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Dining · Bologna · 27 Jun 2026 · 05:10 GMT+7

Bologna becomes the city travellers plan a trip around the table for

Italy’s quiet food capital is drawing visitors who come for the ragù and stay for the region.
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By Priya Sundaram
Dining desk · 27 Jun 2026
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Key takeaways
Long overshadowed by Florence and Rome, Bologna is emerging as the city travellers plan around a single long lunch, then build a regional trip around.
The shift rewards a city that never traded on monuments.

Long overshadowed by Florence and Rome, Bologna is emerging as the city travellers plan around a single long lunch, then build a regional trip around. Operators report the table is now the anchor of the itinerary.

The shift rewards a city that never traded on monuments. WorldTravelBrief follows the food trail across Emilia-Romagna.

Bologna
On the ground in Bologna
By Priya Sundaram · WorldTravelBrief
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