By Air - The Bologna airport "Gugliemo Marconi" is linked by national and international air lines to flights to London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, Brussels, Koeln, Frankfurt, and many other places. A regular bus connects the airport to the downtown and the railway station. The ticket costs 8.000 ITL and can be purchased on the bus (see the Aerobus timetable).
Bus stop at the airport is just outside the arrival terminal.
Bus stop at Via Indipendenza - San Pietro is the nearest stop for hotel Palace, Due Torri, San Donato, Al Cappello Rosso and Collegio Erasmus.
Next bus stop at Via Indipendenza - Arena del Sole is the nearest stop for hotel Paradise, Tre Vecchi, Regina and Internazionale.

By Train - Bologna is the main italian railway junction and therefore all the most important national and international lines pass through it. InterCity trains and EuroStar (Pendolino) high speed trains connect it to all the major italian cities. Many night trains link Bologna with Germany, France and Austria; in particular from Bonn, Koeln, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna there are direct night trains. For the French: now TGV arrives in Torino and Milano, where you can have direct coincidence with the EuroStar to Bologna (Railway Station). European lines timetable. Italian lines timetable. 

By Car - The main motorway connection is the A1 (the "Autostrada del Sole"), which links Bologna directly to Milan, Florence and Rome and to three other main routes. The A1 can be entered from Turin, Genoa or Brescia, by the A21, at Piacenza; from Genoa and La Spezia, by the A15, at Parma; from Brenner Pass, Verona, Mantova, by the A22, at Modena.
From Trieste, Tarvisio-Villach, Venice and Padua the A13 motorway is direct, as it is the A14 from Ancona, Rimini and Ravenna.
All the motorways exits lead into the city by-pass (follow the signs "Tangenziale") from which branch off the roads for all directions. The by-pass exit n.7 (Centro - Via Stalingrado) is the more direct one: it leads you on a large road (Via Stalingrado) pointing to the centre.

Move Around -
Bus are run by ATC , 051 24 70 05. Bus 25 connects the railway station to Piazza Maggiore. The ticket has to be purchased at kiosks (it costs 1200 ITL) and has to be validated on the bus.
For a taxi, call 051 37 27 27 or 051 53 41 41.

Parking- The City Centre of Bologna is closed to private cars from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day, including Sundays and Public Holiday. A special ticket, only obtainable from the hotel management, is now available for guest staying in the city hotels. The ticket cost Lit. 8.000 and allows roadside parking for private vehicles from 8 in the morning to midnight in the City Centre on weekdays and holidays, and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the area immediately around the Centre as well as free circulation on buses for one person for 24 hours from ticket issue. People staying at hotels located in the city centre can inform the headquarters of the local police of their car registration number through their own hotel. In this case they will exempted from the fine. (Traffic Information).

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Last modified 19th April 2000