Update: Working on the VLOG(s) and BLOG for this now.
Definitely worth a visit.
Put my review up on LIPE/BLQ – Bologna Airport.
If you take away the taxi to our hotel (40 minutes) It’s about £100 for landing and 3 days parking IFR.
The Ducati museum in Borgo Panigale is 3 km from GA parking and worth seeing if you happen to like motorcycles. I had a contact there and was able to see the whole factory but the museum is publicly accessible. There is also a lot of automotive stuff within striking distance, Ferrari in Maranello etc.
We went up to the dome of San Luca. Was well worth it
The saying is that the only thing one can do in Bologna is eat. And shop things to eat. Certainly a bit exaggerated, but there are not too many major sights there, and the brick optics of the city are not to everyone’s liking.
They managed to come back on Monday with the PPR number very quickly. Will just have to change my return times to allow for stronger headwinds, but will wait till I get there.
Anyone know any good places to visit in Bologna? It’s been ages since I’ve been.
Buckerfan wrote:
Fees were extremely reasonable for this part of the world – E100 for three days all in – landing, parking, handling etc. And jet A E1.41 a litre with no silly fees.
I thought these days were long gone anywhere in Italy.
So they replied promptly, a few hours then said it’s busy I would need PPR before they booked out, then when I said go for it, they said need to speak to a manager and on Monday :(
Is it really busy this time of year?
Just came back from Bologna. What a great experience and a very handy alternate gateway to Tuscany etc. Florence flat refused to give permission. Siena and Pisa were hugely expensive and bureaucratic. Lucca has a nice GA airport but it is closed monday and tuesday. So went with Bologna. All GA go through TAG aviation et the east end of the runway, Huge ramp. Great modern GA terminal. Fees were extremely reasonable for this part of the world – E100 for three days all in – landing, parking, handling etc. And jet A E1.41 a litre with no silly fees.
Can’t recommend highly enough.
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