One of Bologna's few design hotels, the 45-room Met mixes functionality with handsome modern furnishings. It injects peace and tranquillity into its frenetic city-centre location with unexpected touches such as superior rooms upstairs surrounding a small courtyard with olive trees and newer slate-toned deluxe 4th-floor rooms with terraces. The rooftop courtyard is superb sundowner territory.
The convenient location midway between the train station and Piazza Maggiore is another plus, and there's an iPad-equipped meeting room that doubles as breakfast overflow for families with little ones in need of a distraction.
