Category: Bologna

Welcome to La Grassa, La Dotta, La Rossa. Our local guides write about real Emilian food, where to find proper tagliatelle al ragù and tortellini, the porticoes worth walking, the markets worth your morning, and day trips to Modena, Parma and Ferrara. Honest tips, no tourist-menu shortcuts. When you’re hungry for the real thing, explore our Bologna tours.

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY IF YOU TRAVEL TO ITALY 🤌🏻
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ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY IF YOU TRAVEL TO ITALY 🤌🏻

Italian gesticulation, or the use of hand gestures while speaking, is a cultural phenomenon deeply ingrained in Italian communication. It’s an integral…

September 5, 2023 Read →
Travelling: The major rules when moving through Italy
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Travelling: The major rules when moving through Italy

Italy’s transport is quite an issue which leaves often people with mixed feelings, especially tourists. The whole system of Italian infrastructures like…

April 25, 2023 Read →
Tortellino, the King of Bologna
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Tortellino, the King of Bologna

Your trip to Bologna will be definitely a miss if you had no chance to enjoy the Tortellini, Bologna’s most famous dish,…

April 8, 2023 Read →
The truth of Lasagna Bolognese
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The truth of Lasagna Bolognese

Apart from social media, are very few the things that are able to unify people’s judgement and perception worldwide as the commonly…

March 15, 2023 Read →
Pierpaolo Pasolini: Bologna’s most unconventional son
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Pierpaolo Pasolini: Bologna’s most unconventional son

I believe not many artists have held the ability to inspire Madonna, David Bowie, Martin Scorsese and David Lachapelle at the same…

March 5, 2023 Read →
The Asinelli tower
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The Asinelli tower

Bloody rivalry is still nowadays a quintessential element in the italian way of living, it is almost a sort of prerogative to…

January 16, 2023 Read →
Bologna, the halfway heaven
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Bologna, the halfway heaven

Overwhelmingly rich in historical references from multiple periods, wonderfully enclosed in a grooving array of endless emerald-green landscapes! Bologna remains one of…

November 23, 2022 Read →

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