Bologna Private Tour: Discover Local Highlights and Hidden Gems with a Local Guide

Explore the vibrant city of Bologna with a local guide who will show you the hidden gems and must-see attractions. Customize your itinerary and discover what makes this medieval city unique.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Basilica di San Petronio - Spend a full day with a host who will show you around their beautiful home city of Bologna and tick off the most famous attractions like Piazza Maggiore and San Petronio Church
    IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalised experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your…
What's Included
  • 2, 4, 6 or 8 hours walking tour, exploring highlights and hidden gems
  • Hotel meet-up (available on request for central location)
  • Private and personalized walking tour with a passionate local
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation (primarily a walking experience however public transport may be used)
  • Tickets to any attractions
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

Follow one of our friendly hosts around the walled medieval city as they show you the best of what their home has to offer. You’ll feel as if you’re exploring the vibrant piazzas and cobbled stone streets with a friend as you pop into stores, marvel at the towering turrets of the Due Torri and enjoy a creamy gelato. Whether you want to tick off the most…

Location
Comet
Via IV Novembre
After booking, you can adjust the meeting point to fit your preferences with the help of our Experience Planners.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Stephen_r
Sep 16, 2024
An excellent and knowledgeable tour guide - Nicola was very knowledgeable and passionate about Bologna and the history. He worked with us to customize our tour and make it perfect for us. Highly recommend
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Jeff_s
Sep 15, 2024
Great introduction to the city - We had a great tour. Our guide reached out once we booked if we had any questions or specific things we’d like to see. He showed us the major sites on our bucket list as well as lesser known things that he thought would be of internet based on our conversation. Since it was a short tour we didn’t go inside all the sites but he said what we should come back to. The 2 hour tour was a great introduction to the city
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Maryannbpw
Sep 15, 2024
Charming and personalised tour - We really enjoyed our walking tour with Claudio. He was charming and took us on an informative and interesting tour through the centre of Bologna. He took the time to personalise the tour to our interest and even sent me further information of interest the following day which was very thoughtful.
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Jeanineperry
Sep 15, 2024
Bologna private tour - Chairs was knowledgeable, attentive, kind and informative. She did a great job and it was a wonderful tour!
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Billb1000100
Sep 11, 2024
Top Drawer! Fun and Usable Information. All Pro - Nicola took the time to tailor our Tour to our expectations and interests. Very personable and gave us information we used. He also helped us through an issue that needed a Local's knowledge. Top Drawer! Fun and usable Information. All Pro.
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Robert_m
Sep 11, 2024
Best way to start Bologna vacation - Great start to our visit to Bologna. Wife and I met Claudio for 3 hour walking tour. He was so friendly and personable that was like a friend showing us around town. It gets you oriented in the city so you get your bearings… super knowledgeable and gave us great tips for rest of our stay ..
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Lovesfood32
Sep 11, 2024
Best way to start Bologna visit - My wife and I wanted to start our Bologna visit with a walking tour to get oriented in the city. We signed up with Viator for a 3 hour walking tour. Claudio confirmed our visit a week earlier and meeting point . Right on time Claudio met us and having asked us earlier what we were interested in , he had a game plan. We saw popular points of interest while Claudio explained some historical and cultural things about Bologna. Very knowledgeable and super comfortable to be with for 3 hours. My wife felt really at ease as did I . We felt like a friend was showing us around town . 5 stars for sure. ( gave us restaurant tip where we ate lunch after the tour at a local not tourist restaurant) . Great way to start our Bolgna experience.
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Brielle_c
Sep 8, 2024
Best tour guide in Italy!!!!!! - My fiance and I had the most wonderful tour with Claudio. Not only is he so knowledgable, friendly and approachable, but he's really interested in catering the tour based off of your interests and curiosity about the city. We learned so much from him and genuinely enjoyed exploring this special city through his eyes. He is clearly highly educated on the history and roots of Bologna, but shares his own love and enthusiasm for this rich, cultural city. Our tour with Claudio was truly one of the best tours we have ever had, anywhere!!!!!!
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Tour32827243613
Sep 8, 2024
Outstanding walking tour of Bologna City Center - Our guide, Nicola was wonderful. He provided us with a very comprehensive tour, which included out perso al preferences. His answers to our questions were excellent and he also sent us links and videos to further explain. He was very personable and dun! Grazie mille, Nixola!
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Jeff_p
Sep 7, 2024
Bologna Tour with Chiara - We were only in Bologna for two days and wanted to do a private tour to get a feel for the City. Our guide Chiara was great. She was very knowledgeable and passionate about her City and made the tour very interesting. Highly recommend it.
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From $53
up to 8 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).