Visited Ducati Factory and stayed locally?
 

If you've visited the Ducati Factory/Museum and used a local hotel, would you recommend it? We are going this summer and are looking for advice.

TIA, Rob

Rob - drop antonye a U2u - he's the man on this stuff

Henners,

Antony and I have done the U2U bit already. Top bloke, lots of advice, so now I'm digging for a bit more detail. Ant' did the "fly in/fly out same day" thing.

Thanks,

Rob

Imola's just down the road (30 mins)

Worth a visit and some reasonable hotels there too.

Zio's pretty central and cheapish.
Good restaurant next to a scooter shop ;)
Go visit the circuit and grab a beer in the infield.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn, Borgo Panigale. It is a ten minute walk from the factory. It was a standard Holiday Inn type Holiday Inn.

Next time I was thinking of trying
http://amadeus.hotel-bologna.net/hom...dex-l2?clang=2
as this is where visitors to the factory stay, allegedly.

[Edited on 8-11-2005 by mikesps]

Thanks guys. I have heard that there are traffic restrictions in Bologna. Do you think I'll be able to ride into these hotels. I think I can answer my own question here; how else are their customers going to arrive?

Rgds, Rob

Rob,

I've been to Bologna quite a few times, and I've never seen any traffic restrictions. The only time I've stayed in the city was back in January when the club did a factory visit.

Though, this site might help need a hotel site. Sharon and myself have used this to stay in Rimini and other cities in europe.

When I visited in an "official" capacity some years ago, that is exactly where we stayed. 5 minute walk from the factory. Pretty basic rooms, but comfortable enough - not that I was in it for long :D

have stayed at this one twice and would go back again - they have a ducati discount and they love ducati riders staying... it is a 4 star place but don't let that put you off. they have a garage to park which is a really good asset and a garagista who looks after your bike - especially if you are on an early morning mission. prices may not be holiday inn???? but we got a double(twin) and stayed in luxury for 2 days. location-wise it is about 5-10 mins easy access to borgo panigale as well as walking distance(the other direction) to the centre. check out the website it is www.hotelelite.it hope this is useful

Guys,

This is perfect, bike friendly and close walking distance. Thanks for all the advice; it looks ideal for scorchio, mid June visit.

Regards, Rob

rob, sorry might have mislead slightly 5-10 mins by car/bike (not walking distance) to the factory , 2 roundabouts and some dual/triple carriageway which was fun, but it is a short walk from the hotel into town.

OK, thanks for the update. Have you been to Ferrari (Modena) too? That and Bimota (assuming they haven't locked the doors again) is in the loose planning stages.

The Ferrari museum isn't much cop actually, unless you're a real hardcore fan. I think most of the people that went when we did the factory tour first time round were disappointed with it. But I guess its worth going while you're in the area.

stayed at the excelsior or something.. just oposite the train station, on a main street, 10mins walk from old center. pretty decent.
there is a direct bus from the train station to the main airport.

Mr S organised our Imola trip and I would recommend staying in Misano..nice sleepy little town and the zio that he sorted for us all was excellent

Nat