ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO RIZZOLI - Treatment at Rizzoli

By road

Leave the motorway and follow the directions for Bologna town centre. When you reach the avenues surrounding the historical centre, follow the signs for "Ospedale Rizzoli". Arriving from the east, turn into via San Mamolo southwards at Porta San Mamolo (going away from the city). Then, take the second left into via A.Codivilla until you get to Piazzale G.Bacchelli where there is a short road leading up to the hospital (via G.C.Pupilli). Coming from the west, when you get to Porta Castiglione, turn into via Castiglione southwards (going away from the city). Then, turn right into via Putti, and a few hundred meters up the road you get to Piazzale G.Bacchelli and via G.C.Pupilli, where you will find the entrance to the hospital.

To get to the outpatients clinic (Poliambulatorio) (or the Istituto di ricerca Codivilla-Putti) follow the signs for the Poliambulatorio Rizzoli: when you get to Porta Castiglione on the avenues, go southwards (away from the city) along via Castiglione, which then becomes via di Barbiano.

Near the hospital in viale E.Panzacchi (between Porta San Mamolo and Porta Castiglione), there is a pay car park “Staveco” (open every day from 7.00 am to 1.00 am). The A bus connects the car park with the outpatients’ clinic.

By rail

Bologna station, on the northern avenue of the city, is the departure point or route stop two bus services going to Rizzoli.

The number 30 connects the station Rizzoli Hospital in via G.C.Pupilli 1 (the bus stop is in Piazzale G.Bacchelli, a short walk from the hospital). The bus runs every 11 minutes and takes about 23 minutes. Before getting on the bus you must buy a ticket at the ATC ticket office or at a tobacconists’ shop.
The A bus connects the railway station with the Codivilla-Putti research center and the outpatient clinic, which is the end of the line. This bus runs every 10-11 minutes (depending on the time of day) and takes about 22 minutes to complete the journey. On board there is a ticket machine.

By air

The BLQ bus connects G. Marconi airport with Bologna railway station. It runs every 15 minutes and takes 30 minutes to get to the station. From the station you can catch a number 30 or A bus as described above.