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Getting around

    The best way to enjoy Bologna is on foot: strolling beneath some of the city's 25 miles of porticoes. Buses ( www.atc.bo.it ) are fast and frequent. Tickets cost €1 each from tabacchi, newsstands, ticket machines and ATCittá info centres – located at the train and bus stations as well as various other locations – and are valid on as many buses as you like within one hour, or within 90 minutes during the reduced service period in August. If you plan to make frequent use of them it might be worth buying a Citypass for €6.50, valid for eight journeys. The ATCittá info points also sell tickets for the open-top, hop-on hop-off Giro Tp TramBus tour of the city (€10; 800.281.281 tollfree, www.trambusopen.com ). There are ten departures daily between 10am and 4pm from Viale Pietramellara in front of the train station.