Visiting Gay Bologna, Italy’s Foodie Capital
‘The foodie paradise of Italy!’
That’s what everyone said to us about gay Bologna and the surrounding region of Emilia Romagna. After a week’s fill of freshly made tortellini, ragu, lasagne, tagliatelle, tortelloni, passatelli, cannelloni, lasagne… we can totally see why!
Bologna is also famous for its long corridors of porticos, the result of a large student population over centuries.
It all began in 1088 when the University of Bologna was founded. The city quickly attracted thousands of students who still today descend on the city each year.
As the student population continued to grow in Bologna over the last 10 centuries, business owners realized they could extend the upper floors of their properties outwards to accommodate more of them.