EricAY05 From Finland, joined Sep 2010, 44 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 649 times:
I'm travelling in June with Alitalia from the US to MXP and fly later on back home. The AZ flight arrives at 1020 and the LH flight I'm planning to take home would leave at 1820.
Do you guys think I have enough time to visit the city center and see the most important sites and enjoy the city, not only run around? I understand that AZ and LH have an interline agreement and it would be possible to check the baggage all the way to the final destination. Could someone please confirm this? This, of course, is very important, since I would not want to visit the city with all the luggage.
mickster From Austria, joined Feb 2009, 153 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 614 times:
By all means do because you will be bored to death after the first hour spent at MXP. Plus, June is a great time to visit. The Malpensa Express travels to Milano Cadorna every half an hour and one-way trip costs EUR 11, journey time is 30 minutes - so you have plenty of time (at least 5 hours) to spend in the city and I would strongly recommend doing so, especially if you have not been there before.
Last summer, on the way back from my holiday, I was travelling MRU - DXB - MXP - VIE and though I had a stopover of only 6 hours, I managed to spend roughly 3.5 hours wandering through the fashion district ... I just love Milan to bits!
mxp From Italy, joined Aug 2003, 373 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 605 times:
Hey
just told me when in june u ar coming and i can arrange to be with you some hours because i live in Milan and i usually do evenings at work so during the day is not a problem
Like Mickster say u can take the Malpensa Express and u are quick in the center
Or if u need suggestions pls write me
ALberto
EricAY05 From Finland, joined Sep 2010, 44 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 604 times:
Thanks for the reply and for the info!
Luckily I don't have the intention to stay at the airport for the whole day! I could just book an earlier flight out of MXP or also stay for one night and leave on the next day. This does though not work very well with the flights I want to purchase, mostly because the next day would be a friday.
I've been to basically all major European cities, but not to Milan. I would like to enjoy the city and to see it relatively well. As an example I could mention that 4-5h was more than enough for me in Geneve to get to know the city a few years ago. I'd like to spend some time in the fashion district and also see the Dome and La Scala.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 10397 posts, RR: 66 Reply 4, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 565 times:
Yes this should be plenty of time to get into the city and get a reasonable taster of what's there. I did the same on a LHR-MXP-CPH routing many years ago and had 5 or 6 great hours exploring Milan.
EricAY05 From Finland, joined Sep 2010, 44 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 518 times:
Thanks!
Since I don't want to flood the forum with topics about my layovers, I'll ask a similar question about FCO and Rome here.
On the outward journey I'm arriving at FCO at 1950 and leaving the following morning at 910. Do you think it would be possible to squeeze in a night tour of Rome in the evening? I'm planning to stay in some hotel near FCO, but am also willing to stay in the city if the hotel is relatively cheap, but nice and clean and is close to where the airport train stops.
AZA330 From Italy, joined Feb 2004, 244 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 512 times:
FCO has a train that connects the airport to Termini station in just about 35 minutes, so you could do some late night visiting in Rome. Also, there are a bunch of hotels nearby the station if you do not want to be around the airport.
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