There are 6 ways to get from Bologna to Colombo by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BLQ - CMB
15h 42mRs 137,638–267,947Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane FCO - CMB
16h 45mRs 124,025–233,321Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane VCE - CMB
16h 10mRs 135,211–238,510Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano P.Garibalditrain
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane MXP - CMB
16h 48mRs 148,657–271,367Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BGY - CMB
16h 2mRs 129,848–304,601Train, train to Pisa International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane PSA - CMB
20h 10mRs 177,364–386,165
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Colombo is to train and fly which costs Rs. 130000 - Rs. 240000 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Colombo is to fly which takes 15h 42m and costs Rs. 130000 - Rs. 270000.
The distance between Bologna and Colombo is 7796 km.
It takes approximately 15h 42m to get from Bologna to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 3h 30m ahead of Bologna. It is currently 9:04 AM in Bologna and 12:34 PM in Colombo.
There are 1334+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Emirates, Flydubai, and Turkish Airlines fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) 4 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–390,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–370,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–320,000
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–360,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–310,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–290,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–210,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 70,000–200,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–270,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–150,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–260,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–330,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–220,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–210,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–370,000
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–360,000
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 7,500–13,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 11,000–19,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 18,000–31,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,700–8,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,500–11,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,500–16,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,100–6,500
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,500–9,500
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,000–6,000
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,400–4,800
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–11,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,500–16,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 14,000–26,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,600–7,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,600–2,000
- Website
- Trenord
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,800–8,500
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,300–5,500
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
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