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A Detailed Look at the 2025 Private Day Tour to Bologna from Florence

A Detailed Look at the 2025 Private Day Tour to Bologna from Florence Okay, you find yourself in Florence, and it is absolutely wonderful, but, in a way, it is also very crowded. I mean, we all see the pictures, but feeling the sheer number of people in front of the Duomo is something else entirely. Frankly, we started craving a little break, a change of scenery from the Renaissance art overload. So, we started looking for a day trip, and Bologna, you know, just kept popping up. They call it ‘La Grassa’—the fat one—which, to be honest, was more …

Bologna Private Walking Tour Review: A 2025 Deep Look

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Bologna Private Walking Tour Review: A 2025 Deep Look So, you’re thinking about Bologna, and that is just a fantastic idea, really. This city is often called ‘La Dotta, La Grassa, La Rossa’—the Learned, the Fat, the Red—and honestly, that description is pretty much perfect. It’s almost a place that lives and breathes history and good food. Yet, showing up without a plan can sometimes feel a bit much, you know? You have all these amazing porticoes and ochre-colored buildings, but at the end of the day, what stories do they hold? That’s sort of where the idea of a …