Tourist Information
 

The main information centre is the Bologna Tourist WWW Site , but most of the information are in italian.


VISA - People coming from European Economic Area, as well as from USA, Canada, Israel do not need a Visa. Here you can find the list of country where a Visa is requested . All the information are in the official site of the Italian Embassy.

Hotels - For the conference, a number of rooms in these hotels , in Bologna centre, were reserved.
All the hotels of Bologna and its outkirtses, with indicative prices, are listed here.

Climate - At the end of April, the temperature in Bologna is from 15 up to 25 degree Celsius at daytime. Weather in Bologna.

Money - The currency is the italian Lira, 1 Euro is 1936.27 Lire. Currency Converter.
Banks are generally open from 8.30-13.30 and 14.30-15.30 on weekdays but are closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Tourist Office - The main office is on the western side of Piazza Maggiore (phone 051 239660). It is open Monday to Saturday from 9 to 7 pm and Sunday to 1 pm. Others office are at the train station and airport.

Telephone Calls -
Area code: Dial always the full area code, such 051 for Bologna. To dial Italy from foreign countries, access your international carrier, dial 39 which is the country code for Italy, and the full area code. For example, if the listed number says ( 051 ) 209 1149, dial +39 051 2091149.
International call: dial 00 - country code - area code - number.
 
Public telephones can be found everywhere and accept 100, 200, 500 coins and magnetic telephone cards.
The prepaid "telephone cards" are available at station kiosks, convenience stores, vending machines next to the telephones, etc.. The cards are available in values of 5000 Lit. and 10000 Lit. Be careful: different companies (Telecom, Omnitel) have different public telephones which accept only their own card.
Emergency and Medical Services -
For police emergency call, 112-113. For an ambulance or for reporting a fire call 118. You do not need to insert any money into public telephones to call these numbers.

The "Farmacia dalla Maddalena" at via Zamboni 62 operates 24 hours a day. The pharmacy at the train station is open until 11 pm on weeknights. Chemist's shops.


About Bologna - Bologna , with its 400.000 inhabitants, is the main city of the Emilia-Romagna region. Historical information and pictures.
Gastronomy -  Bologna people are serious about food and fussy about their pasta. The best pasta is "tirata a mano", hand stretched and rolled with a wooden pin, not a machine. It is cooked in many ways and eaten with a multitude of sauces. Try  "tagliatelle" with  meat sauce "ragu'".
Mortadella, known sometimes as Bologna sausage or baloney, hails form the area.

The city has many good bars and osterias, where you can get cheap drinks and snacks.
You can shop at the vast Mercato Ugo Bassi (Delle Erbe), Via Ugo Bassi 27, or the daily produce market just east of Piazza Maggiore, centred on speciality food shops along Via De Fusari, Via Drapperie, Via Marchesana, Via Clavature, Via Pescherie Vecchie.


What to do - Others links, Bologna Life, A guest of Bologna, Trade fair in Bologna, Sport events in Bologna province.
 


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Last modified 21 March 2001 (B. Simoni)