Getting There

Milan is very much in the centre of Europe and this vibrant city is easy to reach via its airports and main train station.   

The Italian Grand Prix takes place in nearby Monza from 11 to 13 September 2009. For further information, click on www.gpitalia.it

Via the airports

Milan is easy to reach from two airports: Milan Malpensa or Linate. 

Several airlines fly to Milan:

AerLingus: Direct flights from Belfast International and Dublin

Air France

British Airways: Direct flights from Birmingham, Manchester and London

Continental Airlines

easyJet: Direct flights to Milan Linate from London Gatwick and Paris Orly. Direct flights to Milan Malpensa from Bristol, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Luton, Brussels International, Paris CDG, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Prague, Bucharest, Sofia, Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Mallorca, Ibiza, Lisboa, Bari, Brindisi, Catania, Cagliari, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Rome

FlyBe: Direct flights from Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow International, Manchester, Southampton

Germanwings: Direct flights from Berlin Schönefeld, Dresden, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Munich, Rostock, Warsaw, Prague, Stockholm, Marseille, Lisboa, Edinburgh

Iberia

KLM

Niki Luftfahrt: Direct flights from Faro, Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Ibiza, Malaga, Palma, Paris, Zurich, Innsbruck, Vienna, Münster, Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, London, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo

Swiss: Direct flights from Zurich

Via the main train station

Find information on railway travel at www.trenitalia.it

Information on public transport in Milan can be found at www.atm-mi.it (or call 800-808181, 7.30 am to 7.30 pm daily)  

Taxis to the conference hotel from the city centre cost about €30; from the airports, about €80-100.

General phone line for taxis: +39 02 4040 or +39 02 8585

La Fontana Centro Servizi Taxi: +39 02 349 2063 www.lafontana-taxi.it

Radiotaxis: +39 02 3929 6710 www.etaxi.it

Taxiblu: +39 02 4510 3535 www.taxiamilano.it

Getting to the conference hotel

Directions to the Atahotel Expo Fiera from Linate airport, Malpensa airport and Milano Centrale train station