Bologna was a really enjoyable stop on my way to Genova. I only had an afternoon and evening, but that was plenty of time to explore the city. Granted, if the Ducati factory had been open (it closes for the month of August), I’d have scheduled another day here just to do the factory tour and see where my Monster was born :). Bologna was also amazingly free of tourists – it was wonderful to explore and pretend to be sort of local.