Hello! Welcome to Bologna and Emilia Romagna region! I am Nathalie, the official licensed guide for Bologna and Emilia Romagna with a specific examination on Bologna...it makes difference.: French by origins but Italian in my heart: I've been living in Bologna for 18 years.I graduated in art and philosophy in France, with a specific concentration in Tourism in 1993 and I started working at once as a tour leader with groups in Europe and worldwide.My goal was to succeed in becoming an authorized official tour guide of Bologna.An intensive preparation made my dream come true in 2003! In Italy, our profession as a tour guide is strictly regulated in order to give our visitors the best services, and make them feel the "true Italian soul".The license badge I now wear while guiding is for me (more than a wedding ring) symbolizing my intense love story with Bologna.I guess some of my dear visitors caught this passion in my eyes during my guided tours...Some of my clients became my friends, some wrote me some thank you letters...and all of them gratified me with some astonished "WOW" during the tours for what they discovered with me.This is pure happiness! Surprising, colorful, Italian more than others, Bologna displays arcades and nice façades as a background for Opera...During the guided walking tours, trompe l'oeil paintings and terra cotta sculptures are awaiting you while sciences inherited from the oldest university in the world, the Jewish quarter, gastronomy and music will trouble [sensitive content]know is not enough, know-how is even more important...Visiting Bologna with me, you choose a different way to know the city, with amusement, competence, and passion.With your family or as a small private group, I am able to offer tailored walking tours of Bologna, full of life, as Bologna is so rich with curiosities.I am also specialized in tours with children, providing special material and itineraries for young visitors!!! Bologna is such a magic city: Unknown, only one hour driving from Ravenna port, easily reachable by train, so close to the main factories of Ferrari, Lamborghini Ducati, also the capital of gastronomy in Italy with Balsamic Vinegar and Parmigiano cheeses all around! Yes, I just mentioned the "Motor Valley" and the "magical Slow Food Triangle"...I know a lot about these temptations.All the itineraries in the countryside can be tailored made for you with the possibility of driving tests, museums, factories, local producers and specific food and wine tastings in amazing places...Do you really want me to torture you longer? Please, read the details in the specific sections.I know what traveling in a foreign country means, I can grasp your needs and answer your questions so that you don't feel like an "already forgotten tourist" but a friend of mine and a fan of Bologna too! I can arrange any kind of transportation for you and give you many details about your day.See you soon in Bologna, in Emilia Romagna, in the heart of true Italy!Benvenuti a Bologna!