Casa Bertagni is a villa/mansion turned into a guest house. It is run by an Italian couple. It's…read morelike a luxurious bed and breakfast. It is located in a quiet part of the city but is within an easy walking distance from the main square, Piazza Maggiore. While I don't think it's in a bad neighborhood, the front gate is always locked and the hallway doors are also lock around the clock. The decor is eclectic (or even funky). See my photos. You will be the judge. It's an old building but is clean and well maintained. Our room was clean and spacious. Lots of storing space and a high ceiling. The AC worked great, too. The breakfast was one of the highlights. Both the quality and the selection are excellent. The photos speak for themselves. If I go back to Bologna, I will definitely stay here. I highly recommend Casa Bertagni to anyone! ***************************** If you found something useful in my review, please hit "useful" to let me know. Your feedback helps me improve my future reviews. If you love food and traveling, follow me, or better yet, let's become friends on Yelp! If you think your friends will find my review useful, please share it with them! Thank you and happy Yelping!

Guido and his staff make it look so easy. If it was so easy, every hostelry would have incredible…read moredesign, gracious service, amazing breakfasts, and a superb location. My wife and I usually stay in apartments utilizing multiple services for our reservations. Casa Bertagni showed me what I was missing. Our room was large, with an amazingly comfortable bed, and easy to regulate heat/AC. The bathroom had a double head rain shower and the nicest, thick towels. Viscount Guido, an architect by trade and nature, is Philippe Starck, Kelly Wearstler, Marcel Wanders, Timothy Corrigan etc. wrapped up in one package, His designs at Casa Bertagni are whimsical and beautiful. There was so much to look at, and travelers feel enveloped in luxury. The staff is kind, friendly, warm and ridiculously accommodating. This has to be the very best place to stay in Bologna. I would like to clone Casa Bertagni.

DO NOT GO HERE!!!!! It is the worst-case-scenario: you book…read morea room, they confirm, and afterwards the confirmation is rejected. Bad! Bad! Bad! This hotel cannot be trusted for their booking-confirmations. You will have to find yourself another hotel anyway.

We stayed at this B&B during September 2013, traveling with friends and renting both rooms in the…read moreapartment. While spartan in their furnishings, each room was spacious and had ensuite facilities, good storage for our clothes and gear, and air conditioning. Breakfast was very basic, with a capsule coffee maker (very popular in Italy these days) and some packaged baked goods; but Ruggero was constantly surprising us by leaving us cookies, biscotti, and other treats he'd made himself. When we arrived, our laptops did not work with his internet system, so he immediately called in a tekkie and we were soon connected. His wife and son run a nice café in the town center, and he made sure that we got a discount when we had lunch there one day. For location, value, and a genuine sense of hospitality, this place cannot be beat. A previous reviewer said their reservation had not been honored; we believe this could only be because he had not sent the deposit as requested. Perhaps he did not understand the use of the word "parra" (we weren't sure what it meant at first, either) to hold the room. We found Ruggero to be a very organized and responsive host, one who would not forget or blow off a commitment like this. Also, we located a good self-service laundry about 5 blocks away, on via Azzo Gardino just above via Reno. There is a shortcut through a little park which will take several blocks off your trip.

Overall Very Good hotel with an excellent location and excellent breakfast too. You really can't…read morebeat the location...steps away from Piazza Maggiore which is the center of Bologna and walking distance to everywhere you could possibly want to go. It's about a 20 minute level walk to and from the train station (though a bus goes up the main road if you'd prefer and you can get a taxi right outside the hotel if you want too. We had a suite which was smaller than I had hoped it would be, but was really nicely appointed with a view of the clock tower directly across from the window and the main square to the right. And it was in fact two rooms so we could close the door between the bedroom and have the living room for late night writing or email when the other one of us was sleeping. For the most part it was a quiet room though there were films showing in the main square every night we were there and the sound could be heard until about midnight in our room which wasn't ideal but that was also about when we were going to sleep so it worked out. Breakfast was great and our favorite hotel breakfast in Italy. They brought a basket of gluten free items for my wife and the subsequent days we were there they remembered us and automatically brought the gluten free basket and remembered our coffee order as well. Felt like very personal service. The staff was really nice too and gave us good restaurant recommendations. We would definitely stay here again.

Hotel Orologio. Stayed two nights here in July, 2022, during the heat wave. Great location in the…read morecenter of Bologna, Management and Staff take Covid precautions very seriously, ultra comfortable, very quiet (my room faced into the light well), superior service, reliable AC, full breakfast included in the Lounge (7 to 11am), highly recommended. I would be happy to return anytime. Five Stars plus!