Bologna
You're flying out of Bologna Airport, you have 90 minutes to kill, and you'd like to do better than a Pret. Good news: airport drinking has improved more in the last five years than the previous fifty. Pre-flight drinks at Bologna Airport range from chain reliability to surprisingly polished hotel-style bars in the airport hotels. This is barsforKings's editor-curated guide to drinking better at Bologna's airports.
Centro · $$$
Bologna's most awarded cocktail bar.
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Italy 50 Best regular.
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Live-jazz wine cellar from 1987.
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Cocktail bar inside a sixteenth-century chapel.
Want a real drink before flying? The fastest play is to get to airport hotels next door — most run polished bars that beat anything post-security. We list them at the bottom. If you've got 60 spare minutes pre-airport, see our shortlist of bars in Bologna proper at the end.
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