Bologna’s Historic Heart
Bologna · Italy
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Offline
Walk through Bologna’s historic core from the Fontana del Nettuno to churches, a tower, arcades, a library, squares, a museum, a market, and a canal window. Along the way, pause at Santa Maria della Vita for its church setting, the Archiginnasio for its role as a library, and Finestrella sul canale for a glimpse of water within the urban fabric. The route also brings together Piazza Santo Stefano, Piazza Maggiore, San Petronio, and the civic landmarks around them. With fourteen stops and a tower among them, expect a moderate walk shaped by its length and possible stair sections.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.
Neptune's Fountain
Bologna’s “Giant”: a papal fountain built by clearing an entire city block.
Santa Maria della Vita Sanctuary
A Baroque sanctuary built over a medieval confraternity hospital, with terracotta drama inside.
Quadrilatero
Il Quadrilatero is an attraction in Bologna, Italy.
Asinelli Tower
Bologna’s tallest tower, built in the twelfth century and still leaning over the city.
Piazza Santo Stefano
A pedestrian square where Bologna’s Seven Churches meet medieval family power and merchant life.
Porticoes of Bologna
Portici di Bologna is an attraction in Bologna, Italy.
Stop 7
Stop 8
Stop 9
- 8 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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How a walk works
8 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
A guide who talks
Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.