Tourist Information

Ferrara is easily reachable for both Italian and foreign visitors.

By car or campervan

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Take the A13 Bologna-Padova motorway, exit at Ferrara Nord or Ferrara Sud.
From the Ferrara Sud exit: the Ferrara-P.Garibaldi Superstrada links with the SS16 (“Adriatica”) for Ravenna and the SS64 (“Porrettana”) for Bologna-San Matteo della Decima. The Ferrara Nord exit links with the SS255 for Modena and the SS496 (“Virgiliana”) for Mantova.
For road and traffic information, www.autostrade.it

Carpooling

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“Carpooling” means sharing private cars between groups of people in order to cut travel costs. It’s a form of sustainable mobility, in which one person makes his or her car available and the others contribute to covering part of the costs.
Website:
Travel to the Ferrara Buskers Festival with OverTheStop
(find “events” on the OverTheStop homepage, and then look for Ferrara Buskers Festival)

Car parks

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Parcheggio Diamanti: paid parking.
Entrance: Via Arianuova
Places: 192
Open: 24 hours a day

Parcheggio Centro Storico: paid parking.
Entrance: Via Darsena
Places: 825
Open: 24 hours a day

Parcheggio Rampari san Paolo – ex Brunelli: paid parking.
Entrance: via Rampari di San Paolo
Places: 165 car places, 20 caravan places
Open: 24 hours a day

San Guglielmo: paid parking
Entrance: via Palestro
Places: 112 posti
Open: 24 hours a day

Rampari San Rocco: paid parking.
Entrance: nearby hospital
Places: 237
Open: 24 hours a day

Via del Lavoro
Entrance: via del Lavoro
Places: 285
Open: 24 hours a day

EX MOF – Rampari San Paolo: free parking.
Entrance: via Darsena
Places: 467 car places, 40 camper places, 13 places for touristic bus
Open: 24 hours a day

For further information see FerraraTua – Parcheggi

By train

Ferrara is easily reachable by train and directly connected to all the main Italian cities with frequent Alta Velocità (High Speed), IC (Inter-City), and regional trains. The station is 10 minutes from the city centre on foot. Buses n° 1, 9 and 21 (evening service only as from 20:45) depart directly from the railway station. Bus tickets can be bought at the AMI information point, newsagent and tobacconist in the station.

Trenitalia: toll-free number 800.89.20.21 – Website: www.trenitalia.com

Ferrovie Emilia-Romagna: toll-free number 800.91.50.30 – Website: www.fer-online.it

By coach

Coach station

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Via Rampari di San Paolo – Tel. 0039 532 599411
10 minutes from the city centre on foot, with coach services to all the towns in the Province of Ferrara and to Modena and Bologna
Website: www.acft.it

By air

Nearest airport:
“G. Marconi”, Bologna – 45 km
“M. Polo” Venezia – km. 110
“Catullo” Verona – km. 100
“L. Ridolfi” Forlì – km. 120
“F. Fellini” Rimini – km. 200
“Canova” Treviso – km. 130