Travel

Travel Within the City of Bologna

Bologna Airport is served by Bologna International Airport / Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) and also Forlì Airport.

Bologna Bus Station is located at the ATC (Azienda Trasporti Comunali) in the Piazza XX Settembre. There are also less frequent services to many other destination in the region and some international buses to Amsterdam, Paris, London, Brussels, Prague and Warsaw.

Bologna by Train: the Stazione Centrale is located in the Piazza Medaglie d'Oro. Trains travel from there to Florence, Milan, Ravenna, Rimini, Venice, and many other regions of Italy.

Travel Throughout Europe By Air

Ryan Air offers low cost flights throughout Europe. The airline has two direct flights from Bologna to London and Frankfurt. Flight are available out of Milan and Venice to many cities throughout Europe, including Norway, France, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, and Holland. The rights on many of the flights are relatively reasonable. The prices for a flight from Bologna to London ranged from 34.99 EUR to 129.99 EUR each way. A flight from Milan to Brussels ranges from 24.99 EUR to 99.99 EUR each way. http://www.ryanair.com/

EasyJet also offers lost cost flights to 59 European cities, including Bologna. The only direct flight available from Bologna is to London-Stansted, Britain. However, the airline also flys out of Pisa, Venice and Milan to other cities throughout Europe including Berlin, Paris, Bristol, and Gatwick. The rates on EasyJet are similar to those of Ryan Air. The cost of a flight from Bologna to London ranges from 24.99 EUR to 118.99 EUR each way. http://www.easyjet.com/en/book/index.asp

Trains the Mode of Transportation

Travel throughout Bologna and Italy:

It seems that one of the very useful ways to travel throughout Europe as well as throughout. Bologna is one of the main connections on the FS rail network. The FS rail travels to “Florence, Milan, Ravenna, Rimini, Venice and most other regions in Italy from the Stazione Centrale in the Piazza Medaglie d'Oro.” The Bologna train station is on the north end of the city and buses can be taken to the station if you are not near the Piazza Maggiore which is only a 10 to 15 minute stroll to the station. The following is a great website about getting around Italy:

http://www.roadtoitaly.com/info/bologna_info.htm

Travel throughout Europe:

Eurorail seems to be the way to go to travel cheaply all throughout Europe. Eurorail offers a “youth” pass and for once you don’t have to be 12 and under to get the cheaper ticket. 26 years of age and under and you are able to travel cheaply throughout Europe. get a cheaper ticket. The link below offers all the information about the rail pass

http://www.europeonrail.com/railpasses/youthpasses.asp

RailEurope offers a very cool youth pass that offers you a way to travel to 3 to 5 bordering countries from a list of 22 countries. The duration of the trip is 5, 6, 8, 10 or 15 daytrip. Great for our 2 week breaks!!

http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/passes/eurail_selectpass_youth.htm

Just a note travel 2nd class it saves you money.

This site is the list of youth passes offered by Rail Europe. The passes include the ability to travel though, Germany, Great Britain, France, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia, the Netherlands as well as many more. Click on the following link to explore which youth pass is right for you:

http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/passes/youth_index.htm

For those of us with more flexible schedule the EuroStar youth open voucher is ideal. It is a one way fare, Standard Class ticket, but it is available on the London/Ashford/Brussels route. Click below for the information:

http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/eurostar/eurostar_youth_open_voucher.htm

For those wanting to travel to Spain the AVE trains are ideal. Below is the site for AVE trains:

http://www.raileurope.com/cgibin/fscgi.pl?filter=AVE&S=Madrid%7CSeville&CUS&M=3&D=23&submitSchedules.x=123&submitSchedules.y=13

Lastly the Train Tips by Edwin are vital. He has a list of 15 points about traveling by train in both Italy and Europe. Such as which train to take to go to Pompei, or more importantly what trains to not take. As well as other fun facts like they smoke on the trains! A very useful website:

http://www.initaly.com/travel/info/edwin.htm