Visit Ducati in Borgo Panigale

 
 
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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 Map above.

The Museum is located within the factory – Via Antonio Cavalieri Ducati 3.

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 at 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.
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

Guided Museum and factory tours must generally be booked in advance and are available on the following days at the times shown below.

From Monday to Friday:
  • 9.15 am
  • 11.00 am
  • 1.45 pm
  • 3.30 pm
A factory and museum tour lasts about 1 hour and a half.

Saturday: guided Museum Tours only.

Tour times
  • 10.00 am
  • 11.00 am
  • 12.00 noon
A museum tour lasts about 30 minutes.

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 on time in front of the gate. Late arrivals will not be allowed onto the company premises.

Closed: Sundays, Easter holidays (Monday April 9th 2012), during the company's summer break (to be defined), Christmas (to be defined) and Italian public holidays (25th April, 1st May, 2nd June, 1st November, 8th December).


TOUR RESERVATION:
Ducati Museum and factory 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 - please specify under NOTES on your reservation form.



Prices:
- € 10.00 per person     Full price  
- €   8.00 per person     Reduced price 1: groups of more than 11 people
                                  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, disabled
                                  person + escort

* If you are a DOC member, ask your President for more information about the tour reservation.

Payment options:
Individuals: in cash at Ducati on the day of the tour
Groups: via bank transfer prior to your visit, after your booking has
been completed through the tour reservation service           

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.
It is allowed to take photographs in the Museum.
For more informations about the Ducati Museum, click 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. 

Physics teachers at all high schools can use the laboratory from Mondays to Fridays and can book in advance by clicking here.

For further information about the visits program, please click here.

If you are not a student and you want to visit our laboratory, please fill this form.

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