I am arriving in Milano at 12:05am and need to get to MXP airport. I know its rather difficult to get to, but possible by subway. Does anyone have any idea as to how you get there? We have a 7:00am flight to Athens, Greece and are heading to the airport instead of getting a hostel for 2 hours.
All help is appreciated.
no good news: according to the shuttle schedule on the internet, the last bus out from Milano Centrale train station is at 11.15 pm and the first one out in the am is at 5.00 - an hour to the airport.
from the trenitalia website, there appears to be a bus from Milano Nord Cardona station that leaves at 4.20 and gets to MXP just after 5 am.
Looks like a taxi is the only option...
Have you checked out Malpensa Express? That is the train we have taken from MXP into Milan's Cadorna Metro station.
The trip was last week and i'll share our experiences so if anyone runs into this problem you can try what we did...altlhough I dont suggest it!
We were able to take the EuroStar earlier than expected which would have relieved us of having to take a taxi - however the EuroStar was now running 1hour late and set to arrive at 11:45 into milano centrale. Once you exit the station there are signs for 'airport shuttles' and there are 2 or 3 shuttle companies heading to Maplensa. We ran and caught the 11:45 shuttle to Malpensa for 7EURO. this was not the Malpensa Express, but another company. We ended up sleeping in the airport and were up and ready to go for our early morning flight.
On the return is when we had problems. We landed at 10:30 and shuttles ran until 1:30am to Milano Centrale. There are two bus stops that both shuttle to Milano centrale and both are 7EURO. We arrived at 00:00 and had to sleep in the train station until 5:30 when we could take the first train back to Firenze. We saved a good bit of money but it was an odd experience. There were lots of homeless in the waiting room in the train station and when it closed at 2:00am the polizia kicked everyone out that did not have a valid ticket for first thing in the morning.
Great trip, fun experience but if you've got the money and the time get a hotel!! If you don't mind sleeping in the airport, Malpensa was not bad & full of people all catching 6:00am flights!
Hi JB, It was fun to hear how your trip to MXP and back worked out...how was the trip to Greece? Any recommendations? What was it like traveling there in late October?
