Getting there & away
TEP (800 977 966; www.tep.pr.it in Italian) operates buses throughout the region. There are up to six buses daily to/from Busseto (€3.40, 1¼ hours), via Soragna (€2.85, one hour), leaving from Piazzale dalla Chiesa in front of the train station.
If you’re driving, Parma is on the A1 connecting Bologna and Milan and just east of the A15, which runs to La Spezia. Via Emilia (SS9) passes right through town.
The city is also well connected by train, with direct services to Milan (€15.50, 1¼ hours, hourly), Bologna (€4.90, one hour, every 20 minutes), Modena (€3.35, 30 minutes, half-hourly) and Piacenza (€3.35, 30 minutes, every 20 minutes).
