CAFFÈ (restaurant café music) - Via Mascarella 1 - Tel. 051 266112
CHET BAKER (jazz club) - Via Polese 7/a - Tel. 051 223795 - Closed Sunday
KASAMATTA (aperitifs, dinner, dance) - Vicolo Sampieri 3 - Tel. 051 224256
CANTINA BENTIVOGLIO (wine bar jazz club) - Via Mascarella 4/B - Tel. 051 265416 - Closed Sunday
LA PIEDRA DEL SOL (Latin café) - Via Goito 20 - Tel. 051 227229
Ice-cream parlours
GELATERIA GIANNI - Via Montegrappa 11 - Tel. 051 233008 (also in Via Santo Stefano 14/A and in Via Zamboni under the Two Towers)
GELATERIA DELLE MOLINE - Via delle Moline 13 - Tel. 051 248470
SORBETTERIA CASTIGLIONE - Via Castiglione 44 - Tel. 051 233257
GROM - Via D'Azeglio 13 - Tel. 051 273437
Night pastry-shops
BOMBO DUE - Via S. Felice 93 - Tel. 051 555060
PASTICCERIA GUIDOTTI - Via Mazzini 1 - Tel. 051 307783
IL KROFFO - Via Rimesse 33/b - Tel. 051 6330441
CAFFÈ DEI MULINI - Via Saffi 81/e - Tel. 051 520763
Wine bars / taverns
OSTERIA DEI POETI - Via de' Poeti 1 - Tel. 051 236166
CAFFÈ DELLE MERCANZIE (discopub) - Piazza della Mercanzia 2/a - Tel. 051 265893
CHARLESTON CAFÈ (American bar) - Via Belvedere 11 - Tel. 051 221453
DIVINIS (wine bar, tavern) - Via Battibecco 4c - Tel. 051 2961502
ENOTECA ITALIANA - Via Marsala, 2/b - Tel. 051 235989
ROSA ROSE BISTROT - Via Clavature 18/b - Tel. 051/225071
AL CALICE (wine bar) - Via Clavature 13/a - Tel. 051-264506
BOTTEGA DEL VINO OLINDO FACCIOLI (wine bar with snacks) - Via Altabella 15b - Tel.: 051 223171 - Closed Sunday
GODOT WINE STORE (wine bar with snacks) - Via Santo Stefano 12 - Tel. 051 261877 - Closed Sunday
RIFF RAFF SUD WINE BAR (wine bar and kitchen) - Via del Pratello 3c - Tel. 051 222888 - Closed Monday