There are 11 ways to get from Amsterdam to Bologna by plane, train, car train, bus, bus and ferry or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Bologna • 4h 15m
$83 - $325
Cheapest option
Train to Eindhoven, fly to Bologna • 5h 47m
$51 - $288
9 alternative options
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence, train • 5h 53m
$90 - $309
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice, train • 6h 34m
$69 - $303
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Verona, train • 5h 52m
$92 - $425
Train • 13h 11m
$314 - $396
Train, car train • 18h 54m
$131 - $234
Bus • 19h 21m
$71 - $128
Bus, bus and ferry • 23h 31m
$108 - $138
Drive, train • 12h 42m
$226 - $345
Drive • 12h 15m
$190 - $290
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Amsterdam to Bologna is to bus which costs 60€ - 120€ and takes 19h 21m.
The quickest way to get from Amsterdam to Bologna is to fly which costs 70€ - 290€ and takes 4h 15m.
No, there is no direct bus from Amsterdam to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sloterdijk and arriving at Bologna, Bologna via Milan, Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Amsterdam to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam Centraal and arriving at Bologna C.Le via Paris Nord, Paris Gare de Lyon and Torino Porta Susa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 11m.
The distance between Amsterdam and Bologna is 996 km. The road distance is 1300.6 km.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Bologna without a car is to train which takes 13h 11m and costs 270€ - 350€.
It takes approximately 4h 15m to get from Amsterdam to Bologna, including transfers.
Amsterdam to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.
Amsterdam to Bologna train services, operated by Thalys, depart from Amsterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Bologna is to fly which takes 4h 15m and costs 70€ - 290€. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 270€ - 350€ and takes 13h 11m, you could also bus, which costs 60€ - 120€ and takes 19h 21m.
- Distance: 622.6 miles
- Duration: 4h 15m
What companies run services between Amsterdam, Netherlands and Bologna, Italy?
KLM, Lufthansa and two other airlines fly from Amsterdam to Bologna every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Amsterdam to Bologna via Paris-Nord, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, Paris Gare de Lyon, Torino Porta Susa, and Torino Porta Susa in around 13h 11m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Bologna via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $950
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Bologna via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $950
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $850
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $850
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $850
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $850
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Verona via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $360
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Verona via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $650
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $600
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $600
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $500
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Verona via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $850
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $600
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $600
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $340
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $340
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Venice via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $340
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Bologna via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $750
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $700
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $400
Flights from Eindhoven to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Florence via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250 - $900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $27 - $350
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17 - $25
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre Station to Bologna Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21 - $30
- Website
- italotreno.it
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11 - $24
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- 1st Class
- $20 - $24
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18 - $26
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Bologna C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $65
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Dutch Railways (NS) is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS connects all major cities in the Netherlands, and offers night trains, international trains, Intercity direct, and trains to and from the airport. NS International is the international subsidiary of NS; their services include high-speed trains such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV, to major European hubs including Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Lille.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17 - $29
- Website
- ns.nl
- Book at
- eurail.com
- Phone
- +32 70 66 77 88
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Paris-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $140 - $180
- Website
- thalys.com
- 2nd Class
- $140 - $180
- 1st Class
- $180 - $260
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $150
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $130 - $150
- 1st Class
- $180 - $270
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Dusseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $70
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $110 - $170
- Website
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65 - $140
- Schedules at
- urlaubs-express.de
- Passenger
- $68
- Motorcycle
- $114
- Vehicle
- $126
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves over 1400 destinations, in 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, and across Scandinavia and central and eastern Europe. Founded in 2012, Flixbus’ extensive network connects cities with approximately 200,000 trips, with buses often departing every 30 minutes. One of the most affordable ways to get around Europe (and expanding soon into the US), a Flixbus journey is cost-effective, well-connected, comfortable and safe.
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Milan, Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60 - $110
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan, Milan to Bologna, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12 - $21
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0861 1991900
- info@baltour.it
- Website
- flixbus.it
Bus from Milano - Bus Station Lampugnano to Bologna - Terminal Bus 200 Mt. Da Stazione Fs
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12 - $17
- Website
- Baltour
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Milano Lampugnano to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17
- Website
- Marino Autolinee
As the bus subsidiary of French railway SNCF, Ouibus offers comfortable, eco-friendly coaches serving 35 French cities and 11 European cities at affordable fares. Ouibus journeys are safe and comfortable, with the four-star coaches offering power outlets, restrooms and WiFi. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. Getting on one of the 130 daily journeys is easy - electronic travel documents include your ticket and a personalised mini-guide with handy information.
Contact Details
- Phone
- 0890715298
- Website
- ouibus.com
Bus from Milan to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8 - $12
- Website
- Ouibus
- Phone
- 080 579 0211
- info@marozzivt.it
- Website
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Milano to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20 - $25
- Website
- Marozzi VT
- Phone
- 0981 500331
- info@saj.it
- Website
- saj.it
Bus from Milano Lampugnano to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17
- Schedules at
- saj.it
- Phone
- 0041 (0) 844 257 224
- Website
- eurolines.ch
Bus from Amsterdam to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65 - $85
- Book at
- eurolines.ch
Bus and ferry from Zurich to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $40 - $50
- Book at
- eurolines.ch
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The quickest flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Bologna Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 40m.
Amsterdam to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna, Bologna station.
Amsterdam to Bologna train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Bologna C.Le station.
Yes, the driving distance between Amsterdam to Bologna is 1301 km. It takes approximately 12h 15m to drive from Amsterdam to Bologna.
British Airways, Air Dolomiti, KLM and Lufthansa offer flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Bologna Airport.
Book your Amsterdam to Bologna bus tickets online with FlixBus and FlixBus.
There are 1656+ hotels available in Bologna. Prices start at $57 USD per night.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is to train which takes 16m and costs 5€ - 11€.