Where to eat and where to shop in Bologna – My tips for food and shopping in Bologna

I spent two days in Bologna while on my trip to Italy a few days ago and concentrated on the important things: Food and Shopping Beside my pictures giving you some impressions of the city of Bologna, this article is my Bologna Guide, I will give you some tips for nice restaurants and Aperitivo bars, but also where to shop for fashion and interior.

As I said, I spent two days in Bologna a few ays ago with an Italian friend on mine. The city is beautiful and very small, so that we walked around for hours to discover the city and stopped in between to shop or eat in places that were recommended to us by some friends of my Italian friend. In more simple, at places recommended by locals. So here you go, my tips for food and shopping in Bologna.

Where to eat in Bologna?

– For a quick lunch: I loved the Mercato Di mezzo. It’s perfect if you are a few people who can’t decide on a restaurant. You will find everything from sweets to fish at the Mercato Di Mezzo and a lot of food specialities of Bologna. At the Mercato we ate Gnocco Bolognese with Mortadella, Mozzarella di Bufala, Piadina, Prosciutto and Tigelle.
Address : entrances are Via Drapperie or Via Pescherie Vecchie or Via Clavature

Via Pescherie Vecchie is a typical Italian street, full of restaurants and grocery shops. It is in this street that you will buy Italian pasta or your parmesan before flying back home

– For Aperitivo: An amazing place is Le Stanze. It’s quite pricy but the location is amazing since before being a bar, it was a chapel constructed in the 16th century.
Address : 1 Via Borgo di San Pietro

We had aperitivo at Caffé Rubik. It’s a very cool little café decorated with old cassette tapes. Super cool to sit outside under the city famous arcades.
Address : 31D Via Marsala

– For dinner : We went to Osteria dell’Orsa in the student district. We had Crostini, Tortellini al Ragù, Ravioli with smoked Scamorza cheese and balsamic vinegar.
Address : 1 via Mentana

Shopping in Bologna:

You can do a lot of shopping in Bologna and there is something for every pocket.

– A lovely street where you can find Italian brands like Pinko or Altiebassi is Via de Toschi or not too far from there, via Clavature has some nice shops as well. It is not cheap but also not too expensive.

– For luxury shopping, I liked a lot the concept store L’Inde le Palais . The employees were not very friendly but it’s common in these kind of shops. The shop is very nice still and they have a very good buyer as i have seen clothes and accessories there that i have never seen anywhere before. Even if you don’t buy anything, it is a pleasure for the eyes to enter this boutique.
Address : Via dei Musei

Otherwise you will find Italian luxury brands like Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Fabi or Furla in Via Farini

– Finally, for interior shopping you have to go to Strada Maggiore, in this street don’t miss the Poltrona Frau shop. This brand is iconic all over the world for its leather signature seating.

If you would like to see more pictures of Italy, read see my Rome travel diary from last year.

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Amandine