Luxury Hotel in Bologna, Italy - 5 Star Grand Hotel Baglioni
Grand Hotel Baglioni is an elegant luxury Hotel in Bologna offering exclusive five star luxury accommodation in Bologna, Italy
Bologna is a city rich in its associations with all that is great in Italian cooking, but in terms of art and architecture it is also one of the richest cities in Italy. It evolved from a Bronze Age settlement to an Etruscan town and later an important Roman colony on the Via Emilia. It then fell under papal power apart from a period under Napoleon, but it has long been a world centre of learning and home to one of the oldest universities in Europe. Papal patronage sent great artists like Raphael, Perugino and Michelangelo to the city as well as the construction of a cathedral that was originally planned to be larger that St Peters' in Rome. More recently Bologna has achieved a reputation as a focal point of high technology and an important venue for trade shows.
The Grand Hotel Baglioni would like to be a point of reference for visitors to Bologna, offering elegance, tradition and prestige together with a warm welcome. The hotel is always attentive of the needs of the traveller.
Along its historic journey, Bologna has acquired superb buildings and city streets, distinctive by forty kilometres of arcaded pavements that allow you to explore the city under cover making it a great place to explore on foot whatever the weather. As the first Italian city to restrict traffic in the main parts of the city centre, the roads are noticeably quiet and, even though the city is one of the most beautiful in the country - some say second only to Venice - it is also remarkable that it isn't overwhelmed by tourists like many of the more popular Italian destinations. Bologna was named European City of Culture in 2000, resulting in great expenditure on developments aimed mainly at young people, including several facilities for the arts, a museum dedicated to Jewish culture, and a new library in the former stock exchange building.
The Grand Hotel Baglioni aims to make the guest feel at home, within the frame of a cosy environment, to provide a marvellous experience in Bolgona.