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June 24, 2022
First visit to this wonderful city. Visit was due to going to gig, but gave myself extra time to explore. It's a fascinating city, lots of colonnades and interesting shops and museums. The architecture is brilliant, the towers certainly stand out. The food is excellent. The number of restaurants is large. I can recommend the open top bus tour, as well as just hop off and walk around, you will be surprised what you find. Also there is a large market square and there appears to be a different market each day . If you feel the need to get away from bologna. Take the short train journey to Imola. A short (30 minute) walk across Imola takes you to the famous racing circuit. On non race days, you can walk into the aqua minerale park, which makes up part of the circuit's infield. Here you can walk along beside the track and further in you can visit the infamous Tamborello corner, where the late Ayrton Senna was fatally injured in a crash in May1994. There is a staue to him at the trackside, which racing fans may find moving. A few minutes walk away is a tribute to Giles Villineuve, another motor racing legend. Just to note, there is also a memorial to Roland Ratzentburger, who died on the same weekend as Senna, unfortunately, I didn't have time to visit this one. Back to Bologna, the public transport is plentiful, cheap and clean. A tip for lavatories, if you are in need of one whilst out and about, seek out museums and the public buildings, the archaeology museum is €6. Is with a visit anyway and has toilets. The public buildings tend to be free and also have loos