Bologna's Best: Top 10 Hotels for a Memorable Stay

Which are the best hotels in Bologna?
Booking.com and Tripadvisor can give you an answer.
But even if I grew up in Bologna I have some suggestions for you.

Here's a not sponsored list of hotels in Bologna city centre.

If you're looking for the best of the best the answer is just one.

Located in Via Indipendenza, just a few steps away from Piazza Maggiore, Grand Hotel Majestic (known as Baglioni) is a wonderful and historical building designed by architect Alfonso Torregiani during the first half of the 18th century.

​Luxury, elegance and position, make it the best.
If you can afford it, there are no other options to consider.

And if you're lucky you can meet former guests as Bono, Lady Gaga of the Pope.

Why sleep here
If you can afford it, this is the best.

Info
Via dell'Indipendenza, 8, 40121 Bologna
Tel. 051 225445
grandhotelmajestic.duetorrihotels.com
Price: 300€/night

Another luxury choice.
The perfect balance between modern and classic style: modern rooms with minimal furniture, smooth shapes and simple spaces inside the elegant atmospheres of Palazzo Maccaferri (Art Nouveau).

In addition, this hotel is also famous for having the only Michelin starred restaurant in Bologna, located inside an 1899 theatre.

Why sleep here
It's new, with a great restaurant and close to the train station.

Info
Via dell'Indipendenza, 69, 40050 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 42185
www.iporticihotel.com
Price: 105€/night

It's set in a quiet area between Via Castiglione and Via Santo Stefano, two of the most lovely and classy streets of Bologna.

Il Convento dei Fiori di Seta hotel is a former nunnery dated back to the 14th century.

All the rooms are different and 4 of them are obtained from the aisle and the apse of an old church.

If you're looking for an elegant and pleasant solution to spend your days in Bologna in a unique context, this is your place.

Why sleep here
Beautiful and relaxed area, you don't get the chance to sleep in a nunnery every day, don't you?

Info
Via Orfeo, 34/4, 40124 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 272039
www.ilconventodeifioridiseta.com
Price: 110€/night

There's the hand of an architect and designer behind Casa Bertagni.
And you can tell it by the harmony of a place with unique style and charm.

Each room is named after one of the virtues and you get art in every little detail.
You are a few steps from the Art University and the Pinacoteca di Bologna.

Ready to sleep in a painting?

Why sleep here

To sleep inside a beautiful place in the University area, surrounded by art.

Info
Via G. B de Rolandis, 7, 40126 Bologna
Tel. +39 346 323 9893
casabertagni.it
Price: 170€/night

Are you ready to sleep in history?

Art Hotel Commercianti is set inside an 11th-century building in Via de Pignattari, a few steps from Piazza Maggiore.

It has been a former town hall and later the seat of the Brentatori, a congregation of wine bearers and valuers, papal duty collectors, firemen.

If you need one more reason to book a room here, this is the closest hotel to our Bologna food tour meeting point. Wear your shoes and start to eat, not bad.

Why sleep here

To have breakfast with a view of San Petronio Basilica, what you can ask more?

Info
Via de' Pignattari, 11, 40124 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 745 7511
art-hotel-commercianti.com
Price: 120€/night

Right next to San Domenico Basilica (yes, the one with Michelangelo statues) there's this attractive and small hotel.

Founded in 1950, it has renovated rooms.

It's famous for its terrace where you can enjoy a drink or a bath in the Jacuzzi with an amazing view above the red roofs of Bologna.

Why sleep here

Relax, comfort, good position. And let me say it again: Jacuzzi-on-a-terrace.

Info
Via de' Mattuiani 1/2, 40124 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 584305
www.hoteltouring.it
Price: 80€/night

Outside the walls of the city centre (about 15 min walk to Piazza Maggiore) but in a quiet location, you find this elegant and modern hotel.

Perfect for business (with its big meeting room), it suits great also if you're looking for a new and stylish hotel.

A few meters from it, there's a great greek Bologna fish restaurant.

Why sleep here

If you have a car and you don't want to get crazy about parking it.

Info
Via Giovanna Zaccherini Alvisi 16, 40138 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 394 0311
www.aemiliahotel.it
Price: 80-90€

Don't be fooled by the look of the modern rooms of this boutique hotel just next to Piazza Maggiore.

This is one of the oldest hotels in Bologna, with a deep connection with San Petronio Basilica. This is where the architects and artists working at the construction of the Basilica used to sleep.

Now the look is different but not less fascinating.

Why sleep here

Its history, the great position and its restaurant.

Info
Via de' Fusari 9, 40123 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 261891
phihotelbologna.com
Price: 100€ - 130€

Via Santo Stefano, one of the best streets of Bologna.
A few steps from the 7 churches Basilica, you can rest in the rooms of this 16th-century building.

3 rooms with frescos and a small library to sleep in the history of Bologna.

Why sleep here

The elegant area, far from the noise and its charming look.

Info
Via Santo Stefano 36, 40125 Bologna
Tel. +39 3479110731
anticacasazucchini.it
Price: 120€ - 210€