F.A.Q.

Cosmofarma Exhibition 2023 takes place in Bologna Fair District from 19th to 21st April 2024 .
Hall 25 – 26 – 28 – 29- 30 – Mall – Services Center

Friday 19th April: from 9.00 a.m.  to 6.00 p.m.
Saturday 20th April:  – from 09.00 a.m.  to 6.00 p.m.
Sunday 21st April – from 09.00 a.m.  to 5.00 p.m.

Entrances for Cosmofarma:

• Nord – pedestrian entrance (Via Ondina Valla, 40127 Bologna BO). Consult Google Maps
• Ovest Costituzione – pedestrian entrance. (Piazza della Costituzione 5, 40128, Bologna). Consult Google Maps
• Est Michelino – pedestrian entrance. (Rotonda Lavoratori Licenziati per Rappresaglia, 40127 Bologna BO). Consult Google Maps

The parking near the Entrances are the following:

• Nord Entrance – Michelino Multilevel Car Park
• Ovest Costituzione – Costituzione Car Park

Daily single rate: € 20,00. For further information, please contact Bologna & Fiera Parking – Contacts: Tel. +39 051 6047681  Email: infososta@bfparking.it

By plane

Guglielmo Marconi International Airport is directly connected to Bologna Railway Station by the Marconi Express shuttle. Please visit this page for more information: www.marconiexpress.it

By car

From motorways A1 (Milan, Florence, Rome) and A14 (Rimini, Ancona, Bari): exit at “BOLOGNA FIERA” tool both motorway A14 to reach entrance Nord and Michelino multilevel Car Park (Via Ondina Valla).

From motorway A13 (Ferrara, Padova, Venice): exit “BOLOGNA ARCOVEGGIO” then ring road exit 8 to reach entrance Nord and Michelino multilevel Car Park (Via Ondina Valla).

By train

From Bologna Railway Station, which is 10 minutes from Bologna Exhibition Centre, bus lines 35 and 38 link the station to the Ovest Costituzione entrance (Bus stop: Fiera Palazzo Congressi).

For bus timetables information: Linea 35 – Linea 38

Buses, taxis and urban transport

Radio Taxi: Cotabo tel 051 372727 – Taxi C.A.T. Bologna tel 051 4590

Bus: the bus stop is located at Ovest Costituzione; bus lines 28 – 35 and 38 connect the Fair District with the city centre in 10 minutes (bus stop: Fiera Palazzo Congressi).

For bus timetables information: Linea 28 – Linea 35 – Linea 38

Entry is free upon registration. The Exhibition is aimed at all professional operators from the following categories:

• Pharmacists: owners, managers, partners, hospital staff, assistants
• Operators: sales agents, distributors, wholesalers, industry operators
• Healthcare professionals: nurses, physiotherapists, midwives, doctors, vets, herbalists
• Pharmacologists, biologists, researchers, university teaching staff
• Pharmacy students, pharmaceutical chemistry and technology students, biology students, postgraduate students
• Press

Yes, you need an entrance ticket to visit Cosmofarma.

Tickets can be purchased exclusively online on this page “Registration“, after submitting your registration.

You can take advantage of the special discounted rate of €10.00 if you register and purchase your ticket online by 31st January 2024. 

After 1st February 2024, you can still purchase your ticket at a reduced rate of €20.00 until 10th April 2024 (inclusive).

From 11th April 2024, the standard rate of €25.00 will apply for event ticket purchases.

Each ticket is nominative, non-transferable and valid for all days of the event.

No, Tickets can be purchased exclusively online on this website.

Due to the business target of the Exhibition, the organizers do not recommend entry to children under 18 years.

Anyway the entrance to the fair for children under 18 is free. Parents or carers of children must fill in a disclaimer form at the Ticket Office in Ovest Costituzione, Nord or Est Michelino Entrances.

To purchase your entrance ticket, you need to register here “Registration“.

If you visited the exhibition before, you need to do a new registration.

Each registered user can purchase only 1 ticket.

The Exhibitor list of Cosmofarma Exhibition 2024 will be available in the next months on our website.

The conference program will be available in the next months on our website.

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The organizers of Cosmofarma, in collaboration with the travel agency BOLOGNA WELCOME, can offer to Cosmofarma exhibitors and visitors advantageous rates for: train journeys with Italo trains and Trenitalia Frecce;  and accommodations in some partner hotels in the city of Bologna.

Exhibitors and visitors of Cosmofarma can contact BolognaWelcome and  benefit from the best hotel rates and discounts on train and airplane transports.

For more information: Bologna Welcome – Incoming Department: agenzia@bolognawelcome.it
T +39 051 65 83 150

Info Point, wardrobe and luggage storage, snack bar, self-service cafeteria, restaurant, newspaper and cigarette kiosk, first aid, pharmacy, banks and ATMs.

Yes, wardrobes and luggage storages are available at the Service center – block A (ground floor) from Ovest Costituzione entrance.The price is € 4,00 for each item.

Dogs are allowed on a leash and equipped with a muzzle or with a special container, except for dogs serving disabled people who can access without limitations.