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BOLOGNA
Frankie Bird, author of award-winning
travel blog, As The Bird Flies…
Known as the fat, learned and red city,
thanks to its good food, university and
warm, terracotta buildings, Bologna
impresses in many unexpected ways,
if you let it. Wander into the university
district from Via Zamboni and you’ll find
the young and edgy city with political
and vibrant street art lining its famous
porticos, and on Via San Leonardo
there’s excellent vintage clothes shopping
opportunities. Find Bar Belmeloro on via
Belmeloro where you can enjoy lunch for
less than €5 complete with coffee, good
sounds coming from the
speakers and the coolest
students for company. For
the best views of the city
and the rolling Emilia-
Romagna hills, head along
the 3.5km stretch of 666
arches that make up the
world’s longest portico
up to the Sanctuary of Madonna di San
Luca. And it’s essential that you reward
your efforts with gelato at La Sorbetteria
Castiglione (
Via Castiglione 44
),
the
best in the city.
KYIV
Wladimir Klitschko, World
Heavyweight Champion
One mirror by itself is just a shiny
surface. But bring many mirrors
together, and the result is a seemingly
infinite series of reflections that
changes every time you look… kind
of like the constant shifts in a boxing
match. Visit Kyiv today,
and you might experience
something similar. The
bustling Ukrainian capital
is a fairytale city of onion
domes and stunning frescoes
and a hub of business
and economics. You really
experience every facet of
modernism at Kyiv’s first design
hotel, 11 Mirrors (
34
A B.
Khmelnytskogo Street, 11mirrors-hotel.
com
)
where I like to meet friends
on the rooftop terrace and enjoy the
sunset with a glass of sparkling wine and
views of St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral, the
National Opera House, Golden Gates and
the main street, Khreshchatyk.
