How do you combine Bologna and Florence?
Yes. Bologna and Florence combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Bologna and a full day in Florence, around 2 days in total.
How the two connect
Bologna and Florence are only about 80 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Bologna is Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ), about 6 km away; for Florence it is Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), about 5 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Bologna
- a full day
- Florence
- a full day
- Together
- 2 days · about 80 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Bologna
- Bologna Food Experience: Factory tours & Lunch By Italian Days
- Bologna Food & Market Tour with Local Dishes, Pasta, Wines & More
- Bologna Food Tour: Taste Local Specialties, Pasta, Wine & Gelato
- Bologna: Pasta and Tiramisu Small Group Cooking Class with Wine
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.