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Promote art as a response to vandalism and encourage citizens to take care of the most precious asset: their own community.This is the aim of “100 muri diversi” an initiative created by Massimo Morgantini and Danilo Masotti, that on October 1 and 8 has seen more than 40 artists armed with brush, giving new life Continua a leggere..

Just an hour drive from Bologna there’s a place where a miracle medicine was founded, an hippogriff greet you at the entrance and where you can get married within an Esher’s painting. No, I have not exaggerated with Pignoletto, it’s Rocchetta Mattei, a unique castle between the hills, ideal for adults and children, that will Continua a leggere..

Not all the months are the same to visit a city, so which are the best months to visit Bologna?SPOILER: you can find you something intereresting to do every month, Bologna is always alive :)  Spring It’s my favourite time of the year and absolutely the best to visit Bologna. A lot of activities take Continua a leggere..

When I was I kid my grandfather used to put crusted bread in meat broth and eat it like a pasta. In fact bread in Bologna is usually like that: crunchy outside and white and soft inside. The most typical ones are called “spiders” or “crosses” but honestly I’m not a fan of that. If you’re looking Continua a leggere..

I honestly didn’t know Rick Stein before a call I got last November. Elizabeth from Denhams TV told me that BBC was planning to film an episode of “Rick Stein’s Long Weekend” in Bologna. They needed someone that helped Rick Stein to find the most traditional food of the city, its legends and the best Continua a leggere..