I like climbing towers. In Venice Michelle and I climbed St. Mark’s Campanile. In Florence we climbed Giotto’s Campanile. In Rome we went to the top of the dome of St. Peter’s. So in Bologna, of course I had to climb the Two_Towers, specifically the Torre degli Asinelli. The climb itself was not too bad, mostly well-built flights of stairs, with only a couple of narrow or short flights. The staff controlled traffic so we didn’t have to squeeze past anyone going the other way (this drove us crazy at Giotto’s Campanile). The views from the top were great, the balcony has enough space and the grates don’t obstruct the vista. This was Saturday evening and the center of the city was closed to traffic and absolutely packed with people as you can see looking down onto Via Rizzoli. Overall I would give the Torre degli Asinelli 5 staircases out of 5.
Sorry, the picture looking up from the base of the tower is sideways. I don’t know how to fix that in this WordPress gallery. The point is that the tower is tall!
It seems that the photos in the gallery are not clickable. That’s silly. WordPress is disappointing me. To see a full size image, try right-clicking or control-clicking and choosing Open Image in New Window (or something like that).