Italy travel guides

A standard ticket to the Bologna Archaeological Museum costs €6 full price and €4 reduced in 2026, with a flexible-date Open ticket at €7 and a year-round Tuesday closure. Here's what a 2026 ticket buys you, current opening hours, and how to plan your visit.

Piazza Maggiore itself is free to enter 24 hours a day — the only ticket on the square is for the Clock Tower climb inside Palazzo d'Accursio, €10 full price in 2026. Here's what's free, what's ticketed, and how to plan your visit.

Santo Stefano — Bologna's Seven Churches complex — is free to enter, with only a voluntary donation requested. Here are the 2026 opening hours, what's inside the four surviving churches, and how to plan a visit around the Monday closure.

Discover the best day trips from Bologna, Italy in 2026, from Modena and Ferrara to San Marino, with train times, fares, and useful planning tips.

The Archiginnasio's Anatomical Theatre costs €12 for a guided tour (€10 reduced) or €10 audio-guided, and the palace is open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Sundays. Here's what's free, what's ticketed, and how to plan your 2026 visit.

Basilica San Petronio is free to enter, but the Chapel of the Three Kings costs €5 (€3 reduced) and the panoramic terrace has closed permanently. Here's what to know about 2026 tickets, hours, and how to plan your visit to Bologna's largest church.

The index to our 8 Bologna landmark visitor guides — verified 2026 ticket prices, current opening hours and closure days, and honest worth-it advice for every major sight in the historic center.

There's no admission ticket for the Quadrilatero — Bologna's medieval market quarter is a free, open-air district. Here's when the stalls are actually open, what a guided tasting tour costs, and how to plan a visit in 2026.

Walking the Portico di San Luca is free — the world's longest arcade, 3.8km and 666 arches, is open 24/7 and leads to a basilica open daily 7am–6pm. Here's what the San Luca Express train costs, how long the climb takes, and how to plan your 2026 visit.

The Two Towers of Bologna have been closed to climbers since October 2023. Here's what the €5 Asinelli ticket covered before the closure, why the towers shut, and what you can still do at Piazza di Porta Ravegnana in 2026.

Explore Bologna with kids using this 2026 guide to top attractions, stroller-friendly streets, kid-tested food, and practical family planning tips.

Our complete set of Bologna travel guides — itineraries, day trips, hidden gems, viewpoints, museums and city-pass advice for planning a 2026 trip.