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

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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.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

End Point

End point

The tour ends in front of Le Tre Frecce.

Language Offered

German-AUDIO

German-WRITTEN

English-AUDIO

English-WRITTEN

Italian-AUDIO

Italian-WRITTEN

French-AUDIO

French-WRITTEN

Itinerary

1. Bologna
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.
2. Porta Galliera
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.
3. Parco della Montagnola
On this tour, you can look forward to passing Il Pincio, the entrance to Parco della Montagnola – a French style garden commissioned by Napoleon.
4. Piazza Otto Agosto
On this tour, you can look forward to strolling through Piazza Otto Agosto.
5. Via Indipendenza
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.
6. Canale delle Moline
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.
7. San Pietro
On this tour, you can look forward to strolling past San Pietro.
8. Piazza del Nettuno
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.
9. Torre dell’Arengo
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.
10. Basilica Di San Petronio
On this tour you can look forward to seeing San Petronio, the largest and most important church in the city.
11. Quadrilatero
On this tour, you can look forward to discovering the Quadrilatero neighbourhood with its cafes and restaurants.
12. Via Rizzoli
On this tour, you can look forward to strolling down Via Rizzoli.
13. Garisenda
On this tour, you can look forward to taking in Garisenda and Asinelli, Bologna’s Two Towers.
14. Garisenda
On this tour, you can look forward to taking in Garisenda and Asinelli, Bologna’s Two Towers.
15. On this tour, you can look forward to strolling through Piazza della Mercenzia.
16. Le Tre Frecce
I’ll reveal the legends linked to Le Tre Frecce (the Three Arrows) including one involving nudity.

Inclusion

VoiceMap Application

Lifetime access to this tour in English

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Exclusion

Smartphone and headphones

Transportation

Food/Drink

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

  • 0% refund if cancelled 0+ days before the start date

Additional Info

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.

Supplied by VoiceMap Audio Tours

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