Nearest Airport to the Ravenna Cruise Port

The short answer

Bologna is the one to fly into. Our routing, from the airport to a street point on the terminal’s bank at Porto Corsini, gives about 57.5 road miles and 71 minutes with no traffic. Venice Marco Polo is about 88.3 miles and 2 hours 32 minutes.

The lines round differently — Royal Caribbean says about 1 hour 30 minutes from Bologna, and 2 hours 30 minutes by car or 3 by bus from Marco Polo; Celebrity puts the port an hour from the city of Bologna. Budget the longer numbers.

Nothing public runs from either airport to the ship — from Bologna it’s a €30 (about US$35) shuttle or a train to Ravenna, then Visit Ravenna’s transfer, from €20 (about US$20), or bus 90.

Take the shuttle or the train if

You land at Bologna the day before
You’re one or two people, travelling light
You’re spending a night in Ravenna’s old town

Book a transfer or a car if

You land the morning you sail
You’re flying into Marco Polo
Your line sells one for your flight

Airport taxis

Need a ride from the airport?

Booking.com lists airport taxis you can book ahead. Check the pickup point, the price and the cancellation terms before you book.

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The Map

Two airports, and the ship on the coast

Bologna airport sits on the city’s north-west edge, inland. Marco Polo is up the coast past the Po delta, on the Venetian lagoon. The terminal is at Porto Corsini, on the north bank of the canal that runs out from Ravenna to the sea.

Porto Corsini terminal (approximate)AirportStraight line, not the driving routeReal geography: NOAA’s GSHHG shoreline, generalised, so the canal, the quays and the lagoons aren’t drawn. Hotel pins come from the Esri World Geocoder, matched to each listed address. The port pin is a street point on the terminal’s bank at Porto Corsini; no source publishes the terminal’s own coordinates.

The Airports

Bologna or Marco Polo

The nearer one

BLQ

Bologna Guglielmo Marconi

To the port

About 57.5 miles

Our routing, about 57.5 road miles (92.6 km) and 71 minutes to the terminal; Royal Caribbean says about 1 hour 30 minutes.

By shuttle

€30 or €27 (about US$30)

VisitRavenna to Ravenna station, €30; Shuttle Italy to Piazza Aldo Moro, €27 a leg. Both about 1 hour 30 minutes, per the tourism board.

By train

Marconi Express, then a regional

€12.80 (about US$14) to Bologna Centrale in 7 minutes; direct trains to Ravenna in about an hour.

The long way

VCE

Venice Marco Polo

To the port

About 88.3 miles

Our routing, about 88.3 road miles (142 km) and 2 hours 32 minutes; Royal Caribbean says 2 hours 30 minutes by car, 3 by bus.

By transfer

Princess, unpriced

Princess runs Marco Polo transfers for its guests; Viator listed private cars from US$344.

By train

Fare not found

We didn’t find a published Venice–Ravenna train fare.

Flights

Still need flights?

Fares and dates are on Booking.com. Land the day before, not the morning you sail.

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The Ride

What the ride to the ship costs

Every row is per person and covers only the leg named — from Bologna you’ll add two of them together: one into Ravenna, one out to the terminal.

Airport

Travelers

VisitRavenna shuttle, airport to Ravenna station	—
Shuttle Italy, airport to Piazza Aldo Moro (each leg)	—
Marconi Express to Bologna Centrale (the train to Ravenna is extra)	—
Visit Ravenna transfer, Ravenna to the terminal, from	—
Visit Ravenna transfer, Ravenna to the terminal, from (the leg from Venice is extra)	—

One way, in euros, as each operator printed it on October 3, 2026. Visit Ravenna’s €20 is a “from” price for one seat and one bag from Ravenna; its shared run from Marina Romea starts at €10 (about US$11). Norwegian’s US$199 tour-and-transfer is priced in dollars, so it isn’t in the table.

Viator lists 28 Ravenna port transfers. When we looked on October 3, 2026, the port to Bologna airport started at US$153 and the port to Ravenna hotels at US$83 — check whether a price is per person or per car.

A rental from Bologna? The terminal is about 71 minutes from the airport by our routing, and the shared airport shuttles to Ravenna cost €27 to €30 (about US$30 to US$35). Bologna airport to the ship, by car or not · Ravenna rental cars

Sail-Day Landing

Landing on sail day? Check your timing

No line publishes a landing cut-off for Ravenna that we found. The rows below are our own margin and the shuttle’s timetable — not a line’s rule. Enter your landing and the departure time printed in your cruise documents.

Airport Scheduled landing Ship departs

Shuttle or train, any lineNo line prints a cut-off for Ravenna. Our own margin: be on the ground 4 hours or more before sailing.—
VisitRavenna shuttleIt leaves the airport at 1:30 am, 2 pm and 8 pm, per the tourism board; land well before one of them.—
Any ride from Marco PoloRoyal Caribbean says 2.5 to 3 hours to the port, so our margin from Venice is 5 hours or more on the ground before sailing.—

We found no published check-in window for the terminal — the time in your boarding pass is the one to plan around.

Take the clock off sail day

Fly in a day early. Sleep near Porto Corsini.

We ranked twelve hotels for a Ravenna cruise, two of them in Marina Romea, about 1.7 road miles from the terminal by our routing. Tell us your flight and sail date, and an advisor pairs the right hotel night with your arrival.

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Coming Home

The morning you’re back

Coming home, book Visit Ravenna's transfer back to town before you sail. VisitRavenna's airport shuttle leaves Ravenna station for Bologna at 3 am, noon and 6 pm, about an hour and a half. Enter the flight and your likely time off the ship, and the timing below fills itself in.

Flying out of Flight leaves Off the ship by

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Trains and Buses

The trains, the buses and the ferry

The Marconi Express links Bologna airport and Bologna Centrale in 7 minutes, every 7 to 15 minutes from 5:40 am to midnight, €12.80 single or €23.30 (about US$25) return; a night bus covers the rest. Direct regional trains run Bologna to Ravenna in about an hour — a timetable site shows one at 16:50, arriving 17:52 by way of Lugo, on weekdays.

Intercity buses, FlixBus among them, use Piazzale Aldo Moro behind Ravenna station, per the tourism board. Start Romagna’s bus 90 runs out to Porto Corsini and stops about 500 m from the terminal; a one-zone ticket is €2 (about US$2), or €3 (about US$3) bought on board.

Visit Ravenna’s shared transfer picks up in town from 9:30 am, from €20 a person with one bag, about 30 minutes, and the van can arrive up to 10 minutes late, per Visit Ravenna. The tourism board gives Piazza Anita Garibaldi, about 300 m from the station, as a pick-up, and lists the station run for April 1 to November 1, 2026 — outside that, it’s bus 90 or a taxi.

Coming from Marina di Ravenna, on the far bank, the Start Romagna car ferry crosses to Porto Corsini continuously: €3 a car, €1 (about US$1) on foot, 5 am to 12:30 am in the winter timetable.

For the terminal and the lines, see our Ravenna cruise guide.

Fly In Early

Flying in the day before

Land a day early and the 57 miles stop being a race. After a transatlantic flight that matters — VisitRavenna’s shuttle leaves the airport three times a day and Shuttle Italy’s four, so most morning landings make the 2 pm or the 2:30 pm.

None of our twelve runs a free airport shuttle on a normal night. Hotel Ulisse’s listing offers an airport car at €220 (about US$245) a vehicle one way, up to four people, and Mitico by Bologna airport runs one free only during events and congresses.

The old-town hotels are a short walk or taxi from Ravenna station, where the shuttle stops.

Pre-cruise hotels

Six for the night before

Our top six, with each one’s distance to the terminal, by our routing. All twelve are on the hotels page.

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153/100

Hotel Columbia

Viale Italia, Marina Romea · about 1.7 road miles to the terminal

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246/100

Hotel Ulisse

Viale Italia, Marina Romea · about 1.7 road miles to the terminal

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340/100

Hotel Diana

Via Girolamo Rossi, old town · about 8.1 road miles to the terminal

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438/100

Hotel Riviera

Via Rivaverde, Marina di Ravenna · about 2.3 road miles to the terminal

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538/100

Terme Beach Resort

Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo, Punta Marina · about 3.6 road miles to the terminal

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633/100

Albergo Cappello

Via IV Novembre, by Piazza del Popolo · about 8.3 road miles to the terminal

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Airport to hotel

What each of our twelve says about getting from Bologna or Marco Polo to its door. If the night before is the celebration, our six splurge picks run from Palazzo Bezzi to Bologna’s One-Key Majestic.

BLQBologna airport

Hotels with a ride from here

#11 Starhotels Excelsior€12.80 a person · Marconi Express

Airport ride and a ride to the ship

None of the twelve does both from here.

VCEMarco Polo

Hotels with a ride from here

None of the twelve lists one from here.

Airport ride and a ride to the ship

None of the twelve does both from here.

All twelve, with what each says about both airports, are in the ride table on the hotels page.

Where to stay

Twelve hotels for the night before

Marina Romea to the old town and Bologna, ranked for a cruise.

Driving instead?

Ravenna cruise parking

Via Cura, the hotels and why the port has no long-term lot.

FAQ

Ravenna cruise airport FAQ

What is the closest airport to the Ravenna cruise port?

Bologna (BLQ), for flights from abroad. Our routing gives about 57.5 road miles (92.6 km) from the airport to the Porto Corsini terminal, roughly 71 minutes with no traffic — Royal Caribbean says about 1 hour 30 minutes. Venice Marco Polo is about 88.3 road miles (142 km), roughly 2 hours 32 minutes. Ravenna's tourism board also lists Forlì, Rimini and Ancona.

How do I get from Bologna airport to the Ravenna cruise terminal?

In two legs — VisitRavenna's shuttle runs from the airport to Ravenna station for €30, or Shuttle Italy to Piazza Aldo Moro, behind the station, for €27 a leg. From there, Visit Ravenna's seasonal transfer to the terminal is from €20 a person, about 30 minutes, or bus 90 stops about 500 m from the terminal. Nothing public runs straight from the airport to the ship.

Is there a train from Bologna airport to Ravenna?

Not directly — the Marconi Express runs from the airport to Bologna Centrale in 7 minutes for €12.80, every 7 to 15 minutes from 5:40 am to midnight. Direct regional trains from Centrale reach Ravenna in about an hour; we didn't find Trenitalia's own fare, and an aggregator lists tickets from €9 (about US$10).

How do I get from Venice Marco Polo to the Ravenna cruise port?

It's the long way — Royal Caribbean puts it at 2 hours 30 minutes by car and 3 hours by bus; our routing gives about 88.3 road miles. Princess sells transfers from Marco Polo for its guests, without a price on its page. Private cars listed on Viator started from US$344 when we looked, and it isn't clear whether that's per car or per person.

How much is a taxi from Bologna airport to Ravenna?

No fare is published — the airport names its taxi companies, Cotabo and CAT, without fares, and Radiotaxi Ravenna, which runs 24 hours, prints no tariff either. Ask for a quote before you get in.

Does Royal Caribbean offer transfers at Ravenna?

Royal Caribbean says every port has airport transfers for an extra fee, booked through Air2Sea, and prints no Ravenna price on the pages we read. Cruise Critic posters in 2023 reported a shuttle to Ravenna station at about $10 and a coach to Venice at about $65; that's their report, not the line's fare.

Can I go straight from the ship to Bologna airport?

Norwegian sells "Ravenna & Its Mosaics With Transfers To Bologna Airport" at US$199 an adult and US$179 a child, about 4 hours 45 minutes — and warns that flight times may overlap the tour. Otherwise it's the transfer to Ravenna station and VisitRavenna's airport shuttle, which leaves the station at 3 am, noon and 6 pm.

Is Forlì airport an option for a Ravenna cruise?

Only if your flight goes there — Ryanair flies to Cagliari and Palermo and, seasonally, London Stansted, per Wikipedia. VisitRavenna runs a shuttle between Forlì airport and Ravenna station on Wednesdays and Saturdays only, €20, about an hour.

Can I store luggage at the Ravenna cruise terminal?

We found no left-luggage service at the terminal. The tourism board lists luggage storage at Ravenna station, without a price, so it's the place to leave bags on a day in town before the transfer.

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Nearest Airport to the Ravenna Cruise Port

Landing on sail day?

Take the shuttle or the train if

Book a transfer or a car if

Two airports, and the ship on the coast

Bologna or Marco Polo

What the ride to the ship costs

Landing on sail day? Check your timing

Fly in a day early. Sleep near Porto Corsini.

The morning you’re back

The trains, the buses and the ferry

Flying in the day before

Six for the night before

Airport to hotel

Hotels with a ride from here

Airport ride and a ride to the ship

Hotels with a ride from here

Airport ride and a ride to the ship

Ravenna cruise airport FAQ

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