There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Bologna by plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane PVG - BLQ
19h 45m€217–658Drive 10,769 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Bolognacar 10,769 km
5d 2h€1,739–2,512Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane PVG - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
19h 51m€258–830Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane PVG - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
17h 38m€234–655Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane PVG - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
19h 10m€275–842Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SHA - BLQ
21h 3m€231–751Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PVG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Bologna Centraletrain
18h 47m€344–814Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane PVG - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centraletrain
19h€315–1,499
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Bologna is to fly which costs €210 - €700 and takes 19h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Bologna is to fly and train which takes 17h 38m and costs €230 - €700.
The distance between Shanghai and Bologna is 9098 km. The road distance is 10769 km.
It takes approximately 19h 45m to get from Shanghai to Bologna, including transfers.
Bologna is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:20 PM in Shanghai and 8:20 AM in Bologna.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Bologna is 10769 km. It takes approximately 5 days 2h to drive from Shanghai to Bologna.
There are 3636+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Bologna, Italy?
Austrian Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) twice daily.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €230–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Xi An, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €290–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €320–850
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–750
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- 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 Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- 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
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- 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 Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- 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 Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- 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
- [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
- +39 06 68475475
- 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 Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- 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
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- 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
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