For the strategic geographic location – between downtown and the north – Bologna is the main Italian railway junction, made even more efficient by the high-speed trains, which, together with the new railway station project, has lead to greater development and a significant increase of daily transit of trains and passengers. Bologna is the main Italian railway junction, a high-speed line connects it to Florence (37 minutes) Milan (65 minutes) Rome (2 hours and 22 minutes). Venice can be reached in less than an hour and a half.

• Long-Distance Cycle Routes:
  • from Munich to Bologna* – the Cycling Route cross into Italy at the Brenner Pass, than at Calestano (PR) connects to the Ciclovia Francigena, the name for the Italian section of the eurovelo 5; At Mantova you can change route and use the Sun Route*.
  • from Norway to Italy, the Sun Route* – the Sun Route touches different countries in Europe, such as Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czechia, Austria, and Italy (and it arrives at Malta).
• The Via Francigena Cycle Route
  The Via Francigena Cycle Route* is the traditional pilgrimage route that runs from Canterbury in south-east England to Rome.
  There are 3 variants of the route:

• • the Via Francigena Cycling Route is the closest to the Via Francigena hiking route, crossing into Italy at the Gran St Bernard Pass;
  • the Ciclovia Francigena is the name for the Italian section of the eurovelo 5. The eurovelo 5 follows the Swiss national route 3 from Basel to Chiasso in Italy taking the Gotthard pass;
  • there’s also the Moncenisio variant of the Ciclovia Francigena, which starts at the Col du Mont Cenis.You can stop at Piacenza and then take the route to Bologna from here.

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