The Luxury Hotel in Bologna
Hand-picked in Bologna: the 5-star hotel Grand Hotel Majestic. Included with every suitespot booking: breakfast for two, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service – benefits of over €500.
Your guide to the best luxury hotel in Bologna
Grand Hotel Majestic Bologna · BolognaFor this guide we reviewed the best hotels in Bologna and chose one: a luxury hotel 200 metres from Piazza Maggiore – with rooms and suites from 20 to 150 square metres. What that means for booking is below.At no extra cost: booking through suitespot costs the same as booking direct with the hotel – the benefits come on top, free of charge.
One luxury hotel in Bologna – and who it suits
Our choice for Bologna is the Grand Hotel Majestic „già Baglioni“ on Via dell’Indipendenza, 200 metres from Piazza Maggiore. In our ranking it stands at 4.5 out of 5, a night starts at 410 euros, and it belongs to the Leaders Club.
Why we recommend it: Because it is the city’s oldest grand hotel and stands in the middle of it: opened in 1912 in a historic palazzo, 106 rooms and suites, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Dinner is at I Carracci, whose hall carries frescoes of the Carracci school – the Michelin guide lists it with three forks for its setting. Add the Café Marinetti towards the street. The Two Towers are 300 metres away, the station a good kilometre, the airport six. Our recommended category is called Gran Deluxe.
Our travel advisors’ insider tip
From 20 to 150 square metres – all of it in the same hotel.
The categories: 20 square metres in the Classic Single, 24 in the Classic, 26 in the Superior, 32 in the Deluxe, 40 in the Gran Deluxe – our recommendation –, 50 in the Junior Suite, 60 in the Suite, twice 120 in the two Presidential suites and twice 150 in the Presidential with Junior and the Art Deco suite with two bedrooms.
What that means: the single room at 20 square metres is decidedly small, the two largest suites at 150 square metres decidedly large – both in one hotel of 106 rooms. The difference between the smallest and the largest category is larger here than at most hotels of this class; anyone looking only at the entry price may book a room half the size of the one they had in mind.
Our travel advisors will settle which way your room faces.
The package: breakfast, expressly in the restaurant „800 e „900, 100 US dollars credit for food and drink at I Carracci and the Café Marinetti, wine and spirits excluded, upgrade on arrival and early check-in and late check-out. The suitespot benefits apply here from the first night.
Our advice: Take the 40 square metres. And plan the credit as dinner, not as a wine budget – wine and spirits are expressly excluded.
Where to stay in Bologna: 200 metres from Piazza Maggiore
The Grand Hotel Majestic stands on Via dell’Indipendenza, the axis between station and old town – 200 metres from Piazza Maggiore, 300 metres from the Two Towers, a good kilometre from Bologna Centrale, four kilometres from San Luca and six from the airport.
Our recommendation is therefore for anyone who wants Bologna on foot – and for those arriving by train: Florence is 81 kilometres away, Modena 37, both in under an hour.
What lies within reach: Piazza Maggiore with San Petronio and the Neptune fountain, 200 metres; the Two Towers Asinelli and Garisenda, 300 metres; the Quadrilatero with the market halls and the stalls of Via Pescherie Vecchie, right behind it.
For orientation: the university with the Archiginnasio and the anatomical theatre, a few minutes; the arcades of San Luca, at 3.8 kilometres and 666 arches the longest portico in the world, on the edge of town; the airport, seven minutes from Centrale on the Marconi Express. In the old town one walks – under arcades even in the rain.
11 categories from 20 to 150 square metres: the best hotel in Bologna from the inside
The Grand Hotel Majestic offers 11 categories, six suites among them.
The rooms: 20 square metres in the Classic Single, 24 in the Classic, 26 in the Superior, 32 in the Deluxe and 40 in the Gran Deluxe – our recommended category.
The suites: 50 in the Junior Suite, 60 in the Suite, 120 in the Presidential Suite and in the Presidential Suite Giuseppe Verdi, 150 in the Presidential with Junior Suite and in the Art Deco suite with two bedrooms.
On the view: here it comes down to where the room sits in the building. Which rooms face Via dell’Indipendenza and which face the back, our travel advisors will tell you before booking.
What applies equally to every category: breakfast for two, expressly in the restaurant „800 e „900; 100 US dollars credit for food and drink at I Carracci and the Café Marinetti, wine and spirits excluded; the upgrade on arrival subject to availability and early check-in and late check-out subject to availability.
What a night at the luxury hotel in Bologna costs
A night at the luxury hotel in Bologna starts at 410 euros.
The suitespot benefits apply here from the first night. Included are: breakfast for two, 100 US dollars credit for food and drink, an upgrade on arrival subject to availability and early check-in and late check-out.
When it is loveliest: in May and June and in September and October, when the city is mild and the arcades carry the light.
What belongs to Bologna: the trade fairs. Cersaie in September, Cosmoprof in spring, the Motor Show and Marca fill the city completely in single weeks; add the university dates. Our travel advisors check the fair calendar for your period.
When to ask early: in the fair weeks and for the truffle autumn in November.
How long to stay: three nights – old town and Quadrilatero, a day for San Luca and the arcades, one for Modena or Parma.
And whatever the date: you get the suitespot benefits in the quietest week of the year just as you do in the busiest.
A palazzo from 1912, frescoes in the restaurant and exclusive services in a 5-star hotel
Bologna is the city where you walk under arcades from your front door all the way to a pilgrimage: 38 kilometres of porticoes, World Heritage since 2021, and the longest of them climbs 3.8 kilometres and 666 arches up to San Luca.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comThree things belong to it. First Piazza Maggiore: San Petronio, whose façade is half unclad to this day, the Neptune fountain and the Palazzo d’Accursio, 200 metres. Second the university: founded in 1088, with the Archiginnasio and the anatomical theatre of cedar wood. Third the Quadrilatero: the market quarter behind the piazza, where mortadella, tortellini and parmigiano are daily business rather than folklore.
The package at this hotel is breakfast, 100 US dollars credit for food and drink, upgrade and check-in and check-out.
What our travel advisors arrange most often: the position within the building, the table at I Carracci beneath the frescoes and the day trip to Modena – 37 kilometres, balsamico and engines.
Earn points & use your status in Bologna
The properties in Bologna share a single loyalty program. Your booking counts within it as usual – a direct rate with points, elite nights and your status benefits, plus what suitespot adds. The most widely represented is Leaders Club.
At no extra cost: you pay the same rate as booking direct with the hotel – the suitespot benefits come on top, free of charge.
| Program | Hotels | Examples in Bologna |
|---|---|---|
| Leaders Club | 1 hotel | Grand Hotel Majestic Bologna |
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Frequently asked questions about luxury hotels in Bologna
How many luxury hotels in Bologna does suitespot offer?
We reviewed the best hotels in Bologna and chose one: the Grand Hotel Majestic „già Baglioni“ on Via dell’Indipendenza, 200 metres from Piazza Maggiore.
How much does a luxury hotel in Bologna cost per night?
A night starts at 410 euros.
How big are the rooms at the luxury hotel in Bologna?
20 to 40 square metres in the five rooms and 50 to 150 in the six suites. Our recommended category Gran Deluxe has 40.
Which is the best hotel in Bologna?
The Grand Hotel Majestic „già Baglioni“. In our ranking it stands at 4.5 out of 5: a palazzo from 1912 with 106 rooms and suites, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, with the restaurant I Carracci beneath frescoes of the Carracci school.
Which rooms in Bologna have a view?
Which rooms face Via dell’Indipendenza is settled by our travel advisors before booking.
Is there a minimum stay in Bologna?
The suitespot benefits apply here from the first night. The package holds breakfast, 100 US dollars credit for food and drink, the upgrade on arrival and early check-in and late check-out.
How do you reach the hotel in Bologna?
From Bologna Centrale it is a good kilometre down Via dell’Indipendenza. The airport lies six kilometres away and is seven minutes from the station on the Marconi Express.
When is the best time to visit Bologna?
In May and June and in September and October. Watch for the fair weeks – Cersaie in September, Cosmoprof in spring – when the city is fully booked.
