Bologna · SELF-GUIDED TOURS
8 reviewed
This is the shortlist we’d hand a friend: the 8 self-guided tours worth booking, each with its price, its traveller verdict, and the one thing to know before you commit.
Self-guided Bologna food tasting with 7 voucher stops, an easy map route, and QR audio—eat tortellini, ragù Tigellone, gelato, and more.
“Highly recommend! This self-guided tour is very well planned out and easy to follow. You’re able to sample a lot of different food, so I got to try things that I would never usually order. It’s a great value for the experience!”
Self-guided Bologna walk with short audio clips, written guide, and Google Maps routing. Covers porticoes, squares, food, towers.
“Easy to follow and great links to google maps. Great value for the price. Good communication with the tour guide via WhatsApp.”
Audio-guided Archiginnasio visit in Bologna with the Anatomical Theatre and a local food tasting voucher, all in 1.5 hours.
“Non è molto utile. Nel pacchetto ci sono i biglietti salta fila, ma nel nostro caso (sabato pomeriggio) non c’era fila. Ottimo invece il voucher degustazione (piccolo tagliere di buoni affettati e bicchiere di vino + gelato Fabbri).”
Explore Bologna’s Clock Tower with a QR audio guide, see Palazzo d’Accursio art, then end with a city-center food tasting.
“Trovo molto ben organizzato l’accompagnamento verso la torre del Orologio. Poi la visita è fatta tramite un audioguida in modo autonomo. La vista dalla cima della torre su tutta Bologna è fantastica. Ottimo anche la degustazione con il tagliere e il gelato veramente buonissimo. Consigliata”
A GPS phone walk in Bologna with 35 story stops in 7 languages, covering Piazza Maggiore, San Petronio, the Two Towers, and more.
“If you want to experience Bologna in one day, use this app. Great stories, interesting information. When I was llooking at a sculpture by Michelangelo and Mozart started playing on the background it brought a tear to my eye...”
Ferrara audio walking tour through medieval streets, Jewish ghetto, Ferrara Cathedral, and Castello Estense, self-paced.
“Very comfortable, exhaustive, nice and satisfying experience. Without the need to keep up with a group, you are completely independent and the guy who recorded the audio is really very pleasant to listen to!!!Auto-translated”
Bologna’s self-guided Food Tasting Box pairs 7 vouchers with QR audio and a city map, so you can snack and sightsee at your pace.
“A great way to taste the highlights of Bologna at your own pace. I loved that they provided you a map with suggested walking route to both eating spots and monuments. I was crunched on time in Bologna so this took the thinking work out of planning my day.”
Bologna Secrets Quest is a self-guided offline app adventure with 14 puzzles, linking Two Towers, Neptune’s Fountain, and more in 90 minutes.
“A fun, cheap way to see secrets of bologna. Really cool! We took some breaks in between the sights and then continued on, so it’s a perfect way to see the city in a relaxed way.”
