There are 8 ways to get from Cork to Bologna by plane, car ferry, car, train, or bus
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Fly Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ORK - BLQ
7h 46m€70–194Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoffcarferry
- Drive from Port de Roscoff to Bolognacar
31h 44m€328–514Train, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bolognabus
3d 3h€93–376Fly Cork Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ORK - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 51m€77–271Fly Cork Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ORK - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
8h 26m€131–586Fly Cork Airport to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane ORK - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
7h 18m€83–287Fly Cork Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane ORK - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
7h 22m€87–274Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUB - BLQ
8h 13m€77–239
Cork Airport (ORK) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Bologna is to fly which costs €70 - €200 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Bologna is to fly and train which takes 6h 51m and costs €75 - €280.
The distance between Cork and Bologna is 1683 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Bologna without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 3h and costs €90 - €380.
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Cork to Bologna, including transfers.
Bologna is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 8:58 AM in Cork and 9:58 AM in Bologna.
There are 3545+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Bologna, Italy?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and two other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Cork Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Cork Airport to Pisa International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Cork Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cork Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cork Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cork Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Cork Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Cork Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Cork Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Cork Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Cork Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoff
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.brittanyferries.ie/
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