Italy Guide
Emilia-Romagna
Arrival
Bologna's train station, which will start welcoming high-speed services from Milan from 2009 onwards, is on the northern edge of the city centre at Piazza delle Medaglie d'Oro; all long-distance buses terminate at the bus station, next door on Piazza XX Settembre. Bus #25 outside the train station takes you to Piazza del Nettuno. Otherwise it's a ten-minute walk. Bologna's currently expanding Marconi Airport ( 
051.647.9615, 
www.bologna-airport.it ) lies northwest of town, linked to the centre and the train station by the Aerobus (€5, buy tickets on board), which runs approximately every twenty minutes and takes around 25 minutes in light traffic. Taxis to the centre cost around €18. Ryanair flights land at Forlí ( 0543.474.921, www.forliairport.com ), 60km southeast. Special shuttle buses (E-BUS; 199.115.577) leave for Bologna approximately thirty minutes after the flight lands; you can buy tickets on board (€10; 1hr 25min). Otherwise a taxi will set you back around €50. If driving, note that the city centre is closed to private traffic between 7am and 8pm Sunday to Friday. There is parking on Piazza XX Settembre and Piazza VIII Agosta, adjacent to the bus station.