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Normally you can't enter the service station. There are fences you can't cross. But there is a little parking lot of the service station staff. You can ring there and maybe they will open you. If not, at the service station on the other side of the highway motorway there is a little hole in the fence, where you can enter.

Crossing the highway motorway outside the service station is a bit difficult. You can try it under the highway motorway through the building site, but it is muddy. It is easier to get off the bus #89 one stop before, before it crosses the highwaymotorway. The name of the stop is: Casalecchio C.s. Allende.

Once you are inside the service station, you can cross the highway motorway easily. Enter the building and go up on the stairs to the restaurant. Now go down on the other side of the highwaymotorway. Attention: You are not able to cross the highway motorway in the morning, because the restaurant is closed. But if you have luck, the barmen will help you.

You have to get to the first service area on the highway motorway about 20 kms from the centre. It is called ''Castel Bentivoglio''. There is a bus stop close by, called ''Bentivoglio Zona industriale Barche'' (often abbreviated like ''Bentivoglio Z. i. Barche''). Some of the bus lines only go few times a day, mainly in the morning and evening, taking (very helpful) workers to work and back home. Easiest is to take #376 or #377 which go directly from the Bologna central bus station 4-6 times a day (timetable [http://www.atc.bo.it/orari_percorsi/linee/pdf/atc_01376.pdf]). You can also use the route planner of the Bologna public transport company here: [http://www.atc.bo.it/orari_percorsi/planner/plannerEN.asp]. For the arrival town, put ''Bentivoglio'', for the stop: ''Bentivoglio Z. i. Barche''.

From the bus stop, you take the road parallel to the highwaymotorway. You pass some factories, the highway motorway should be behind them. After 500 m there is a crossroad to the right. The service area is just at the end of it. There is a fence, but I had no problem of getting in, the door was open. If it is closed, you can try to ring or ask for the help of the 'locals'.

Actually you are supposed to take the BLQ Airport Express bus to and from the Airport towards Bologna main station. But it costs 5 Euros, which is a lot compared to any normal bus ticket, which costs you just 1 Euro. So, instead of taking the Express bus, take busses buses #91 and #81 from the main station and get off at stop "Birra". It is the last urban area before you cross the highway motorway to get to the airport.Obtain the 1€ ticket in advence advance @ the tabac as since 01.01.2010 you may not do it while entering the bus #91, #81. There is also a supermarket "Conad" right next to the stop & small fenced park allowing you to rest in a shade. To get to the Airport will take you 15 minutes by foot from there, pavements are provided the whole way. Just follow the direction the bus goes and you cannot miss it. Stick to the left side od of the road. To get there FROM the airport is quite easy if you have a map, if you do not you may get it free at the airport tourist information (together with may other useful info end even exact map of the region of Emilia-Romania).