Bologna Flights

From march 2009 Ryanair have bought a lot of slot from and to Bologna Airport and with this low coast airlaine you can get in several europen destination and some italian destination: for exemple: Barcelona (girona), Alicante, Siviglia, Madrid, Ibiza, Grenada in Spain, Brussells (Charleroi) in Belgium, Parigi, Bratislava, Oslo, Katovice and Costanta, Dusseldorf, Frankfurth in GErmany, Dublino, Birmingam, Edinburgh, London in GB, Bari, Brindisi, Lamezia, Trapani in Italy.....and there are other cities in High season.

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I have now visited Bologna three times. The first time we arrived by train. The station is centrally located, and is only a short bus ride from the main square, Piazza Maggiore. There is more information on train travel in the next tip.

The second time we flew into Bologna from London. We flew with British Airways, and the flight arrived at Bologna's main airport called Marconi International Airport. Marconi is located only 6km northwest of the city centre. To get into town from the airport you can catch the Bologna Aerobus, which departs every 15 minutes, and the journey takes about 20 minutes. Alternatively, you can catch a taxi (which is what we did - didn't want to waste a minute of sight seeing time!). There is a large taxi rank at the front of the airport and a trip into the centre of town costs around 12-15 euro.

There is also a smaller airport called Forli, which is around an hours drive from Bologna. Some of the budget airlines (eg. Ryanair) fly into here.

One our third visit to Bologna we drove in, and dropped off our hire car. Bologna is a pretty big place and some of the signposting off the motorway is confusing. We ended up exiting too early and having a scenic drive through the outskirts of Bologna, having no idea where we were. Somehow, either by fluke, or due to my superior 'navigation skills' we managed to find the car rental place with only one small argument ; )

Although Bologna has its own airport, Forlì (sometimes also called Bologna-Forlì) may be considered as a cheaper alternative. Ryanair uses Bologna/Forlì airport for flights to London/Stansted and Frankfurt/Hahn and will commence services to Girona/Barcelona in spring of 2007. Also, Belle Air from Albania and Windjet (Sicily as well as a some occassionally served european destinations) use this airport.

There is a bus running several times a day from Forlì airport to Bologna's coach station which will take you 10 Euros. However, there's a cheaper alternative: Use the local bus from Forlì airport (station is close to the departure hall). The trip to the city center will costs you only 80 cents. The bus (line 2) will leave you at Piazzale della Vittoria, which is within walking distance (500 m) of the train station. A train ticket to Bologna can be bought at the vending machines for just 3,80.

Anyway, if you want to use the 10EUR bus (which is the more comfortable way), check the webpage below for the timetable.

Bologna's airport is located in the north of the city.

There is a frequent bus connection that passes through downtown and finishes at the train station (it really doesn't finish there because it's a loop).

There are connection serving Europe's main airports - Frankfurt, Paris, London, Lisbon, Barcelona, et cetera.

Buses were great, get the multi day pass. We took the bus to the train station and the trains with one exception ran on time and were very inexpensive. When you get to the small daytrip towns by train, just walk into town as it is NEVER very far to the main square. This is a picture of a mural in Faenza, the ceramic heart of Italy.

Aer Lingus and Ryan Air offer very competitive rates from Dublin to Bologna
Ryanair from UK as well

From London Stansted Eazyjet fly direct to Bologna airport and Ryanair go to Forli which is a €10 bus ride into town. Neither will break the bank

You can reach Bologna by car, plane or train. I use the train because Bologna is well linked and it's on the italian high speed railway, so you can reach it in 1 hour from Florence, 1.5 hours from Milan and less than 3 hours from Rome (In the photo you can see the rail station).
If you arrive here by plane you can reach the city centre by a bus that connect the city to the airport in 20/30 mins. you can also use the taxi, but is more expansive.
Inside Bologna you can use tha public bus, because are cheaper and efficently.