Art Hotel Orologio How to reach us in Bologna

The Art Hotel Orologio is a charming hotel in the center of Bologna characterized by its fantastic location just few meters from the amazing Piazza Maggiore and the Basilica of San Petronio and Palazzo Comunale City Hall.

The hotel is located in via IV Novembre, in a pedestrian area which allows our guests to discover the city center, visit the monuments, museums, exclusive shopping areas and best restaurants in maximum comfort. The most important bus routes are very close to the hotel. The hotel is 1 km away from the train station and just 7 km away from Bologna airport.

ATTENTION LTZ: In Bologna, like a lot of European cities, there are several areas partially or totally forbidden to traffic. In order to avoid to incur in penalties during the departure and the arrival at our hotel, you must follow the authorised itinerary that we have prepared for you making attention not to violate traffic laws. If you have a navigation system, we suggest you to enter Via Alfredo Testoni n. 2, 40100 Bologna. This is a street nearby our hotels, access point to the Limited Traffic Zone, better recognized by the navigator system rather than our proper address which is on a pedestrian area. Via Alfredo Testoni we kindly ask you to follow the instructions.

Car plate number: Guests are kindly requested to communicate their car plate number to the Reception desk upon arrival for the access through the controlled traffic zone (ZTL). It will be our singular consideration to report it to the field office. It’s important to provide the car plate number even if guests won’t use our Garage. The permission enables only the transit through the itinerary provided by us to reach the hotel, it does not enable to stop, park or take any other routes.

ATTENTION LTZ and ZONA T (Indipendenza, Rizzoli, Ugo Bassi):
Entrances to be used to access at the Art Hotel: Via Marconi, Via San Felice, Via Sant'Isaia.
You are not allowed to drive at any hour and day, even for hotel guests, along ZONA T (Via Indipendenza, Via Rizzoli, Via Ugo Bassi), Via Archiginnasio, Piazza San Francesco, Via del Pratello, Via delle Moline, Via Capo di Lucca, Via Antonio Bertoloni (University Area) and on bus yellow lanes.

Private Garage: you can book a parking space in one of private garages located in the historical center (from 170 meters away) a daily price from 30€. The service is on request and it depends on the garages availability, which will be previously communicated to you by the Reception.

Public square of Piazza Roosevelt (150 meters away): cars can be parked within blue lines buying at the Reception desk a 24 hours ticket at the rate of € 9,00. However, the parking spot can’t be reserved and the parking is not guarded.