A lovely little loft in the attic of the Martini’s building. It’s exposed, unpainted beams will help you avoid knocking your head on them and the skylights give it a nice modern feel. It’s in a surprisingly urban, charmingly grungy and grafitti’d part of the city, 10 minutes (walking) from the more touristy center. Across the street you see remnants of the medieval wall that surrounds the city. There’s a nearby pedestrian street that teems with young adult locals after about 9pm so you can get a more authentic, if smoky, feel for Bologna. Also nearby, you can stop by BrewDogs bar for a more American feeling spot. You’ll read about the rest of Bologna elsewhere, but these are some nearby things to see.

Donata herself is a gracious host and welcomed us with a bottle of wine for our 20th anniversary. Unfortunately, we were a little jetlagged (and perhaps a little over-served) and nearly late for our checkout time – and new guests were on the way. Things got a little tense there, but she called a cab for us (you cannot hail taxis on the street in Bologna) to take us to our next location and we quickly said good-bye.

This place is a great value, a cute little apartment and easily accessible to the modern Bologna as well as the historical one.