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 29m€66–248Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane KIR - BLQ
9h 17m€51–152Bus
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Bachelors Walkbus 300
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bolognabus
3d 3h€82–362Drive, 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 59m€344–568Bus 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
9h 2m€73–298Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUB - BLQ
7h 15m€74–186Fly 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
9h 30m€147–400Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to 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 5m€85–268
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 - €160 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Limerick to Bologna is to bus and fly which takes 7h 15m and costs €70 - €190.
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 3h and costs €80 - €370.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Limerick to Bologna, including transfers.
The best way to get from Limerick to Bologna is to fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €65 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €370 and takes 3 days 3h.
Bologna is 1h ahead of Limerick. It is currently 5:43 PM in Limerick and 6:43 PM in Bologna.
There are 3522+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Limerick, Ireland and Bologna, Italy?
Ryanair, Airbus France, and four other airlines fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Bologna via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, and Rădăuți in around 3d 3h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- 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 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- 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 Arthurs Qy to 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 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
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- https://www.brittanyferries.ie/
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