How to reach Urbino
By airplane:
Ancona airport. For info see: https://www.ancona-airport.com/
Bus service is available from the airport to Ancona (or Falconara Marittima) train station. For info see: www.conerobus.it
Once you reach Ancona (or Falconara Marittima) train station, you have to purchase a ticket to Pesaro. (You can either purchase train tickets online using the official web site of Trenitalia (www.trenitalia.com) or directly at the train station ticket office).
Once you reach Pesaro train station, you have to take a bus to Urbino. The bus schedule is available here. Set in the form: "Pesaro Stazione FF.SS" as the departure station and "Urbino Park S. Lucia" as the arrival location. In Pesaro, buses leave from the square in front of the train station. The bus company is called Adriabus. You can recognize the right bus by looking at the label in front of the bus. The bus to Urbino is indicated with "LV Linea Verde Urbino" (the return bus is indicated with "LR Linea Rossa Pesaro").
You have to get off the bus at: “Urbino parcheggio Santa Lucia”.Bologna airport. For info see: www.bologna-airport.it
Bus service available from the airport to Bologna train station. For info see:
www.aerobus.bo.it
Once you reach Bologna train station, you have to purchase a ticket to Pesaro. (You can either purchase train tickets online using the official web site of Trenitalia (www.trenitalia.com) or directly at the train station ticket office).
Once you reach Pesaro train station, you have to take a bus to Urbino. The bus schedule is available here. Set in the form: "Pesaro Stazione FF.SS" as the departure station and "Urbino Park S. Lucia" as the arrival location. In Pesaro, buses leave from the square in front of the train station. The bus company is called Adriabus. You can recognize the right bus by looking at the label in front of the bus. The bus to Urbino is indicated with "LV Linea Verde Urbino" (the return bus is indicated with "LR Linea Rossa Pesaro").
You have to get off the bus at: “Urbino parcheggio Santa Lucia”. The bus journey takes approximately one hour.
By train:
The nearest train station is Pesaro. (You can either purchase train tickets online using the official web site of Trenitalia (www.trenitalia.com) or directly at the train station ticket office). Once you reach Pesaro train station, you will have to take a bus to Urbino. The bus schedule is available here. Set in the form: "Pesaro Stazione FF.SS" as the departure station and "Urbino Park S. Lucia" as the arrival location. In Pesaro, buses leave from the square in front of the train station. The bus company is called Adriabus. You can recognize the right bus by looking at the label in front of the bus. The bus to Urbino is indicated with "LV Linea Verde Urbino" (the return bus is indicated with "LR Linea Rossa Pesaro"). You have to get off the bus at: “Urbino parcheggio Santa Lucia”. The bus journey takes approximately one hour.
By car:
Coming from south: Exit highway A14 at “Fano”, then follow “Urbino”.
Coming from north: Exit highway A14 at “Pesaro e Urbino”, then follow “Urbino”.
Oncein Urbino, follow directions for “Parcheggio Santa Lucia”.
Flying to Rome?
There is no direct bus service connecting Rome to Urbino, but there is a Fabriano-Urbino bus that coincides with the Rome Termini-Fabriano train schedule. See info at: https://www.adriabus.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/22R.png.
You have to get off the bus at: “Urbino parcheggio Santa Lucia”.
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Take into consideration that, when public transportation is considered, Urbino can only be reached using busses. This means that Urbino is poorly connected to other towns during evening/night hours and during the weekends/holidays. Remember this when you are planning your journeys. Note also that taxis are available, but they are quite expensive.
How to reach Palazzo Battiferri and Palazzo Volponi:
Once you are at “Parcheggio Santa Lucia” you have to take 2 elevators to Porta Santa Lucia.
Once you enter Urbino from Porta Santa Lucia you will have to follow these directions: