There are 11 ways to get from Bologna to Exeter by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Exeter
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Exeter (EXT)plane BLQ - EXT
7h 31m£80–273Train, bus
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
22h 46m£221–414Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bologna - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Exeter Centraltrain
30h 25m£186–368Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bologna to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Exetercar
17h 47m£333–435Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BLQ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
9h 1m£95–197Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BLQ - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
7h 30m£150–395Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane VRN - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
7h 25m£87–262Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane BLQ - CWL
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
10h 4m£136–508Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BLQ - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
8h 16m£138–323Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Exeter Centraltrain
30h 34m£175–329Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bologna to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Exetercar
18h 45m£224–373
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Exeter (EXT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Exeter is to fly and train which costs £95 - £200 and takes 9h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Exeter is to train and fly which takes 7h 25m and costs £85 - £270.
The distance between Bologna and Exeter is 819 miles.
The best way to get from Bologna to Exeter without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 46m and costs £220 - £420.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Bologna to Exeter, including transfers.
Exeter is 1h behind Bologna. It is currently 1:45 PM in Bologna and 12:45 PM in Exeter.
There are 1521+ hotels available in Exeter.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Exeter, England?
KLM and Ryanair fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Exeter (EXT) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Exeter via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–105
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–220
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–25
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Exeter Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Exeter Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bologna - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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