Metropolitan HotelvsOstello Due Torri-San Sisto 2
Metropolitan Hotel and Ostello Due Torri-San Sisto 2 are both recommended by professionals. Overall, Metropolitan Hotel scores significantly higher than Ostello Due Torri-San Sisto 2. Metropolitan Hotel comes in at #3 in Bologna with approval from 4 sources like The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Oyster.
Metropolitan Hotel
 Frommer's
 Lonely Planet
 Oyster
 The Telegraph
 Michelin Guide
Via Dell'Orso 6, 40121 Bologna
From $70/night
- Pet Friendly
 - Bar/Lounge
 - Hot Tub
 - Free Internet
 - Room Service
 - Free Breakfast
 
 "This plush hotel features a simple, minimalist design ethic inspired by East Asia, with clean, modern rooms and superb levels of service." Full review
Top choice
 "The Met doesn’t miss a trick. It mixes functionality with handsome modern furnishings and finishes everything off with an all-pervading Thai-Buddhist theme,." Full review
Mid-Range
 "This mid-range, 50-room boutique hotel is perfectly situated for exploring the sights of Bologna on foot." Full review
7.0
 "Hotel Metropolitan is centrally located, near a main shopping street and convenient to the train station, with contemporary furnishings and designer pieces that give it a modern and sophisticated look." Full review
 "Mostly the look is classic, timeless, with more than a little bit of African influence...the rooms aren’t enormous, but the clean lines and spare furnishings make them feel airy and expansive." Full review
Ostello Due Torri-San Sisto 2
 Rough Guide
 Lonely Planet
Via Viadagola, 5, 40127 Bologna
From $19/night
- Pet Friendly
 - Free Internet
 - Free Breakfast
 - Laundry Service
 - Free Parking
 - Business Center
 
 "Official HI hostel 6km outside the centre of town...there are also double rooms. Full range of services includes breakfast, internet and wi-fi. " 
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It’s a busy place so book in advance.
 "Some 6km north of the centre, Bologna’s two HI hostels, barely 100m apart, are modern, functional and cheap."