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Bologna: Ferrari & Lamborghini Museums with F1 Simulator

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 8

PickupAt your hotel

Two Supercar Factories, One Simulator Seat, and Why the Order Keeps Changing

You get picked up in Bologna, visit the Ferrari Museum and F1 simulator in Maranello, explore the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena with 30 minutes free time, then spend the afternoon at two Lamborghini museums in Sant'Agata Bolognese and Funo. Skip-the-line access at all four museums is included, along with air-conditioned transport in a van of maximum 8 people. The driver confirms your pickup time the day before.

Step-by-step itinerary

Pickup from Bologna or Modena
Explore Ferrari Museum in Maranello
Experience Ferrari F1 simulator
Visit Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena
Snack break at museum bar
Explore Lamborghini Museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese
Visit second Lamborghini Museum
Drop off in Bologna or Modena

The Experience

The driver texts at 7:45am to say he's running five minutes late, which somehow feels right for a day that's supposed to be locked down to the minute. You're heading into Motor Valley—the stretch of Emilia-Romagna between Maranello and Sant'Agata Bolognese where Ferrari and Lamborghini both decided to build their empires—and the itinerary you've got is more of a suggestion than a promise. Weather, traffic, museum crowds: any of it can shuffle the order. But that's actually fine, because what matters is that you're hitting all four museums and you're not waiting in line at any of them.

The Ferrari Museum in Maranello comes first most days. You walk past the factory gates—the actual place where they build the cars—and then you're inside looking at Formula 1 machines from the 1950s forward, prototypes that never made it to production, and the whole visual argument for why the Prancing Horse became what it is. After that, you get ten minutes in the Ferrari F1 simulator. It's not a video game; it's the real thing, the kind of rig that Scuderia drivers use for training. You're on a Grand Prix circuit, and your lap time gets recorded. Most people don't set a personal best, but you'll know exactly how far off you were. Then there's 30 minutes free in the museum bar before you head to Modena.

The Enzo Ferrari Museum is built around the founder's actual birthplace, and it's the kind of place that feels designed by someone who wanted to tell a story rather than just display cars. Multimedia exhibits, concept vehicles that look like they came from another decade, the whole thing wrapped around the idea that Enzo had a vision and he wouldn't stop chasing it. You get time to breathe here, grab a coffee, sit with what you've seen. Then the van takes you south to Sant'Agata Bolognese, where Lamborghini's main museum sits. The Miura is there—the car that started the whole "raging bull" thing—alongside everything from the 1960s up to the current Aventador. The second Lamborghini Museum, dedicated to Ferruccio himself, is the final stop: rare prototypes, experimental models, the kind of machines that show you what happens when someone decides the rules don't apply to them.

The whole thing runs about eight hours door-to-door, though the exact timing depends on traffic between Bologna and Maranello, and whether the museums are packed that day. You're in a van with up to seven other people, all of them probably as into this as you are. The driver will text you the pickup time the day before—make sure you give them a number you actually check. Skip-the-line tickets are already sorted, so you're not losing an hour to queues. By the time you're back in Bologna or Modena, you'll have stood in front of machines that cost more than houses and sat in a simulator that costs more than a car.

What’s included

Hotel pickup in Bologna, Modena, or Florence city center (or from a meeting point in Bologna).
skip-the-line entry to Ferrari Museum in Maranello.
10-minute Ferrari F1 simulator session.
skip-the-line entry to Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena with 30 minutes free time in the museum bar.
skip-the-line entry to Lamborghini Museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese.
skip-the-line entry to Lamborghini Museum in Funo.
air-conditioned transport in a van with maximum 8 passengers.
drop-off in Bologna or Modena.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by GTE Service

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see all four major supercar museums in one day without arranging tickets, transport, or timing yourself—the skip-the-line access and fixed itinerary are what make it possible to fit both factories and the simulator into a single morning and afternoon.