There are 8 ways to get from Limerick to Bologna by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SNN - BLQ
7h 54m€76–208Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane KIR - BLQ
15h 42m€51–162Bus
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bachelors Walkbus 300
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bolognabus
3d 4h€83–362Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Limerick to Cork Portcar
- Take the car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoffcarferry
- Drive from Port de Roscoff to Bolognacar
32h 58mBus to Cork Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airportbus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ORK - BLQ
8h 52m€68–168Fly Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane SNN - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
8h 55m€109–330Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUB - BLQ
7h 35m€69–196Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane DUB - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
9h 4m€75–246
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Limerick to Bologna is to bus and fly which costs €50 - €170 and takes 15h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Limerick to Bologna is to bus and fly which takes 7h 35m and costs €65 - €200.
The distance between Limerick and Bologna is 1768 km.
The best way to get from Limerick to Bologna without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 4h and costs €80 - €370.
It takes approximately 7h 54m to get from Limerick to Bologna, including transfers.
The best way to get from Limerick to Bologna is to fly which takes 7h 54m and costs €75 - €210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €370 and takes 3 days 4h.
Bologna is 1h ahead of Limerick. It is currently 9:31 PM in Limerick and 10:31 PM in Bologna.
There are 3282+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Limerick, Ireland and Bologna, Italy?
Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bologna via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, and Rădăuți in around 3d 4h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–330
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–45
- Smart Flex
- €35–45
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoff
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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