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I’m not exactly into art museum. It’s probably the last thing I look for when I visit a city, especially if the weather is good. But what to do between a visit of a market and a walk to have breakfast at that lost bar in a lost neighbourhood? It can be nice to stop and Continua a leggere..

The first suggestion I give to tourists who ask me what to visit in Bologna is to walk. Bologna is small enough to be covered in a few hours and walking around is the best way to discover its hidden secrets: gardens, painted porticos, canals and, most important, people are easier to meet if you Continua a leggere..

If you love modern architecture and international design you already know that in Bologna there’s a precious jewel that draws visitors from around the world: it’s Dino Gavina showroom in Via Altabella, 23. It was designed and built in the 60′ by Carlo Scarpa, one of most important Italian architectural design of the twentieth century, to host Gavina’s furniture showroom.  Continua a leggere..

Dozza is a small middle age village near Imola. It’s still not known among tourists, even if it’s just 35min far from Bologna, and you need a car to go there (no train or bus). Why is Dozza an hidden treasure? Well, in a few km you have a permanent street art museum to visit Continua a leggere..

Oh beers. You start at 15 with a Bud, you get drunk at 20 with a Weisse, at 25 you find out that Guinness is not that bitter, around 30 you go deep inside the beautiful world of microbrewery. Bologna wasn’t a city for beer lovers until a few years ago, but over the last 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..