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Bologna Christmas market day trip.
Best day to go is any weekday.

One market in Bologna, Italy, with confirmed 2026 dates.⁠‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌⁠ The market opens every day, and weekdays are quieter than weekends.

Day trips to Bologna while the market's on

Bologna
BolognaLondon Heathrow, home to London Stansted · Sat 21 Nov · Out with British Airways, back with Ryanair
6.9 hoursin the city
07:25·11:1718:13·21:15
FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city
Head back by 18:13 · Marconi Express monorail 7 min, €12.80Flies home to London Stansted, not London Heathrow.
from£155.30£100.00 flight + £55.30 groundChecked 23 Oct, 02:31See the day
Bologna
BolognaLondon Heathrow, home to London Stansted · Sat 14 Nov · Out with British Airways, back with Ryanair
6.9 hoursin the city
07:25·11:1718:13·21:15
FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city
Head back by 18:13 · Marconi Express monorail 7 min, €12.80Flies home to London Stansted, not London Heathrow.
from£160.30£105.00 flight + £55.30 groundChecked 23 Oct, 02:31See the day
Bologna
BolognaLondon Heathrow, home to London Stansted · Sat 12 Dec · Out with British Airways, back with Ryanair
6.9 hoursin the city
07:25·11:1718:13·21:15
FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city
Head back by 18:13 · Marconi Express monorail 7 min, €12.80Flies home to London Stansted, not London Heathrow.
from£160.30£105.00 flight + £55.30 groundChecked 20 Oct, 18:40See the day
Bologna
BolognaLondon Heathrow, home to London Stansted · Sat 28 Nov · Out with British Airways, back with Ryanair
6.9 hoursin the city
07:25·11:1718:13·21:15
FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city
Head back by 18:13 · Marconi Express monorail 7 min, €12.80Flies home to London Stansted, not London Heathrow.
from£162.30£107.00 flight + £55.30 groundChecked 24 Oct, 01:31See the day
Bologna
BolognaLondon Heathrow, home to London Stansted · Sat 7 Nov · Out with British Airways, back with Ryanair
6.9 hoursin the city
07:25·11:1718:13·21:15
FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city
Head back by 18:13 · Marconi Express monorail 7 min, €12.80Flies home to London Stansted, not London Heathrow.
from£171.30£116.00 flight + £55.30 groundChecked 23 Oct, 02:31See the day
Bologna
BolognaLondon Stansted · Wed 23 Dec · Ryanair
6.3 hoursin the city
08:45·12:2718:43·21:35
FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city
Head back by 18:43 · Marconi Express monorail 7 min, €12.80
from£218.30£163.00 flight + £55.30 groundChecked 24 Oct, 01:13See the day

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Markets in Bologna

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Bologna
Christmas market6 Nov - 27 Dec 2026

Antica Fiera di Santa Lucia

Bologna, Italy

Where: Strada Maggiore, under the portico of Santa Maria dei Servi

Open: 09:00-20:00 daily

Costs: Entry price not published

Best day: Any weekday, it opens every day, and weekdays are quieter than weekends

Hours approximate per source ("circa").

Official page

Hours, 24 Dec and day or night

Dates checked 23 Oct 2026 against the official source on each card. Food and drink prices are not published by the organisers, so we do not show them.

The Bologna market in full

Antica Fiera di Santa Lucia

Bologna's oldest Christmas fair, dating to the late 1500s, selling nativity figures, decorations and torrone.

Where
Strada Maggiore, under the portico of Santa Maria dei Servi
Dates
6 Nov - 27 Dec 2026
Open
09:00-20:00 daily
24 Dec
24 Dec hours not published
Entry
Entry price not published
Note
Hours approximate per source ("circa").
Day or night

Works as a day trip

On Thursdays with the 20:20 home to London Stansted: you're in Bologna 11:37 to 18:33 and the market is open all of it. About 1.5 hours of that is after dark.

Official page

Getting to Bologna and back in a day

2 UK airports
London Heathrow
Every day
Out from 07:25, home as late as 20:15 on Mon (local time)
Whole day from £155.30, checked 23 Oct
London Stansted
Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat
Out from 06:40, home as late as 20:20 on Thu (local time)
Whole day from £218.30, checked 24 Oct

Airport to the centre, Marconi Express monorail 7 min, €12.80.

Getting around, Contactless cap €9/day.

How the day-or-night answer works. We take the latest flight home, minus 7 minutes back to the airport, minus 90 minutes at the airport. The 90 minutes is our assumption. Flight times are the saved winter timetable, not a booking.

Cost of the day, per person
Marconi to city centre and back
£22.00
Local transport
£8.00
Lunch
£8.80
Dinner
£16.50
Coffee or a pint, each
£4.00
On the ground
£55.30

Before flights, and without the optional drink. Rough guide prices from our destination data, not a quote.

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