Due Torri-San Sisto - Bologna
Bologna - Due Torri-San Sisto
Via Viadagola 5
40127 Bologna
Italy
Tel.
+39 051 501810
Fax.
+39 051 501810
Customer Rating
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| 73% | ||
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Due Torri-San Sisto hostel is located 6 km north-east of this unique city - and not only for its spectacular high leaning towers and its 47 kilometers of porticoes (the longest in the world). This is the city where the Alma Mater, the first university in the world (1088), broke through the cultural darkness of the Middle Ages and left an artistic imprint and a legacy of cultural figures for all time. The two hostels here, both modern and functional, constitute an optimal base for discovering the city's cultural and artistic richness.
Bologna is also an excellent base for visiting other Italian art cities such as Florence, Venice, Verona, Padua, Mantua, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna.
The hostel is a welcoming place in particular for young people, families, school trips and sport organizations. You will be welcomed by our staff that fluently speaks English, French and Spanish.
We offer our guests: free WiFi service, fridge, fax service, tourist brochures, laundry, parking, pizza free delivery service, luggage room, various games such as Jenga, Chess, cards, book-swapping, machines with hot and cold drinks, postal service. Bus tickets are sold in reception. Basketball playground. Shopping center in the surroundings. POSSIBILTY OF CHAUFFEUR SERVICE 24/7. USING SLEEPING BAG IS FORBIDDEN.
According to the City Council resolution n. 174/2012 of 05/21/2012, from September 1st, 2012 the City of Bologna will introduce the city tax, applied to non-residents overnight staying, for a maximum of 5 consecutive nights. The tourism tax rate is Euro 0,50 per night per person. Under 14 are tax exempt.
Bologna is also an excellent base for visiting other Italian art cities such as Florence, Venice, Verona, Padua, Mantua, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna.
The hostel is a welcoming place in particular for young people, families, school trips and sport organizations. You will be welcomed by our staff that fluently speaks English, French and Spanish.
We offer our guests: free WiFi service, fridge, fax service, tourist brochures, laundry, parking, pizza free delivery service, luggage room, various games such as Jenga, Chess, cards, book-swapping, machines with hot and cold drinks, postal service. Bus tickets are sold in reception. Basketball playground. Shopping center in the surroundings. POSSIBILTY OF CHAUFFEUR SERVICE 24/7. USING SLEEPING BAG IS FORBIDDEN.
According to the City Council resolution n. 174/2012 of 05/21/2012, from September 1st, 2012 the City of Bologna will introduce the city tax, applied to non-residents overnight staying, for a maximum of 5 consecutive nights. The tourism tax rate is Euro 0,50 per night per person. Under 14 are tax exempt.
Hostel bed capacity
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Total beds |
| Number of rooms: | 3 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 113 |
Opening times
| Opening times (daily/weekly): | Open all days - reception staffed 24 hrs. Check-out 10.00 am, check-in from 2.00 pm. The rooms are closed from 10.00 am until 2.00 pm for cleaning. Breakfast 7.30 am - 9.30 am. |
| Opening times (over the year): | All year round. |
Street Map and Route Planning
Directions
| Bus: | We recommend you to buy the bus ticket before boarding. Ticket machines are not on all buses. Get off at the stop called San Sisto, which is a few metres away, right in front of the hostel (it takes about 20 minutes to reach us). - Bus n° 93 (it leaves every half an hour) direction Granarolo, Baricella or Mondonuovo (every day till 8:00 p.m.)in Via Irnerio (bus stop 'Sferisterio' close to Piazza VIII Agosto). - n° 21b (it leaves every hour) direction San Sisto (every day from 8:40 p.m. to 12:40 p.m.). The bus stop is across the street from the railway station under the portico. - n° 302 (only on Saturday) from Piazza dei Martiri (bus stop "Piazza dei Martiri") at 23:47 and at 1:45. From the airport take the shuttle BLQ and get off in Via Indipendenza (bus stop 'Arena del Sole' and go to Via Irnerio to take the bus n°93) before 8 p.m. or at the train station (after 8 p.m. to take the bus 21/B). |
| Parking: | Parking for cars and buses. |
| Location: | 6 km from the city centre and the railway station and 3 km from the exhibition centre. By car: exit n°9 San Donato of the expressway (tangenziale in italian) and follow signs to "Ostello San Sisto". |
| Rail: | 6 Km Bologna Centrale |
| Airport: | Bologna International Airport 10 km - Ryanair flights from/to the main destinations such as Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Ibiza, London, Madrid, Paris, Porto, Warsaw. |
Attractions
 | Museums/art galleries nearby | | Historical sites nearby |
| Main attractions nearby | | Nightlife nearby |
| Restaurants nearby | | Shopping centre/market nearby |
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Facilities
 | Family rooms available |  | Suitable for wheelchair users |
 | Breakfast in price |  | Hostel open 24h |
 | TV room |  | Groups welcome |
 | Common room(s) |  | Sheets in price |
 | Laundry facilities |  | Internet access |
 | Credit card accepted |  | Meals available |
 | Individual traveller welcome |  | Luggage Store |
 | Lockers available |  | Non smoking room/area |
 | Basic store available at or near the hostel |  | Garden |
 | Playground |
Customer Reviews Bologna - Due Torri-San Sisto
| 30 Mar 2013 Tsena, Bulgaria | 73% | |
| The wifi connection in the hostel is quite quite poor. They say they're in the process of changing their internet provider so they receive less broadband from the old one... It doesn't sound like a good excuse. | ||
| 28 Mar 2013 Jorge, England & Wales | 80% | |
| It's okay for a hostel. Hot shower, clean bedrooms, friendly staff. Drab modern building. Breakfast not something to write home about. Main fault would be distance from centre: 6 kms. Buses run regularly until 8, then one every hour until 11.40 pm and that's the last one. Taxi would cost around €21. | ||
| 16 Mar 2013 Charlot, France | 60% | |
| very noisy the first night until one o'clock | ||
| 25 Feb 2013 Tirupati, Canada | 97% | |
| I would stay again at this hostel. The staff were extremely helpful and accommodating. It would be helpful if there could be at least one more type of bread. | ||
| 05 Feb 2013 Paz, Chile | 63% | |
| The breakfast wasn't very good, we got a different room that we were told and the location is just awful. Also, the buses that go there do not run evenly through the week. | ||
| 21 Oct 2012 Christos, Greece | 90% | |
| Very thin pillows, very uncomfortable.
Everything else is ok, considering the cheap price. | ||
| 24 Sep 2012 William, USA | 83% | |
| Staff were friendly in almost all circumstances, but at one point we were kept out of the building for several hours without warning due to cleaning. I wanted to store my computer so I could catch the bus but could not even enter the building. Staying out of rooms was expected but being locked out of the building completely was very inconvenient and I missed one of few buses to the city center on Sunday. | ||
| 24 Sep 2012 Svetlana, Canada | 30% | |
| this hostel is situated very far from the city center of Bologna, the indications about the bus were not quite right on the website of the hostel (the nearest stop of the 93 bus from the train station is Piazza dei Martiri and not what was announced by the hostel - some approximate stop) - so I had a lot of difficulties to get there. Internet (wi-fi) was not working - which is quite surprising for the students' city. Breakfast was very poor: plain bread with jam/butter/cheap chocolate+coffee from the old machine... I will never stay there again! | ||
| 21 Sep 2012 Nicolette, Australia | ||
| Please contact me by email about this. We definitely did not stay here on this night. We are not even in the country. My email is nicolettelr@yahoo.com.au.
Can you please confirm who you had staying using our email on the 20th September 2012.
Thank you Nicolette Beazley | ||
| 09 Sep 2012 Paul, USA | 80% | |
| The outdoor patio is a great place to sit around drinking beers, eating pizza, and meeting new people from all over the globe. Although it is located several km out of town, the local buses take you directly from the city center to the hostel (note that on Sundays the buses only run once every 2 hours or so). But even late at night there is a night bus you can take. For budget travelers like myself who don't mind relying on public transport, the benefits of a cheap, clean, and friendly hostel outweigh the inconvenience of a bus trip to the outskirts of town. | ||
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