Hotel Liberty 1904

Hotel Liberty 1904 is a three-star hotel at Via Massarenti 98 in the San Donato - San Vitale district of Bologna, south-east of the historic centre. Via Massarenti is a long arterial street running out from the city walls, and the neighbourhood is residential and local in character, close to the Sant'Orsola-Malpighi hospital complex and parts of the university medical campus. The centre, including Piazza Maggiore and the Two Towers, lies roughly two to three kilometres away, reachable by city bus or taxi in around ten to fifteen minutes. The name of the hotel refers to the Liberty style, the Italian Art Nouveau movement of the early twentieth century, and the property presents a period-inspired character in contrast to the purely functional design of many mid-range hotels. Rooms are double and twin configurations with air conditioning and in-room internet, and a lift serves the floors. Accessible rooms are listed, a useful feature for guests with limited mobility or for family members visiting patients at the nearby hospital. The hotel has a restaurant and breakfast room, which gives guests the convenience of dining on site, with Emilian dishes such as tagliatelle al ragù and tortellini likely to feature on menus in this region, and a bar provides drinks. Pets are accepted. Typical rates run from about €80 to €170 per night, a moderate price for a three-star in Bologna. The service character is that of a quiet, practical city hotel suited to medical visitors, university guests, business travellers and tourists who prefer a calmer base. The surrounding streets contain local cafés, bakeries and neighbourhood trattorias, and buses connect the district with the centre and Bologna Centrale station, from which regional trains reach Modena, Parma, Ferrara and Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna.