Located in the city center, just a stroll from the historic center, the hotel is near Porta San Felice; you can easily walk to the Two Towers, Piazza Maggiore and Piazza del Nettuno, as well as all the other attractions and famous monuments in the city.
FROM THE AIRPORT AND HIGHWAY:
from the A1 Milano-Napoli highway, the A22 Brennero-Modena highway, the A13 Bologna-Padova highway or the A14 Bologna-Taranto highway, follow the bypass in the direction of San Lazzaro. Take exit 5 and turn towards the center. Follow the directions for the Grand Hotel Elite.
From the airport it is possible to use the transfer service (you can reserve ahead of time) which the Grand Hotel Elite makes available to its guests.
FROM THE STATION:
turn right onto Viale Pietro Pietramellara; continue onwards for Viale Antonio Silvani until you arrive at Porta San Felice. Turn right on Via Aurelio Saffi and follow the signs for the Grand Hotel Elite.
FROM THE TRADE SHOW CENTER (FIERA) AND FROM ALL DIRECTIONS:
reach the bypass roads and exit at Porta San Felice in the direction of Modena. The hotel is located 300 meters from the city gate, on the left.
A local bus service offers regular connections to the airport, station and trade show center.
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To get to the trade show area
WHERE TO GO
The city of Bologna is a primary road and rail junction, making it easy to reach both by car and train.
Its strategic position places it at the exact center of the biggest system of roads and rail lines in Italy, right in the middle of the most important Italian regions.
From Bologna it is easy to get to all the major cities of northern Italy and the main tourism and business destinations.
The distances are really meaningless and travel time is shorter especially with the advent of new planned infrastructures and the High Speed system:
From Bologna
To:
BY TRAIN
Min.
BY CAR
Min.
FLORENCE
40
60
VENICE
90
80
MILAN
90
120
ROME
160
200
MODENA
20
20
FERRARA
30
40
RAVENNA
60
40
MANTUA
100
60
PARMA
40
60
RIMINI
60
60
SAN MARINO
-
90
PADUA
80
60
PRATO
40
60
PIACENZA
80
90
VERONA
100
80
BRESCIA
140
120
LA SPEZIA
180
120
PISA
140
120
GENOA
180
180
TURIN
180
200
BOLOGNA INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCONTINENTAL
Thanks to major investments to renovate and expand the Guglielmo Marconi airport, which resulted in it being the third intercontinental airport in Italy, Bologna has assumed a more cosmopolitan and international role with more than twenty million potential users and a network of connections so vast and extensive that it can compete well in Europe and with cutting edge security and environmental protection technological equipment.
International Connections:
Intercontinental Connections:
Amsterdam
Antalya
Athens
Barcelona
Brussels
Bucharest
Budapest
Cairo
Casablanca
Chania
Cluj
Cologne / Bonn
Copenhagen
Djerba
Dublin
Edinburgh
Frankfurt
Fuerteventura
Iraklion
Hurghada
Ibiza
Istanbul
Kos
Lanzarote
Las Palmas
Lyons
Lisbon
London
Luxor
Madrid
Mahon
Malaga
Malta
Marrakech
Marsa Alam
Mikonos
Munich
Monastir
Moscow
Oporto
Palma de Mallorca
Paris
Prague
Reykjavik
Rhodes
Saint Petersburg
Santorini
Sharm El Sheik
Skiatos
Stockholm
Tenerife
Timisoara
Tirana
Tunis
Warsaw
Vienna
Zurich
Bangkok (Thailand)
Cancun (Mexico)
Cape Verde
La Romana (Dominican Republic)
Havana (Cuba)
Mombasa (Kenya)
New York (United States)
Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Grand Hotel Elite | Via Aurelio Saffi 36, 40131 Bologna, Italy | Ph. +39.051.6459011 | Fax +39.051.6492426 | info@hotelelite.it
