A marvellous medieval centre, piles of perfect pasta and a thriving university, which is Europe's oldest, dating from 1088.

Il Santuario di San Luca stands on a hill south-west of Bologna’s historic centre. This 18th-century church is connected to the city by the world’s longest continuous portico, a covered ...

La Dotta. La Grassa. La Rossa. The learned. The fat. The red. Stereotypes they may be, but Bologna’s nicknames are on the money. To this day, it’s Italy’s left-wing bastion, held firm by ...

Equally, traditional ‘Italian’ cuisine is not the only kind of food that can be enjoyed in the city. Bologna boasts a variety of different global cuisine; from Japanese, to Greek, to Mexican, I was ...

The view of the Garisenda tower from Via Rizzoli on November 06, 2023 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Michele Lapini/Getty Images) Work to reinforce both towers has been ongoing since the 1990s.