I am a single senior female who will be attending the ATP NextGen Tennis Tournament in Milan in early November as well as sightseeing for 2-3 days. The Tournament is at the Fiera Milano (Rho) stadium with night matches. I will then take the train to London. Any recommendations for affordable hotels near public transportation as well as booking the train. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Posted by
lexington, il
4105 posts
Why would you want to take an 11 hour train ride when you can fly from Milan (MXP) to London Gatwick (LGW) in 1hr 50 minutes. Easy jet has 4-5 flights starting at €47,00. 2-3 days after the matches end. The train will be much more expensive.
Posted by
Huntsville, AL, USA
8360 posts
I agree. Fly into Gatwick.from Milan. If.you have.time, Lake Como and.Lugano,.Switzerland are incredibly beautiful and.about a one.hour train ride north of Milan.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
7737 posts
They're farther apart than you think. Fly.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
34216 posts
If you want the train experience it will go something like... (this is from memory, I haven't checked if anything like the Thello to Torino has changed)...
Metro from Rho to Milano Centrale, change to a fast Italian train, the Freccia, to Torino (Turin). It used to be a change of stations. Get the French TGV under the marque of Thello from Torino to Paris. Change stations to the Gare du Nord by taxi or RER, and check in for the Eurostar train to London. The check in is upstairs in a special (and not signed particularly well) part of the station. Because of the queues, security and 2 border controls (leaving France and entering UK), and especially the queues, you need to be up there at least an hour ahead of the departure time.
Then the easy bit happens, sit back for just over 2 hours and zip into London St Pancras International station.
Sounds easy but that is quite a slog.
You could also route Milano Centrale > Basel SBB > Paris (via Lyon or Strasbourg) but the problem is that your train through the Swiss Alps would be in a tunnel (the new Basis Tunnel) under the Alps rather than seeing the Alps for much of the journey.