- Choosing wings
- How to get to Milan from Bergamo airport
- To the capital of fashion from the northern capital
It is customary to call this Italian city the world capital of fashion, but Milan is alive not only with shows of seasonal haute couture collections. Local opera performances at the La Scala theater, where you can meet the entire European elite, are thundering all over the world. In addition, the Milan Duomo, whose construction began in the XIV century, deservedly represents the best example of "flaming Gothic", the equal of which is difficult to find in the world. If you are deciding how to get to Milan and are exploring all possible transfer options, try to start planning your trip well in advance. Early booking of both airline tickets and hotels will help you save substantial funds, which Milan will always help you to spend profitably and with pleasure.
Choosing wings
Milan's own and largest international airport is called Malpensa. The cheapest way to get here is on the wings of Europeans like Moldovan or Serbian airlines with connections in their own capitals:
- A ticket from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Milan aboard Air Moldova will cost about 170 euros. You will have to spend only 4 hours in the sky, and it will take about an hour and a half to dock.
- You will have to pay ten euros more for a ticket for an Air Serbia flight. Serbian planes depart from Sheremetyevo. It is quite possible to fill a long connection with a sightseeing tour of Belgrade, since Russian citizens do not need a visa for this.
- 180 euros from you will be asked for a round-trip ticket from Moscow to Milan aboard Air Baltic. A change in Riga will not take much time, and the journey will take about 4.5 hours without taking into account the connection.
- But direct regular flights from the Russian capital to the fashionable Italian, operated by Aeroflot, are very expensive. You will buy a ticket for 320 euros at best. The road from Sheremetyevo to Malpensa will take 3.5 hours.
You can go from Milan International Airport to the city center by both private and public transport. Passenger terminals are located 45 km from the main Milanese attractions and taxis can cost a pretty penny. You will hardly be able to find a car cheaper than 90-100 euros.
For budget travelers, the Malpensa Express train is the best way to get to the city. Trains run between Milan Airport and Cadorna Station in the city center every half hour. The journey will take about 40 minutes, and the cost of a one-way ticket will be 12 euros.
Slightly cheaper - for 10 euros - you buy a bus ticket. The interval of this type of transport is 20 minutes, but you will spend at least an hour on the way.
Fans of travel driving can take advantage of the services of car rental companies. At Malpensa airport, there are offices of most of the world's offices that lease cars of various classes. To complete the contract, you will need an international driver's license and a credit card.
How to get to Milan from Bergamo airport
Located on the outskirts of the city of Bergamo, the airport is often ranked among the Milanese, and many search engines, when requesting "flights to Milan", often give the Bergama air hub as the destination. The airport is called Orio Al Serio and the distance from Milan to its terminals is about 50 km. Orio Al Serio accepts aircraft from low-cost airlines and low-cost European companies:
The cheapest way to get to Milan by plane directly is to buy a ticket on board the Russian low-cost airline Pobeda. The airline's planes fly from the capital's Vnukovo airport to Bergamo airport. The price of the issue is from 175 euros, the travel time takes a little less than 3.5 hours
From Bergama airport to Milan, you can go by taxi for 80-90 euros, and by bus. Public transport provides its services much cheaper than a taxi, and you can buy a ticket to Milan right at the airport ticket office for no more than 5 euros. The second way to get an inexpensive transfer to the fashion capital is by train. First, at Orio Al Serio airport, you must take the ATB bus to Bergamo train station. The journey will take about 10 minutes. Trains leave from Bergamo to Milan every hour. The fare is about 6 euros, it will take a little less than an hour to get there.
To the capital of fashion from the northern capital
Residents of St. Petersburg can go on vacation or weekend in Milan, bypassing Moscow and avoiding unnecessary transfers. Direct flights are on Aeroflot's schedule, although the prices for its tickets are a little "bite". A roundtrip flight will cost 470 euros, and passengers will have to spend a little over three hours in the sky.
With transfers in European cities, it will be much more profitable for Petersburgers to get to Milan. For example, tickets for the Air Moldova flight (via Chisinau) cost only 190 euros, and on board Air Baltic (via Riga) - 195 euros. Finnish airlines estimate their service at 210 euros (stop in Helsinki), at 220 euros - the Swiss and Lufthansa with connections in Zurich and Munich, respectively.
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All prices in the material are approximate and given for March 2017. It is better to check the exact fare on the official websites of the carriers.
