I Portici Hotel in Bologna, Italy

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I Portici Hotel

Via Indipendenza, 69, Bologna, IT 40121

Location. The I Portici Hotel Bologna is located in the centre of the historic city of Bologna, Italy, on Via Indipendenza, 600 metres from Bologna Centrale train station and one kilometre from the main square. Bologna Airport is six kilometres away.
Hotel Features. Offering a quiet atmosphere within the historic 19th-century Palazzo Maccaferri building, The I Portici Hotel Bologna once housed a theatre in the early 1900s. The hotel has a doorman and 24-hour front desk, and provides business services, dry cleaning, currency exchange, multilingual staff and wireless Internet. Garage parking is available for a surcharge.
The Ristorante Teatro Eden at the I Portici serves international and local Bolognese cuisine. Large windows of this old theatre space provide a view over the busy Via Indipendenza, and buffets, banquets, and business lunches can be arranged.
Various modern and light conference rooms are offered on first and ground floor, with audio-visual equipment provided and wireless Internet access throughout.
Golf Club Bologna is 18 kilometres from the hotel, and other leisure facilities are easily found in Bologna's centre.
Guestrooms. The 86 guestrooms at I Portici overlook Via Indipendenza or have view of the Pincio Park. All have a warm and bright ambience, and decor varies from modern to classical. Each is air- conditioned with wireless Internet, satellite television with pay movies, remote lighting control, and shower rooms. Smoking rooms are available, and newspapers are complimentary.
Expert Tip. In a wall in Via Piella, there is a little wooden shutter which opens to reveal a little window or 'finestrina' through which the 'Little Venice' of Bologna's past can be glimpsed, the remains of the canal system that used to run throughout the city.