# A wine evening in Bologna on foot: the Clock Tower, Osteria del Sole, Enoteca Italiana and dinner at Osteria dell'Orsa You climb the Clock Tower, drink at Osteria del Sole with what you buy at the market, carry on at Enoteca Italiana, dine at Osteria dell'Orsa and sleep in the Quadrilatero. Monday to Saturday. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/emilia-romagna/bologna/itineraries/wine-evening-in-the-quadrilatero · Revisado: 2026-11-13 ## El día - 13:30 · Salida: 2 h 15 by train (Frecciarossa or Italo from Roma Termini; from Centrale to the Quadrilatero, about 20 min on foot) - 16:40 · Clock Tower of the Palazzo d'Accursio and Its Terraces (tickets on the hour, at twenty past and at twenty to · last at 18:20 in winter · €10) · Bologna Welcome, From €10 per adult - 4 min on foot - 17:45 · Osteria del Sole (only wine and beer · buy your food beforehand on Via Pescherie Vecchie · until 21:30) · Osteria del Sole, € - 10 min on foot - 19:15 · Enoteca Italiana, on Via Marsala (Via Marsala, 2/B · glass and cured meats sliced on the spot · until 21:30) · Enoteca Italiana, on Via Marsala, €€ - 4 min on foot - 20:30 · Osteria dell'Orsa (Via Mentana, 1 · tagliatelle and tortellini · no reservations, kitchen open until 23:00) · Osteria dell'Orsa, € - 12 min on foot - 22:15 · Albergo delle Drapperie (Via Drapperie, 5 · 21 rooms in an old inn · breakfast included) · Albergo delle Drapperie - 10:00 · Vuelta: 2 h 15 by train (the next day, from Bologna Centrale to Rome) Bologna is not a city of wineries, but it drinks with a tradition few cities have kept. In the Quadrilatero, the market district behind Piazza Maggiore, an osteria documented since 1465 is still open where only wine is served and everyone brings their own food; ten minutes away, a wine shop dating from 1972 serves any of its 2,000 labels by the glass with mortadella sliced on the spot. This plan links them on foot, under the porticoes, with a climb up the Clock Tower to start, an osteria dinner to finish and the hotel two streets from the first glass. ## From the tower to the osteria 16:40 · The Clock Tower. In the Palazzo d'Accursio, on Piazza Maggiore. You climb on foot, with no lift, to the mechanism and two terraces over the square; the tower visit lasts about forty minutes and the ticket, with the municipal art collections, costs €10. There are tickets on the hour, at twenty past and at twenty to; in winter, the last is at 18:20. Children under 8 do not go up to the highest terrace. 17:45 · Osteria del Sole. Four minutes' walk away, in Vicolo dei Ranocchi. Before going in, buy whatever you fancy in the shops of Via Pescherie Vecchie or Via Drapperie: mortadella, parmigiano, bread. Inside there is only wine and beer, no soft drinks or dishes, and long wooden tables that are shared. You order at the bar and sit wherever there is room. From Monday to Saturday it is open until 21:30. 19:15 · Enoteca Italiana. Ten minutes across Via Indipendenza to Via Marsala. It opened in 1972 and added the wine bar in 1994: any of its more than 2,000 labels can be tried by the glass, with cured meats and cheeses sliced on the spot, salmon and a seasonal hot dish. Ask for advice. It closes at 21:30 and on Sundays. 20:30 · Dinner at Osteria dell'Orsa. Four minutes away, on Via Mentana, in the university district. Since 1979, with the kitchen open non-stop until 23:00 and no reservations: tagliatelle al ragù, tortellini and cured meats at student prices. 22:15 · Albergo delle Drapperie. Twelve minutes back to the Quadrilatero. Three stars and 21 different rooms, some with painted ceilings, in an old inn on Via Drapperie, with breakfast included. Pets are accepted. ## If you change the dinner For a dinner with a tablecloth, Da Cesari, in the same family's hands since 1955, is beside Piazza Maggiore and serves tagliatelle al ragù, tortellini in broth and scaloppina petroniana; it is closed on Sundays and you book by phone. ## Cómo llegar ### By train from Rome Frecciarossa or Italo from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale, about two hours and a quarter. From Centrale to the Quadrilatero it is about twenty minutes on foot along Via Indipendenza. ### On foot The whole plan fits within about two and a half kilometres, on the flat and almost all under porticoes. ## Consejos ### Buy before you go in Osteria del Sole does not sell food: bring it from the shops around. ### Arrive early at the Orsa It does not take reservations and there is a queue at dinner time. ### Leave your bag at the hotel Check-in is from 14:00 and it is two streets from the osteria. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### What is Osteria del Sole? A Bologna osteria documented since 1465 that serves only wine and beer: you bring the food. ### Is Enoteca Italiana open on Sundays? No; Monday to Saturday, from 7:30 to 21:30. ### Do you need to book? Osteria dell'Orsa does not take reservations. The hotel does, in advance. ### Can you do it in the rain? Yes: almost the whole walk is under porticoes and all three venues are indoors.