- Most expensive route
- Cheap and fast - by bus
- By train to Milan
Both Nice and Milan have international airports serving flights from different countries. Have you found a cheap flight to Nice, but return tickets will be very expensive? Don't be discouraged and consider returning home from Milan. It is very likely that you will find affordable tickets.
Thanks to such a fortunate coincidence, you can visit two countries during one vacation: sunbathe on the beaches of French Nice, explore the beauty of the Côte d'Azur and at the same time replenish your wardrobe in fashionable boutiques in Milan, Italy. There are many options for getting from Nice to Milan. Choose the one that you like the most.
Most expensive route
A flight from Nice to Milan is possible, but it is not the best and most cost effective way to get to Italy. There are no direct flights between these cities. In any case, if a tourist chooses to travel by air, he will have to fly with at least one change. The cheapest flight ($ 90) is offered by Vueling Airlines. The docking will take place in Barcelona and will last 11 hours and 25 minutes. The tourist will spend only 2 hours and 50 minutes in the air. This route can be preferred if you want to visit, at least for a few hours, Barcelona - the capital of Catalonia and one of the most beautiful cities in Spain.
The flight with a connection in Lyon and a minimum waiting time (only 45 minutes) is offered by Air France. The cost of a plane ticket for this route increases significantly. The flight will cost $ 224. The services of Brussels Airlines will cost $ 10 more. Her planes fly to Milan with a stopover in Brussels. There are other options for traveling from Nice to Milan by air. It cannot be said that air transport is not in demand in this case. There will always be people willing to travel to Milan by plane.
You can get to Nice airport from the city:
- by taxi;
- in 5 minutes by TER train on the line connecting Saint-Charles train station in Marseille and the Italian city of Ventimiglia. Nice Saint-Augustin train station, where this train arrives, is just 10 minutes walk from the first terminal of the airport;
- by bus 98 from the Lycée Masséna stop. It will take you to the airport in 35 minutes;
- by bus 99 from Nice-Ville train station. Travel time is 15 minutes. The fare for buses 98 and 99 is 6 euros.
Airplanes from Nice are served by two Milan airports: Linate and Malpensa. Linate is the closest airport to Milan, located just a few kilometers from the city center. This is where the Brussels Airlines planes arrive. There are only buses from Linate Airport to the city center. An express train will take you to the Piazza San Babila stop, tickets for which are sold only at a special kiosk. There is an Air Bus from the airport to the central train station.
From the large Malpensa Airport with two terminals, the easiest way to get to the historic part of Milan is by taking the Malpensa Express bus. It stops at the train station and at Piazza Cadorna.
Cheap and fast - by bus
Three companies are engaged in international transportation from the French resorts of the Mediterranean Sea, including Nice, to Milan: Eurolines France, Flixbus and Ouibus. The minimum cost of bus tickets, which is only 17 euros, is offered by the carriers "Flixbus" and "Ouibus". The flights are direct, however, the journey will take 5 hours in one case, and 5 hours and 45 minutes in the other.
The shortest route was developed by Flixbus. Her bus, departing from Nice at 9:30 am, arrives in Milan in 4 hours and 30 minutes. The ticket price for this flight rises to 23 euros. There are flights with one stop either in Genoa or Bologna. In Genoa, the bus costs 2 hours and 50 minutes, which will allow you to stretch your legs, explore the neighborhoods closest to the station, and finally have lunch. In Bologna, the connection takes 1 hour and 30 minutes. The fare through Bologna is 37 euros. A trip with Eurolines France will cost 45-63 euros. The only benefit of traveling on her buses is that the transport leaves Nice at 4:00 in the morning. Accordingly, tourists will be in Milan at 10:00 in the morning, which means that they have free to walk the whole day.
Most buses leave from Nice airport and arrive at the Lampugnano bus station in Milan.
By train to Milan
The easiest way to travel from Nice to Milan is by train. The railway connection between the Cote d'Azur and northern Italy is well established. There are approximately 12 trains daily from Nice to Milan. The first train leaves from Nice Train Station at 5:30, the last at 22:55. On average, passengers spend 6 hours 44 minutes on the way. However, there are also faster trains, which make only a few stops, due to which they arrive in Milan in 4 hours and 36 minutes.
The minimum cost of a train ticket from Nice to Milan is 14.9 euros. This amount is paid by the passenger if he booked the ticket in advance - about 3 months in advance. The average ticket price for this train is 45 euros. There are always tickets at the box office, you can buy them, however, at a higher cost, right on the day of departure. You can also check at the ticket office if the train goes directly to Milan. The fact is that the morning train leaving Nice at 8:08 makes a two-hour stop in Ventimiglia. In principle, a forced docking should not upset. Luggage at this time of the stop can be checked in to the storage room at the station and you can walk lightly around the beautiful town that stretches along the coast of the Ligurian Sea.
In the afternoon, a train departs from Nice, which makes two connections - in Ventimiglia and Genoa.
Trains from Nice leave from Nice Ville train station in Nice city center and arrive at Milano Centrale train station. From Milan Train Station, you can take the Metro (lines 2 and 3) or taxi to the city center. Buses to three Milan airports also depart from here.
