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Bologna: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce
Bologna: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce
Bologna: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce
Bologna: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce
Bologna: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce

Bologna: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce

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Price is CA $8 per adult
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Overview

Are you looking for a way to see Bologna without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.

• Be introduced to each facet of the city and some of its secrets too, including how the rebellious Bolognese stopped the city from becoming the Vatican
• Hear from producer Mike Corradi, the author behind A History of Italy Podcast
• Do it all in an hour or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home

Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.

The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Activity location

  • Porta Galliera
    • 15 Piazza XX Settembre
    • 40121, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Porta Galliera
    • 15 Piazza XX Settembre
    • 40121, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Bologna: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce in English
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • Opening hours: Thu 12:00am-11:59pm
  • English

Are you looking for a way to see Bologna without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.

• Be introduced to each facet of the city and some of its secrets too, including how the rebellious Bolognese stopped the city from becoming the Vatican
• Hear from producer Mike Corradi, the author behind A History of Italy Podcast
• Do it all in an hour or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home

Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.

The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Language options: English
Price details
CA $8.11 x 1 AdultCA $8.11
Total
Price is CA $8.11

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedVoiceMap Application
  • What's includedWhat's includedLifetime access to this tour in English
  • What's includedWhat's includedOffline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSmartphone and headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood/Drink

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please note: You won't be guided through any museums or other attractions mentioned en route. If you choose to enter and visit such places, you'll need to pay for it independently of this tour.

Activity itinerary

Bologna (Pass by)
Bologna has many names. It’s been called “the red city” for its red roofs and left-leaning politics, and ”the fat city” for its cuisine which is far from light and healthy. It’s known as “the towered” for the forest of over 100 towers that once dotted its landscape. It’s also been referred to as “the cultured” for having the world’s oldest university. On this walking tour, I’ll introduce you to each facet of the city and some of its secrets too, including how the rebellious Bolognese stopped the city from becoming the Vatican.
Porta Galliera (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to standing beside Porta Galliera where a retreating Austrian army left the city following a rebellion by the Bolognese in 1848.
Parco della Montagnola (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to passing Il Pincio, the entrance to Parco della Montagnola – a French style garden commissioned by Napoleon.
Piazza Otto Agosto (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to strolling through Piazza Otto Agosto.
Via Indipendenza (Pass by)
You’ll also get a glimpse of how Bologna once resembled Venice with its criss-cross of canals and rivers while passing Canale delle Moline and, while walking down Via Indipendenza, what things were like in the post-Risorgimento period.
Canale delle Moline (Pass by)
You’ll also get a glimpse of how Bologna once resembled Venice with its criss-cross of canals and rivers while passing Canale delle Moline and, while walking down Via Indipendenza, what things were like in the post-Risorgimento period.
San Pietro (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to strolling past San Pietro.
Piazza del Nettuno (Pass by)
In Piazza del Nettuno, I’ll tell you how the Fountain of Neptune’s sculptor got away with making Neptune seem particularly well-endowed despite the church prohibiting it.
Torre dell’Arengo (Pass by)
While you stand in the Whispering Gallery under the Torre dell Arengo (Tower of Arengo), I’ll tell you how lovers were able to murmur sweet nothings to each other without their legitimate partners realising.
Basilica di San Petronio (Pass by)
On this tour you can look forward to seeing San Petronio, the largest and most important church in the city.
Quadrilatero (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to discovering the Quadrilatero neighbourhood with its cafes and restaurants.
Via Rizzoli (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to strolling down Via Rizzoli.
Two Towers (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to taking in Garisenda and Asinelli, Bologna’s Two Towers.
Two Towers (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to taking in Garisenda and Asinelli, Bologna’s Two Towers.
Piazza della Mercanzia (Pass by)
On this tour, you can look forward to strolling through Piazza della Mercenzia.
Le Tre Frecce (Pass by)
I’ll reveal the legends linked to Le Tre Frecce (the Three Arrows) including one involving nudity.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPorta Galliera
    • 15 Piazza XX Settembre
    • 40121, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPorta Galliera
    • 15 Piazza XX Settembre
    • 40121, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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