All about the hub of Orio al Serio (Bergamo-Milan)

Milan is too big a city to be satisfied with one airport. Moreover, the center of world fashion, the greatest center of the catwalks and Mecca of shopaholics, rushes so many people that it can not be accepted by two city hubs - Linate and Malpensa. Therefore, the liners, the passengers of which follow to Milan, take the nearby city of Bergamo (Italy). This airport is officially called Orio al Serio. His name was received in the locality in which it is located. In this article we will talk about this another air harbor of the capital of Lombardy. Many tourists are discouraged by the question: how to get from the airport of Bergamo to Milan? Transit passengers are excited by the thought that they will not be able to catch a connecting flight from Malpensa or Linate. In this article, we will try to dispel all doubts.

Bergamo on the map of Italy

First a few words about the city itself. He is heard by the Russian audience solely because of the Soviet musical "Truffaldino from Bergamo" with Konstantin Raikin and Natalia Gundareva in the lead roles. But, believe me, there is much to see in this Lombard town. It is worth to come from Orio al Serio to Bergamo to spend at least a couple of hours there. After all, the airport from the beautiful city on the mountain is only three and a half kilometers apart. Bergamo on the map of Italy is located 50 km northeast of Milan. And from the capital of Italy, Rome, it is separated almost five hundred kilometers. In the old part of Bergamo you will take a funicular. Among the most famous sights that tourists are recommended to watch are guidebooks, the Cathedral includes a stand-alone baptistery, the churches of Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Croce and Saint Michael, the Donizetti Theater.

History of Bergamo Airport

It began in the distant 1911. Then in the small town of Osio Sotto, near Bergamo, the first airfield appeared. In 1939, just before the Second World War, it was expanded and strengthened, making it suitable for military aviation. The hub remained under the authority of the Italian Air Force until 1970, when it became clear that Malpensa was not able to cope with the growing number of flights. The airport of Bergamo-Milan was rebuilt for the needs of civil aviation for two years. The first commercial flight departed from this air harbor in 1972. Now the airport has two official names: Orio al Serio (in the locality in which it is located) and Caravaggio (after the famous Italian painter). This air harbor is the second busiest among the Milan hubs. She concedes only to Malpensa.

Specificity of Bergamo airport

To understand it, you need to know something about the loukostes. In the price of the air ticket, costs are also charged for servicing the departure and arrival airports. Hubs have different prices for their services. Malpensa is a very expensive airport. Therefore, in order to reduce the cost of their tickets, the company-loukosterov choose more distant from the metropolis air harbors. Therefore, the International Airport. Caravaggio, better known as Bergamo-Milan, specializes in receiving budget flights. Such leading low-costers as "Wizzare" and "Rianair" made it their favorite haven. From Russia, Moscow's "Domodedovo", the company "Blue Express" sends planes here. At this small airport in Bergamo there is only one runway. But the traffic is very saturated. In an hour from here, about a dozen liners start.

Services at the airport of Bergamo

Passengers are served by one small terminal. However, with small dimensions, everything here is thought out and highly functional. At the airport, Bergamo Milan, there are nineteen shops, including duty-free. For a snack or a solid meal, there are six restaurants and bars. There is also a VIP room. Entrance to it costs eighteen euros, but here you can spend time waiting for the flight very comfortable - using a computer with the Internet, snacks and drinks are included in the price. Baggage can be left in the storage room, which is located in the arrival hall. This service will cost three euros a small cell and five - a large one. Parking in front of the entrance is divided into zones 1 and 2. On the first one you can leave the car for free for a short time, up to ten minutes. In the terminal, from 8 am to 9 pm, a tourist office operates without days off.

Bergamo (airport): how to get to Milan and Malpensa, other Italian cities

The network of air harbors in the capital of Lombardy is connected by bus. To get to Milan, you can take a taxi. It will cost 60-80 euros. A short trip to the center of Bergamo will cost about 25 Є. There are more budget options. For example, an electric train. The railway line to Milan's Bergamo airport is still not laid, but every half hour the shuttle leaves from the terminal to the station. The ticket for it costs 2.3 euros. The journey takes only ten minutes. From the station of Bergamo to the central station of Milan, there are electric trains. The journey will take about forty minutes. There are also direct buses to Milan. The ticket costs about five euros, the journey time is an hour. But this option is not good for peak times, when you can stand in traffic jams for an hour and a half at the entrance to the capital of Lombardy. If you travel through Milan by transit, and the connecting flight departs from Malpensa airport, look for a bus stop called the Orioshuttle. The ticket costs eighteen euros. Directly from the airport of Bergamo you can go to Turin (buses run three times a day) and to the Alpine resorts (the Terrazioni company).

Hotels Nearby

At an early departure it makes sense to spend the night right at the airport of Bergamo-Milan. Two hundred meters from the terminal there is the hotel NH Orio & Serio.