There are 8 ways to get from Samos to Bologna by plane, train, ferry, bus, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
best- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane SMI - FLR
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centraletrain
8h 39m€130–428Fly Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane SMI - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
10h 30m€79–331Ferry, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bologna Centralebus
37h 29m€182–273Fly Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane SMI - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centraletrain
9h 38m€150–322Ferry, subway to Athens International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeusferry
- Take the subway from Peiraias to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ATH - BLQ
15h 51m€126–305Fly Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SMI - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Bologna Centraletrain
8h 47m€107–368Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Athens to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Bologna Centralebus
37h 47m€184–201Ferry, bus #2
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Kavalaferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bologna Centralebus
43h 24m€171–261
Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Samos to Bologna is to fly and train which costs €75 - €340 and takes 10h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Samos to Bologna is to fly and train which takes 8h 39m and costs €130 - €430.
The distance between Samos and Bologna is 1596 km.
The best way to get from Samos to Bologna without a car is to ferry and bus via Thessaloníki which takes 37h 29m and costs €180 - €280.
It takes approximately 8h 39m to get from Samos to Bologna, including transfers.
Bologna is 1h behind Samos. It is currently 4:20 PM in Samos and 3:20 PM in Bologna.
There are 3221+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Samos, Greece and Bologna, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Samos to Bologna. However, you can take the bus to Samos Airport, walk to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR), walk to Florence Airport (FLR), take the vehicle to Alamanni - Stazione Smn, walk to Florence Santa Maria Novella, then take the train to Bologna Centrale. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Vathy Samou to Bologna Centrale via Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Skopje Central Bus Station, and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 37h 29m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Peiraias to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €82
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €85–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €85–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €45–65
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €75–95
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €75–90
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €95–120
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