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Hotel near the Fiera di Bologna

Strategically located, Holiday Inn Bologna Fiera is ideal for both business and for leisure travel. Its location a few steps from the main highways and well connected to the city center, offers a good starting point for discovering the beauty of the city.

 

Distance from main places of interest

  • Fiera di Bologna exhibition centre 3.2 km, under 5 minutes by car or free shuttle bus
  • Only 2.5 km from the tangenziale (bypass) from and to A14 Bologna-Taranto motorway
  • 11 km from Bologna's Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi Airport
  • 6 km from Bologna's Stazione Centrale railway station
  • Bus stop in front of the hotel
  • Car + chauffeur service available

To visit, in central Bologna and the neighbourhood

  • San Petronio Basilica
  • Palazzo del Podestà palace
  • Via degli Orefici street
  • Via Pescherie Vecchie street
  • Palazzo Re Enzo palace
  • Fontana del Nettuno (Neptune Fountain)
  • Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio palace
  • Due Torri (The Two Towers)
  • Portico di San Luca and Meloncello (San Luca Arcade and the Meloncello Arch)

Shopping in Bologna

  • Meraville Shopping Mall, located in front of the hotel, and easy to reach on foot.
  • Galleria Cavour, a renowned high fashion gallery in the historical centre, just a few steps away from Piazza Maggiore.
  • The “Alla Montagnola” Market, this well-known and traditional market takes place on Friday and Saturday in Piazza VIII Agosto and in the Montagnola park, near the central station.

Discos and Venues

 

  • "Matis": a 10 minute drive along the tangenziale (bypass).
  • "Chalet delle Rose": Sasso Marconi (BO) take the tangenziale (bypass - direction Milano/Firenze/Casalecchio) and quit onto the strada Porrettana/Bazzanese road. Continue roughly 5 km along the Porrettana road, you will see the disco on the right.
  • City centre: "Kinki" disco club, "Kasamatta", and "Le Scuderie", are all located in the Due Torri (Two Towers) area. To reach the "Il Cassero", walk to your right from the railway station, following Viale Pietramellara avenue. To reach the "Millennium", walk along via Amendola street from the railway station, turning left into via Riva di Reno street.
  • Locomotiv Club, Estragon, Sottotetto, Kindergarden: all located in the Fiera area, which you can reach in 5 minutes taking a taxi or a bus from the hotel.