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
14h 57mRs 137,818–268,342Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- 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 119,780–304,719Train 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 39mRs 125,204–258,551Train, 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 38mRs 158,717–731,423Train, 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 21mRs 167,390–386,189Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane FCO - CMB
16h 50mRs 124,125–243,412
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. 120000 - Rs. 250000 and takes 16h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Colombo is to fly which takes 14h 57m and costs Rs. 130000 - Rs. 270000.
The distance between Bologna and Colombo is 7796 km.
It takes approximately 14h 57m to get from Bologna to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of Bologna. It is currently 12:51 PM in Bologna and 5:21 PM in Colombo.
There are 1358+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Turkish Airlines and Emirates fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) 3 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 110,000–370,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–340,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–330,000
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–360,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–370,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–310,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–280,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–260,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–330,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- 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 7m
- 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 100,000–270,000
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
- airindia.in
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–210,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–210,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–360,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–370,000
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,500–11,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,000–7,000
- 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 Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 15,000–26,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 7,500–14,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 11,000–19,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,700–8,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 18,000–31,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,500–9,500
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,000–6,000
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 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 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–11,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,500–16,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,600–7,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 14,000–26,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- 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 4,200–5,500
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
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