AmaBologna is in a beautiful, quiet, green, north-eastern area of the city, outside the city walls. The bright, airy room we stayed in is part of Ersi and her family's home at the top of one of the apartment buildings on Via Saragozza - a street with its own wonderful little shops and porticoed walkways. (Be aware that as these are old buildings there is no lift so you'll need to lug bags up the stairs - although Ersi insisted on doing this for us.)

Ersi and her partner couldn't do enough to make us feel welcome - my co-guest is gluten-intolerant and they even popped out to the shops to make sure she had enough to eat at breakfast. Ersi is a city tour guide so she is great to talk to about the city, which is one of my favourites in the world and well worth a visit.

The B&B is just over a 20-minute walk to the city centre, or you can get the number 20 bus into town. I recommend the walk - Bologna is just so beautiful. We stayed here for an event at Fiera - the walk is just under an hour and again, worth it (apart from the final industrial part!).

The room comes with its own large bathroom and you can use the large living/dining room, which has views over the gardens of a villa across the road. This is part of Bologna that I've never explored before, so I'm so glad I had the opportunity to stay here. I would definitely come back.