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With Footprint Bologna in hand, foodies can now travel with confidence to Italy's gastronomic capital. Part of a new wave of European city destinations, this lively northern Italian city attracts more and more people each year to sample the food and take in the sights. Like the other guides in this new series, this pocket-size handbook offers intelligent, concise, contemporary, and comprehensive travel facts in a fresh, stylish, and accessible format. It offers area-by-area coverage of the city and its surroundings plus excursions to Modena for balsamic vinegar and Ferraris, Parma for ham, Piacenza for cheese, and Ferrara for its graffito ceramics. All sights, accommodations, restaurants, and bars noted in the text are cross-referenced to user-friendly two-color maps. Nightlife, shopping, and festivals -- food festivals in particular -- are also featured in up-to-the-minute listings.