There are 6 ways to get from Indianapolis to Bologna 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 Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
best- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane IND - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
20h 46m€349–1,149Bus, train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Gary Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Gary to Van Buren St.train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ORD - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Bologna Centraletrain
18h 58m€248–652Fly Indianapolis to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane IND - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
22h 40m€405–1,792Bus to Covington, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnatibus
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CVG - BLQ
16h 18m€458–1,628Fly Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane IND - BLQ
17h 3m€342–952Fly Indianapolis to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane IND - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
17h 33m€460–2,036
Indianapolis (IND) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Indianapolis to Bologna is to bus and train and fly which costs €240 - €650 and takes 18h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Indianapolis to Bologna is to bus and fly which takes 16h 18m and costs €450 - €1700.
The distance between Indianapolis and Bologna is 7747 km.
It takes approximately 20h 46m to get from Indianapolis to Bologna, including transfers.
Bologna is 5h ahead of Indianapolis. It is currently 9:27 PM in Indianapolis and 2:27 AM in Bologna.
There are 3636+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Indianapolis, IN, USA and Bologna, Italy?
Delta, Swiss, and four other airlines fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) twice daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Covington to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Montreal, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Dublin, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,600
Flights from Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,600
Flights from Indianapolis to Pisa International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,700
Flights from Indianapolis to Pisa International Airport via Toronto, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,700
Flights from Indianapolis to Verona Villafranca Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–2,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Pisa International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,700
Flights from Indianapolis to Pisa International Airport via Toronto, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,700
Flights from Indianapolis to Verona Villafranca Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Covington to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Covington to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Covington to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- 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
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Gary to Van Buren St.
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- €7–9
Train from Gary to Van Buren St.
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Schedules at
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indianapolis to Gary Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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