Virtual Tour in Medieval Bologna: Experience a Real Day in the Middle Ages

She dons a viewer and steps into an expansive landscape in the heart of Bologna, strolling at leisure through arcades, roads, and narrow lanes, exploring stores and encountering figures, immersing herself in a genuine medieval day, culminating in a thrilling, heart-stopping flight amongst the numerous towers.

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Museo Realtà Virtuale - La Macchina del Tempo - Experiences of Virtual Reality with a popular historical-artistic background.
    ATTENTION: THE 5 POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR EACH BAND ARE “CUMULATIVE”, in the sense that if 3 of Tower and Power have been booked at a certain time, only 2 remain available for both Tower and Tutankhamun.
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What's Included
  • Entrance ticket included
  • Limited to 5 attendees in contemporary section
What's Not Included
  • Food and beverages
Additional Information
  • Prohibited for those suffering from epilepsy
Location
Museo Realtà Virtuale - La Macchina del Tempo
Via Luigi Zamboni
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Turtlecoach
Sep 22, 2023
Above the roofs of Bologna - After walking through medieval Bologna for a while, the program switched to "flight mode" so that we could fly over and along the towers.
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Everett
Jun 5, 2023
Excellent Medieval VR Tour of Bologna - The VR tour of medeival Bologna was great; very well done. Enjoyable (even for a 58-year-old like me, and I'm sure kids would appreciate it even more) and informative. Choose the longer version (25 minutes). Note that the same experience is also available at the Museum of the History of Bologna (for a higher charge I believe as it includes entrance to the whole museum). Note: At the latter location there are also experiences about the Roman era and 18th century (canals) in the city. I did these too (at extra charge) and would recommend them (the short versions) somewhat, in the aforementioned order. Returning to this attraction -- the Time Machine museum -- it also has a show called "Dante's Inferno" which was sort of grisly but entertaining enough. (I'd choose the short version.) Note: This museum is very small, centrally located near the main tower.
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Panilusia
Nov 27, 2019
Nice! - Something new and different than usual, we enjoyed it. You come to the room, you get your VR set and you are ready to explore. The best part - flying :)
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Kenneth
Nov 7, 2019
Visit to Medieval Bologna - Interesting Virtual Reality experience and informational about the history of Bologna around 900 years ago. Focus is the system of towers that were residences as well as defensive structures. Highlight flying around above the city.
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Carol
Sep 19, 2019
What a blast! - I highly recommend the longer tour. This was my first experience with a VR museum and it was really fun. I have a little gasp when a horse ran me over! At the end you can jump off a tower (it’s not scary) and fly over the city. The young man at the museum was very friendly and helpful. Our best non-food experience in Bologna.
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Marioss1965
Aug 13, 2019
Speed up the understanding of the city - It was a great experience to "walk" and "talk" with the inhabitants of the village in the century XIII. It is really worth to visit.
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Adaniels83
Oct 22, 2019
Excellent experience - Something different to try during your stay, there are 4 experiences that you can enjoy which can take you back in time to medieval Bologna or egypt. Me and my 13 year old daughter thoroughly enjoyed the experience. You have 2 options of a short session (14 mins) at a cost of €12 or the long session (25 mins) at a cost of €18. We did the long session and it was a great way to see what things would of been like back in medieval time which puts some of the sights into context, overall a very good experience
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Gieffelle
Nov 3, 2023
We hoped for better - The virtual tour is not particularly excellent. we were a little disappointed. the idea is also good but the service needs to be updated with new and better graphically defined videos.
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336debbir
Sep 16, 2022
Only just average - The place was not easy to find! Address on TripAdvisor is incorrect so use website details. Then it's a couple of rooms in a very nice palazzo. Experience was pretty low tech, although interesting.
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Andav2013
Jul 27, 2021
Lack of Technical quality leads to bummer - Entering with high expectations well on time, we first found nobody at reception and then 15 min after the time slot were let in by a guy who made no contact with us, but just almost inaudible explained how we had to use our controllers. Not much fun in his job. That was clear. Then it began and the devices were not working properly or the language or sound had to be adapted … four people with 1 employee. Finally it was running. It is Supposed to be a 2021 Virtual reality experience but the digital quality is from 10 years back. All new games on devices at our home have a higher quality and nothing came true like ‘you are guided into the world of the 1st century in Bologna’. It was so unreal and (I am really sorry to say) not catching, that we now were happy it only lasted for 25 min. Rather disappointed about our 4 x 18€ per ticket !!! we left the building. Great idea but take a look at professional institutes like Disney or Omniversum movies to give your cliënts a real sensation of being in a different time zone… this is 1990 technology
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