Milan (Inter/AC)
Getting
there
There are currently no local flight options. What's available
from further afield is:
Ryanair - Stansted, Luton and Prestwick to Bergamo (plus Stansted to Genoa
and Turin)
Air Berlin - Stansted to Bergamo
easyJet - Stansted and Gatwick to Linate
flybmi (not to be confused with bmibaby!) - Heathrow to Linate
If you fly to Bergamo, the airport is actually
Orio
al Serio.
It's about 30 miles north
east of Milan.
There are regular buses to the nearest station, from where you catch a train to
Milan central station. Total journey time is about an hour and a half. It's an
intermittent service, with some trains going to stations in Milan other than the
main one. You can look up times
here. A better option is the regular direct bus service between the airport
and Milan central station. The fare is €6.70 each way. Alternatively, a taxi will set you back about €55 (single).
Linate airport is 12km east of Milan. The best way to get from the airport
to the city is by bus. The No 73 service to Central Station runs every 30 mins
from 5.40am to 9.30pm; journey time 20 mins; cost EUR 2.50 - buy your ticket on
the bus. A taxi will cost around €14 and
take 20 minutes. An alternative is to pre-book airport transfers with
A-T-S4 easyJet.com who offer a shared minibus service, or a private taxi to
take you to your final destination.
Places to stay
Last time we played in Milan most of us stayed at the Hotel Garda, which is a couple of
hundred yards from the main station. It's a decent place, and worked out at less
than 30 quid a head a night. Unfortunately the price can be twice that if
there's a big conference on in Milan. The Garda doesn't have it's own web site, but you should be able to find out
all you need to know from these links:
Some photos
and info
More of the above
Map
For other hotel options, try:
www.italiaabc.it
www.venere.com
Guides
Rough
guides (select Italy then Milan, or click
here for cut-down version)
Italian Tourist Web Guide (general info)
Easyjet
Ryanair
bmi (fairly comprehensive)
Octopus (select Milan)
nufc.cock (not much of real use or interest)
Milan transport
(click
here for info on tickets)
Ciao Milano
(includes printable city map)
Club and ground
Known the world over as the San Siro, but officially called Stadio
Guiseppe Meazza. It's quite a way out from the centre. You can get there on the
underground. It's a good 20 minute walk from the nearest station (Lotto, on
the red line), although I understand there are shuttle buses on match days. Trains run about every 5 minutes. Alternatively there's a number
24 tram every 6 minutes from Cordusio square, which is close to the cathedral
(map
here - the cathedral's at the right hand side, where it says 'Duomo',
Cordusio is a bit left and up). The tram terminus is right next to the ground.
Journey time is about half an hour. There are hardly any bars near the ground,
in any case the chances are there'll be an alcohol ban in place on the day. Best
bet for a drink is some quite locals' bar down a back street.
Official San
Siro site
(includes info on how to get there)
Official Inter site
On-line tickets
Map (ground is where it says "Stadio Meazza" to the left of the red circle,
the nearest underground station is Lotto Fiera - just to the right of the pink
road)