Photos: Roberto Gianardi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Fred Romero from Paris, France, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Photo credits
Photos: Roberto Gianardi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Fred Romero from Paris, France, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Small details of Piazza Maggiore
Your local guide
Valentina Greco
View profile
Highlights
- Carvings most visitors walk past
- A side portal, closely studied
- Detail read slowly, stone by stone
- A square seen differently
- Sculptural style explained plainly
About this tour
This session looks at Piazza Maggiore through its smaller carved details rather than its overall scale. You see decorative work on a palace facade most people walk past, and sculpted figures around a side portal of San Petronio. The camera stays close on stone throughout, moving slowly enough to actually read the carving.
We spend the whole session close on detail rather than pulling back for wider context, since that context is easy to see in almost any photograph of the square. I explain the sculptural style as we go, and answer questions on individual figures.
It suits anyone who already knows the square's general layout and wants something closer and less obvious. It also complements the Neptune fountain session well.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
-
Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Bologna before heading out.
-
Palazzo facade carvings 21 min
The camera moves along a row of carved details on one of the square's palace facades, most of them easy to walk straight past.
-
Basilica side portal 21 min
At a side entrance to San Petronio, I point out sculpted figures around the doorway that most visitors never notice from the main square.
-
Your questions 9 min
Time to ask anything about Bologna: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
-
A short list to keep 4 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Mortadella and Quadrilatero, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Rome time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Bologna, showing you Palazzo facade carvings and Basilica side portal live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need any background in art?
No. The guide explains what matters as you go, whatever you already know or do not.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet; the link comes with your booking. I walk Bologna live with my phone.
Times shown in Rome time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
Reviews
No reviews yet. Reviews appear here after travellers have completed this tour.
How reviews work
Only travellers who booked and paid through Locals Guide and whose tour took place can leave a review, within 60 days of the tour. Every review is marked "Verified booking". We check reviews before they appear and publish positive and negative ones alike; we remove only reviews that break our rules (insults, personal data, unrelated content). Guides cannot pay for, edit or hide reviews, and ratings are the plain average of all published reviews.
Next: Tue 27 Oct · 10 seats left From 21,00 €
Book