The use of your car is not recommended because it is not ecologic and not very practical hen driving. Students can easily travel across
Cesena on foot or by bike, especially in the city centre. This is one of the privileges of living in a small city like
Cesena , where destinations are not so far. is characterized by numerous no-entry roads and areas, one-way roads, and its parking areas are not free. Besides, in some periods of the day traffic is very chaotic and in some days of the week access is only allowed to cars with odds or evens numbers, alternatively. That is why we strictly recommend you not to use your car when you want to reach your destination while staying within the town.
Bear in mind that if you decide to buy a bike, you need to equip it with safe locks and chains against theft and, when it's possible, you should deposit it in a safe place or in a garage for the night. Bus service is efficient in Students can easily travel across
Cesena on foot or by bike, especially in the city centre. This is one of the privileges of living in a small city like
Cesena , where destinations are not so far., but it's often difficult to find the route which fits your needs. Sometimes waiting times are longer than the time you need to reach your destination on foot and even longer than going by bike. If you want to go to the coast or to the inland, extra-urban busses are available at the
Punto Bus Station, in front of the railway station. As far as railway connection is concerned, Students can easily travel across
Cesena on foot or by bike, especially in the city centre. This is one of the privileges of living in a small city like
Cesena , where destinations are not so far. is a station well connected to the Adriatic railway line, linking Bologna to central and south Italy, up down to Puglia. If you need to leave or arrive by plane, the airport of Forlì is just at about 15 km from Students can easily travel across
Cesena on foot or by bike, especially in the city centre. This is one of the privileges of living in a small city like
Cesena , where destinations are not so far. and offers national and international flights at very competitive fares.
URBAN BUSES
Bus Transport in
Cesena is managed by ATR, based in
Piazzale Karl Marx 1, where you can also find the
Punto Bus Station. Tel. 0547 21401;
http://www.atr-online.it
ATR offers the "
Scuola Card" (School Card), the yearly pass for students: all season passes are designed to meet the students' needs, from primary school to university. If compared to the cost of ten months covering the entire academic year, the "
Scuola Card" is much cheaper (with an average saving of 43% on urban routes and of 16% on suburban routes) and it allows you to take the bus whenever you like.
SUBURBAN BUSES
ATR has also activated a network of suburban transport for the connection of
Forlì,
Cesena and the main urban centres of the Province. For further information on the timetable and the routes:
Punto Bus Cesena.
CESENA BY BIKE
The Municipality of
CESENA provides to all citizens a number of free bicycles, available from 6 am to 11 pm. To hire a bike, one has just to pay a 10-Euro deposit and undersign the Conditions of Hiring. Users are then given a codified key at one of the following bike stations: IAT,
P.zza del Popolo 1; ATR,
P.le Marx 1;
Parcheggi spa, Via Franchini 60.
PARKING SITES
Via Mattarella (Ex Arrigoni)
Via Franchini/Via Adua (Ex Martini)
Piazza Fabbri
V.le Gasometro and
Piazza Sanguinetti
Via Martiri della Libertà
Barriera
USEFUL NUMBERS FOR CAR DRIVERS
For information about traffic, weather conditions and any other information for drivers Tel. 166 664477
ACI
The Italian Automobile Club provides information to its associates, free call line 800 300 00
TAXI
CO.TA.CE
Piazza Sanguinetti, tel. 0547 610710
TRAINS
For information about timetable and tickets go to
http://www.trenitalia.it/. The website provides a complete timetable of trains and useful information about railways stations, promotions and agencies. Students under 26 are entitled to a reduction by purchasing the "
carta verde" (green card). To travel by train across
Emilia-Romagna please visit the website
http://www.fer-online.it/inglese/index1.htm.
FLIGHTS
The nearest airport to the city of
Cesena is "
Ridolfi" airport in
Forlì, offering national and international flights. The airport can be reached by bus n. 92 or by train to the station of
Forlì, where every 20 minutes a bus service connects the railways station to the airport, which is just 4 km far.
Aeroporto "L. Ridolfi", Via Seganti 103, 47100
Forlì Tel. 0543 4749.90 .21; fax 0543 474909
http://www.forliairport.com/aerofo/index.jsp