Directions
By Plane
Ducati can be easily reached by taxi
from Bologna's
Airport Guglielmo Marconi.
www.bologna-airport.it
The taxi stand is right outside of the arrivals terminal (about 8 € and a
10 minutes ride).
By Car
Bologna is located in the northeast of Italy,
1 hour from Florence, 2 hours from Milan, 2 hours from Venice
and 3.5 hours from Rome
and at the crossroads of all the main Italian motorways (autostrade):
the A14,
A13 and A1.
For directions see Google Maps above.
Ducati (Museum and Factory) is located in Via Antonio Cavalieri Ducati, 3
-
Bologna
GPS: 44.516399,11.267574
/ N 44.30.970 E 11.16.140
By Train
Bologna is a main stop on the Italian rail system and all of the most
important
national and international lines pass through it. Trains depart from
Milan and Rome to Bologna almost every
hour. To get from the Bologna Central Station to the Ducati factory, you
can
either take a taxi (about 15 € and a 20 minutes ride), a bus (1 € bus
ticket and an approximately 40 minute ride) a train or a suburban train
(1 €
ticket and the trip takes about 10 minutes).
Taxi. The taxi stop is
in the small square in front of the station. Ducati is located on Via
Cavalieri
Ducati 3, Borgo Panigale. Tell the taxi driver, sit back and relax.
Bus Get on bus number 36 going towards the "Barca"
or the number 39 that circles the city. From either bus, get off a the
first
stop of Via Lame and change to bus number 13, going towards "Via
Normandia - Borgo Panigale". Get off the bus at the
stop named "Borgo Panigale", at the intersection between via Marco
Emilio
Lepido and Via Cavalieri Ducati. Take Via Ducati (coming from the centre
of Bologna, it is a left
turn) and you will find the entrance to the Company on your right after
approximately
200 metres.
The Suburban train service
(Suburbana) leaves from central station - platform West (binario ovest)
to the
Borgo Panigale station.
By train take the one to
Porretta Terme or Vignola.
When you get off the train in Borgo Panigale, go up
the stairs to the street above you and reach the bus stop. Take bus
number 13 towards
via Normandia and get off at the 3rd stop called "Borgo Panigale",
nearby the
intersection between via Marco Emilio Lepido and Via Cavalieri Ducati.
Take Via
Ducati and you will find the entrance to the comapny on your right after
approximately 200 metres.
For more information regarding train schedules and stations please
check:
www.trenitalia.com
For more information on the Suburban train, visit
www.atc.bo.it or
http://www.suburbanafbv.it/
Museum and factory tours
Ducati
factory and museum tours need to be booked and conducted by a Ducati guide.
TOUR DAYS
AND TIMES
From Monday
to Friday:
9.15 - 11.00 - 13.45 - 15.30
Saturday -
only guided museum tours are possible:
10.00 -
11.00 - 12.00
On
Saturdays, guided tours of both the factory and museum are reserved exclusively
to DOC groups.
Closed:
on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, Easter (Monday 1 April 2013), during the
company's summer break (Saturday 3 August to Sunday 1 September 2013 inclusive),
Christmas (20 December 2013 to 6 January 2014 inclusive) and Italian public
holidays (25 April, 1 May, 2 June, 4 October, 1 November).
LANGUAGES:
Italian and English.
French,
German and Spanish, subject to availability, and only for groups - specify this
in the NOTES field of the booking form
PRICES
Fullprice € 10.00 per person
Reduced price € 8.00 per person
The reduced
price applies to:
- groups of more than 11 people;
- Ducati bike owners (present your Ducati Card at
the time of ticket purchase);
- tours booked for Saturday;
- tours booked for Monday to Friday in cases
whether either the museum or factory cannot be visited due to unforeseen
circumstances.
Free for:
-
DOC members;
- visitors under 10 years of age;
- disabled visitors and their helpers;
- teachers accompanying school groups. Teachers
benefit from free entry according to the following ratios (unless alternative
arrangements have been made with booking service staff):
a)
in the case of primary schools: 1 adult chaperon
for every 5 pupils or fractions of 5;
b)
in the case of middle and high schools: 1
chaperon for every 10 pupils or fraction of 10;
coach drivers accompanying tour groups;
tourist interpreters when needed to support the
guide;
official tourist guides, the relevant ID card
must be shown.
Payment
methods:
Individuals:
in cash at Ducati on the day of your tour.
Groups:
advance payment via bank transfer.
All proceeds
will go to the
Fondazione Ducati: the association which organises all Ducati's
no-profit activities with passion, professionalism and pride.
Ducati Motor
Holding reserves the right to alter the duration, content and programme of the
tour in cases of production schedule changes or unforeseen circumstances.
TO BOOK
Click HERE
to fill in the booking request form.
N.B. Booking
is confirmed only after the receipt of email confirmation from Ducati.
Or
Tel. +39
(0)51 6413343 - service available from Monday to Friday, from 10am to 11am and
from 2pm to 4pm.
Bookings are
subject to availability.
If you would
like more information about tours and our company please refer to the tour FAQ
by
clicking here.
The bridge between school and businesses
Fisica in Moto (physics on motorcycles), located at the historical
Ducati factory in Borgo Panigale, is the interactive didactic physics
laboratory dedicated specifically to high school students created
through the collaboration of the Fondazione Ducati together and the
Liceo Malpighi (Malpighi high school) in Bologna.
The purpose of the laboratory is to build a bridge between schools and
businesses through the experience of science and technology museums.
Specifically designed and custom-built interactive machines will be
used inside the laboratory to demonstrate the principles of physics
that students learn at school, as well as phsyics’ relationship with a
Ducati MotoGP bike. The whole course has been developed with the
collaboration of the professors from Bologna’s Malpighi high school and
university lecturers.
For further information about the visits program, visit
Fisica In Moto Website.
