There are 6 ways to get from California to Bologna by plane or train
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Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane LAX - BLQ
16h 12m€347–761Fly San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SFO - BLQ
16h 22m€250–612Fly San Diego International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SAN - BLQ
16h 9m€752–1,504Fly San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane SFO - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
17h 7m€342–834Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane LAX - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
16h 52m€289–983Fly San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane SFO - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
18h 10m€498–1,154
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from California to Bologna is to fly and train which costs €280 - €1000 and takes 16h 52m.
The fastest way to get from California to Bologna is to fly which takes 16h 9m and costs €750 - €1500.
The distance between California and Bologna is 9948 km.
It takes approximately 16h 12m to get from California to Bologna, including transfers.
Bologna is 9h ahead of California. It is currently 11:27 AM in California and 8:27 PM in Bologna.
There are 3613+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between California, USA and Bologna, Italy?
KLM, Air France, and five other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) every 2 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,400
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- Trenitalia
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