Do you know the way to San…..Luca

Patrizia recommended a little walk to San Luca. It is another symbol of Bologna on a hill at the edge of town. She wrote down the the two buses that I needed to take and the final stop, which I confirmed with the bus driver. At the bus stop there were no signs so I asked someone on the street and they said just walk straight ahead and walk under the porticos that go all of the way there. Just a 20 minute walk he said  So, I did. The two photos below I got from the web. The others I took along the way.

So I started walking….

OK, my time to take little rest and look at some of the homes along the way…

Can’t be much further……

Well, at least I take take a little break and admire the view out over the city of Bologna….

Finally near the top and who do I see? I should just quite complaining ….

The Basilica is closed on Saturdays and the view? Well, a lot of forest and this.

Well, the view from the top didn’t do much for me but it was indeed and interesting experience. It was NOT 20 minutes to the top. In fact the porticos are continuous from street level to the Basilica. You could walk the whole 3.5 kilometers in the pouring rain and never feel a drop.  That 3.5 kilometers translates into about 2.2 miles. It was, needless to say, easier coming down and I was really ready for lunch.

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