Bologna Welcome Card is a convenient and cost-effective tourist card that allows easy access to the city’s best attractions, available for purchase online or at tourist infopoints.
Types of Bologna Welcome Card & Prices
| Card Type | Cost |
| Bologna Welcome Card EASY | € 25 |
| Bologna Welcome Card PLUS | € 40 |
How does Bologna Welcome Cards works?
To utilize BW Card Easy and Plus, you need to:
- verify operating times of the attractions and services
- book services, if required
- turn up in advance
- show your Bologna Welcome Card to the staff at the entrance
- Purchased online card can be printed for €5 at Tourist Infopoints for an additional fee.
The (IAT-R) Tourist Information Office of Bologna is in Piazza Maggiore.
Address: Bologna Welcome – Piazza Maggiore Infopoint (IAT-R)
Piazza Maggiore 1/e – 40124
Phone: +39 051 6583111
Email: booking@bolognawelcome.it
Website: www.bolognawelcome.com/en
Map: View direction here
Available Services
- tourist information
- hotel booking, reservations of restaurants and city guided tours
- train reservations
- advance sale of tickets for theatre, cultural and sport events
Timings:
- Monday – Saturday: 9am-7pm
- Sunday: 10am-5pm
- For Events and theatres ticketing: 9am to 6.30pm
What is the validity period of Bologna Welcome Cards?
- The Bologna Welcome Card Easy and Plus last for 15 days from the activation date.
- In addition, you can only use the Card once per service and that it will remain valid until all services have run out and for 15 days after its activation.
Bologna Welcome Card EASY is the tourist card that helps you discover what’s best in the city easily and cost effectively. You can buy it on-line or at tourist info points and start your experience.
Price: € 25,00 p/person
Advantages: Save up to € 53,00 with Bologna Welcome Card EASY
Bologna Welcome Card EASY Features
1. Bologna Museums
- Opening times: View here for Museum
2. Discover Bologna, city centre walking tour
- Reservation is mandatory, you’ll receive the booking instructions once you have purchased the BW Card. Click for starting times
3. Clock Tower (Torre dell’Orologio)
- Opening Hours. Mandatory Reservation. After purchasing Bologna Welcome Card, you will receive the booking instructions.
4. Bike rental (citybike for the duration of 4h) at the eXtraBO information point.
- Rental cost: € 12
- Use your bike for 4, 8 or 24 hours
What are included in BW Card Easy?
| Entry ticket to the Musei Civici permanent collections | Museo Archeologico, Museo Medievale, Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Museo del Risorgimento, Collezioni Comunali d’Arte, MAMbo – Museo d’arte contemporanea, Museo Internazionale and Biblioteca della Musica, Museo Morandi |
| Entry ticket to Museo della Storia di Bologna in Palazzo Pepoli (temporarily closed) | Collezione Tagliavini in San Colombano, Palazzo Fava and the Church of Santa Maria della Vita with the Compianto sculpture by Niccolò dall’Arca |
| Entrance to the Art Gallery (Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna) | Except during temporary exhibitions |
| Access to the Clock Tower | City’s most beautiful views Price: € 10 |
| Discover Bologna | Guided walking tours of the city centre leaving from Bologna Welcome every day Cost: € 15 |
| City Bike rental | Rental Cost: € 12, For Booking: click here |
*prior reservation is mandatory
Where you can buy BW Card Easy Online?
- You can choose the through Tourist info points and get it. For more information, please visit here.
BW Card PLUS is the tourist card that helps you discover what’s best in the city easily and cost effectively. Choose the version that most suits your needs, buy it on-line or at tourist info points and start your experience.
Price: € 40,00 p/person
Advantages: Save up to € 78,00
BW Card PLUS Features
1. Bologna Museums: Opening times
2. Discover Bologna, city centre walking tour: Starting times. Reservation is mandatory, you’ll receive the booking instructions once you have purchased the BW Card.
3. Clock Tower (Torre dell’Orologio): Mandatory Reservation. After purchasing BW Card, you will receive the booking instructions. Click here for opening hours.
4. Bike rental (citybike for the duration of 4h) at the eXtraBO information point.
- Rental cost: € 12
- Use your bike for 4, 8 or 24 hours
5. City Red Bus tour: Check the timetable
6. San Luca Express tour: Click for the timetable here
7. Dome of San Luca Sanctuary (San Luca Sky Experience). Check the opening times.
Where you can buy BW Card PLUS Online?
- You can choose the through Tourist info points and get it. For more information, please visit here.
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