There are 5 ways to get from Shannon to Bologna by plane, car, car ferry, 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 Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SNN - BLQ
6h 52m€84–190Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Shannon to Cork Portcar
- Take the carferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoffcarferry
- Drive from Port de Roscoff to Bolognacar
33h 13m€347–551Fly 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
8h 47m€100–362Fly Shannon Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane SNN - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
9h 4m€107–232Bus 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
11h€85–274
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shannon to Bologna is to bus and fly which costs €80 - €280 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Shannon to Bologna is to fly which takes 6h 52m and costs €80 - €190.
The distance between Shannon and Bologna is 1743 km.
It takes approximately 6h 52m to get from Shannon to Bologna, including transfers.
Bologna is 1h ahead of Shannon. It is currently 3:11 PM in Shannon and 4:11 PM in Bologna.
There are 3575+ hotels available in Bologna.
What companies run services between Shannon, IE-CE, Ireland and Bologna, Italy?
Ryanair, Airbus France, and three 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
- 5h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
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
- 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 Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Shannon Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
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 Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Cork Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- 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 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 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 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
- €9–20
- 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
- +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
- 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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