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/
The Ducati Museum
Guided Museum Tours must generally be booked in
advance and are available on the following days at the times shown below.
From
Monday to Friday, in combination with a factory
visit:
Tour times
for small groups Tour times
for big groups
(from 1 to 10
people): (from 11 to 40
people):
- 9.30 am - 10.45 am 9.45 am - 11.00 am
-
10.00 am - 11.15 am 11.15 am - 12.30 pm
- 10.30 am - 11.45 am 15.15 pm - 16.30 pm
-
11.00 am - 12.15 pm
-
11.30 am - 12.45 pm
- 2.30 - 3.45 pm
- 3.00 - 4.15 pm
- 3.30 - 4.45 pm
- 4.00 - 5.15 pm
Saturday: guided Museum Tours only.
Tour times (for any number of visitors)
- 10.00 am
- 11.00 am
- 12.00 noon
On Saturdays combined Factory and Museum Tours are only available for
DOC - Desmo Owners Clubs - (min. 10 participants),
and must be booked in advance.
Please meet us in front of the gates 15
minutes before your tour starts. Late arrivals will not be allowed onto the
company premises.
Closed:
Sundays, Easter holidays, during the company's summer break, Christmas (22
December 2009 - 10 January 2010) and Italian public holidays (25 April, 1 May, 2 June, 1 November, 8 December).
TOUR
RESERVATION:
- Please, book at least one week in advance. Requests sent in less than 7 days notice will be satisfied
upon availability
- Click HERE to fill out the form
and wait for confirmation or
- Tel.
+39 051-6413343 - from Monday to Friday 10.00 am - 11.00 am and
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Ducati Museum
Address: Ducati Motor Holding, via
Antonio Cavalieri Ducati 3, 40132 Bologna - Italy.
Languages:
The guided tours are available in Italian and English.
Tours
can be made in French, German and Spanish upon availability only for big groups - please specify under
NOTES on your reservation form.
Prices:
- € 10.00 per person
Full price
- € 8.00 per person
Reduced price 1: large
groups of more than 11 people
- € 5.00 per person
Reduced price 2: (a) owners (show your owner card when you purchase your
ticket), (b) Saturdays, (c) if for some reason the Museum or Factory are closed for visits between Monday and Friday
- Free
DOC (Desmo Owners Club), under 10s, handicapped + escort
Payment
options:
Small groups:
in cash at the Ducati Bookshop on the day of the tour
Large groups:
1) via bank transfer prior to your visit, after your booking has
been completed
through the tour reservation service
2) in cash at the Ducati Bookshop on the day of the tour
All proceeds will go to the Fondazione
Ducati: the association which organises all Ducati's
no-profit activities with passion, professionalism and pride.
The guided tours might undergo variations not dependent on the
reservation service itself.
Access may not be guaranteed for any extra
persons in addition to the number of persons agreed at the time of booking.
It is strictly
forbidden to take photographs inside the factory.
For more informations about the Ducati Museum,
click here.
From June 8th to June 15th 2010,
in occasion of the WDW 2010 at Misano Circuit, the museum will be open to the
visitors from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm. On Saturday June the 12th the
company will be open just in the morning from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm. Free entrance
to the Museum. The reservation is not required.
Factory
Guided Factory Tours must generally be booked in
advance and are available on the following days at the times shown below.
From
Monday to Friday, in combination with a
museum visit:
Tour times
for small groups Tour times for large groups
(from 1 to 10
people): (from 11 to 40 people):
- 9.30 am - 10.45 am 9.45 am - 11.00 am
- 10.00 am - 11.15 am 11.15 am - 12.30 pm
- 10.30 am - 11.45 am 15.15 am - 16.30 pm
- 11.00 am - 12.15 pm
- 11.30 am - 12.45 pm
- 2.30 - 3.45 pm
- 3.00 - 4.15 pm
- 3.30 - 4.45 pm
- 4.00 - 5.15 pm
Saturday: guided museum
tours only.
Tour times (for any number of visitors)
- 10.00 am
- 11.00 am
- 12.00 noon
On Saturdays combined factory and museum
tours are only available for
DOC - Desmo Owners Clubs - (min. 10 participants),
and must be booked in advance.
Please meet us in front of the gates 15
minutes before your tour starts. Late arrivals will not be allowed onto the
company premises.
Closed:
Sundays, Easter holidays, during the company's summer break, Christmas (19
December 2009 - 10 January 2010) and Italian public holidays (25 April, 1 May, 2 June, 1 November, 8 December).
TOUR
RESERVATION:
- Please, book at least one week in advance. Requests sent in less than 7 days notice will be satisfied
upon availability
- Click HERE to fill out the form
and wait for confirmation or
- Tel.
+39 051-6413343 - from Monday to Friday 10.00 am - 11.00 am and
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Ducati Museum
Address: Ducati Motor Holding, via
Antonio Cavalieri Ducati 3, 40132 Bologna - Italy.
Languages:
The guided tours are available in Italian and English.
Tours
can be made in French, German and Spanish upon availability only for big groups - please specify under
NOTES on your reservation form.
Prices:
€
10.00 per person
Full price
€ 8.00 per person
Reduced price 1: large
groups of more than 11 people
€ 5.00 per person
Reduced price 2: (a) owners (show your owner card when you purchase your
ticket), (b) Saturdays, (c) if for some reason the Museum or Factory are closed for visits between Monday and Friday
Free
DOC (Desmo Owners Club), under 10s, handicapped + escort
Payment
options:
Small groups:
in cash at the Ducati Bookshop on the day of the tour
Large groups:
1) via bank transfer prior to your visit, after your booking has
been completed
through the tour reservation service
2) in cash at the Ducati Bookshop on the day of the tour
All proceeds will go to the Fondazione
Ducati: the association which organises all Ducati's
no-profit activities with passion, professionalism and pride.
The guided tours might undergo variations not dependent on the
reservation service itself.
Access may not be guaranteed for any extra
persons in addition to the number of persons agreed at the time of booking.
It is strictly
forbidden to take photographs inside the factory.
From June 8th to June 15th 2010,
in occasion of the WDW 2010 at Misano Circuit, The factory guided tours will be available
from 9.30 am to 4 pm.
On Saturday June the 12th the company will
be open just in the morning from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm., last tour starts at 12.00
noon.
The reservation
is not required.
WDW 2010 fare for
factory guided tour and free museum tour € 5,oo per person.
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.
Physics teachers at all high schools can use the laboratory from Mondays to Fridays and can book in advance
by clicking here.
