There are 9 ways to get from Salzburg to Bologna by train, night train, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Tarvisio
best- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Tarvisio Boscoverde to Bologna Centraletrain Nj
8h 32m€51–202Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Bologna Centralenighttrain Nj
7h 36m€35–110Drive 543 km
- Drive from Salzburg to Bolognacar 543 km
5h 53m€91–132Fly Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SZG - BLQ
6h 6m€123–443Train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Padovatrain Nj
- Take the train from Padova to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
9h 26m€48–135Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane MUC - BLQ
5h 53m€125–348Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane MUC - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
7h 1m€161–430Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane MUC - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
7h 37m€135–326Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane MUC - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
7h 14m€158–402
Salzburg to Bologna by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Bologna is to night train which costs €35 - €110 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Bologna is to train and fly which takes 5h 53m and costs €120 - €350.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Salzburg Hbf and arriving at Bologna Centrale. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 36m.
The distance between Salzburg and Bologna is 556 km. The road distance is 543 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Bologna without a car is to train via Tarvisio which takes 8h 32m and costs €50 - €210.
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Salzburg to Bologna, including transfers.
Salzburg to Bologna train services, operated by ÖBB Intercity, depart from Salzburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Bologna is to train via Tarvisio which takes 8h 32m and costs €50 - €210. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €120 - €450 and takes 6h 6m.
Salzburg to Bologna train services, operated by ÖBB Intercity, arrive at Villach Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Salzburg to Bologna is 543 km. It takes approximately 5h 53m to drive from Salzburg to Bologna.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Bologna, Italy?
You can take a train from Salzburg Hbf to Bologna Centrale via Villach Hbf and Tarvisio Boscoverde in around 8h 32m. Alternatively, Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–500
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- *
- €29–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
Train from Tarvisio Boscoverde to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–95
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €93–95
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–70
- Seating Carriage
- €27–32
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 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
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- 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
- 2h 2m
- 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
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- 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 38m
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- 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
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