There are 8 ways to get from Bologna to Flaine by train, taxi, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia, TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, taxi
best- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain Ec
- Take the train from Brig to Martignytrain R91 / ...
- Take the taxi from Vallorcine to Flainetaxi
7h 32m€402–572Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bologna to Cluses Gare Routierebus
8h 46m€30–45Drive 505.5 km
- Drive from Bologna to Flainecar 505.5 km
5h 32m€82–118Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, bus
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BLQ - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Sallanchesbus
8h 19m€172–363Train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genevetrain Ec
- Take the train from Annemasse to Cluses 74train Ter
10h 37m€109–199Bus via Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus 144
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Clusesbus BlaBlaCar Bus
10h 46m€44–68Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FLR - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Sallanchesbus
8h 52m€197–401Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane VCE - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Sallanchesbus
7h 56m€164–396
Bologna to Flaine by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Flaine is to bus which costs €30 - €45 and takes 8h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Flaine is to drive which takes 5h 32m and costs €80 - €120.
No, there is no direct bus from Bologna to Flaine. However, there are services departing from Bologna and arriving at Flaine - Galerie Marchande Foret via Cluses - Pôle Multimodal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Bologna to Flaine. However, there are services departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Cluses 74 via Milano Centrale, Genève and Annemasse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 37m.
The distance between Bologna and Flaine is 545 km. The road distance is 505.5 km.
The best way to get from Bologna to Flaine without a car is to train and taxi which takes 7h 32m and costs €400 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Bologna to Flaine, including transfers.
Bologna to Flaine bus services, operated by Sellitto, depart from Bologna station.
Bologna to Flaine train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
The best way to get from Bologna to Flaine is to bus which takes 8h 46m and costs €30 - €45. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €100 - €200 and takes 10h 37m.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Flaine, France?
Sellitto operates a bus from Bologna to Cluses Gare Routiere 4 times a week. Tickets cost €30–45 and the journey takes 6h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bologna Centrale to Flaine - Galerie Marchande Foret via Milano Centrale, Genève, Annemasse, Cluses 74, and Cluses - Pôle Multimodal in around 10h 37m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €60–85
- 2nd Class
- €40–55
Train from Brig to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
Train from Milano Centrale to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Brig to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegionalAlps
Train from Brig to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Schedules at
- RegionalAlps
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €27–32
- 1st Class Ticket
- €45–55
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Annemasse to Cluses 74
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Annemasse to Cluses 74
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 0824 46304
- [email protected]
- Website
- sellitto.com
Bus from Bologna to Cluses Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva Airport to Sallanches
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Cluses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva Airport to Sallanches
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva Airport to Sallanches
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Cluses
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Estimated price
- €290–350
Taxi Street
- Phone
- +41 79 893 15 77
- Website
- taxistreetchablais.ch
Genovese Taxi
- Phone
- +33 6 07 24 10 12
- Website
- genovesetaxi.com
Cluses Taxi
- Phone
- +33 6 80 01 02 43
- Website
- cluses-taxi.fr
Vaudey Taxi
- Phone
- +33 6 08 24 64 69
- Website
- vaudey-taxi.fr
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Booking & Getting There
Bologna to Flaine bus services, operated by Sellitto, arrive at Cluses Gare Routiere station.
Bologna to Flaine train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bologna to Flaine is 505 km. It takes approximately 5h 32m to drive from Bologna to Flaine.
There are 7961+ hotels available in Flaine.



















































