There are 9 ways to get from Limerick to Bologna by plane, train, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SNN - BLQ
7h 49m€86–193Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane KIR - BLQ
9h 17m€46–152Train, bus
- Take the train from Limerick to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bolognabus
3d 3h€84–365Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Limerick to Cork Portcar
- Take the carferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoffcarferry
- Drive from Port de Roscoff to Bolognacar
32h 59m€344–548Bus to Cork Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airportbus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ORK - BLQ
9h 17m€73–258Fly Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane SNN - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
9h 24m€92–365Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUB - BLQ
7h 15m€74–236Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane DUB - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
9h€81–263Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane DUB - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
8h 38m€92–268
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Limerick to Bologna is to bus and fly which costs €45 - €160 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Limerick to Bologna is to bus and fly which takes 7h 15m and costs €70 - €240.
The distance between Limerick and Bologna is 1768 km.
The best way to get from Limerick to Bologna without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 3h and costs €80 - €370.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Limerick to Bologna, including transfers.
Bologna is 1h ahead of Limerick. It is currently 11:10 PM in Limerick and 12:10 AM in Bologna.
There are 3581+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Limerick, Ireland and Bologna, Italy?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
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 Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
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 Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Limerick to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €18–25
- 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 Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
- 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 Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- 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
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.brittanyferries.ie/
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