HOW TO GET TO BELLAGIO

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1 HOW TO GET TO BELLAGIO The following fact sheet has been compiled by Promobellagio as a guideline only. All the information provided is correct at the time of writing but may be subject to change without notice. Promobellagio cannot take responsibility for any changes made by public transport authorities. The times of first/last buses/ferries and their frequency as indicated below are to be considered as a guideline only and we strongly recommend consulting all the links provided for updated timetables. Promobellagio cannot deal with individual queries regarding transport schedules which are subject to variation according to the day of the week / time of year. BY PRIVATE CAR TRANSFER: The quickest and easiest way to get to Bellagio from airports or railway stations is by private transfer. Your driver will meet you outside the Customs Area and transport you directly to your hotel/apartment. Approximate journey times: Milan Malpensa airport to Bellagio - 1 hour 45 minutes Milan Linate airport to Bellagio - 1 hour 20 minutes Bergamo Orio al Serio airport to Bellagio - 2 hours Milan Central Station to Bellagio - 1 hour 30 minutes. Lugano town centre Bellagio: 1 hour + car ferry Lugano airport Bellagio: 1 hours and 20 minutes + car ferry Arrangements for a private transfer can be made directly through the following car companies in Bellagio: - Autonoleggio Barindelli Tel: fax / info@barindelli.it - Autonoleggio Fantoni Fabio Tel: / Cell: / autonoleggiofantoni@tiscali.it - Claudio Sancassani Cell: / claudio@bellagiocomo.com - Alternatively, bookings can also be made through the local travel agency in Bellagio IC Bellagio Tel: Fax: / icbellagio@icbellagio.com PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS FROM MALPENSA AIRPORT: Option 1) Train to Como Step 1 Milan Malpensa / Saronno Malpensa Express is a train leaving from Malpensa Terminal 1 (below the Ground Floor / Arrivals area) to Saronno. Purchase your ticket to Como Lago. First train departs at 5:26am Last train departs at 11:26pm Frequency: approximately every 30 minutes Journey time from Malpensa to Saronno: 17 minutes Cost of ticket: 9,25 1 ST class 8,20 2 nd class per person from airport to Como

2 Step 2 Saronno / Como Change trains at SARONNO. First train departs at: 6:04am Last train departs at: 9:34pm at 11:04 pm there is a bus Frequency: Connecting trains to Como every 30 minutes Journey time from Saronno to Como: 39 minutes Step 3 Como / Bellagio There are different travel options to get to Bellagio from Como Lago Nord railway station: a) Bus (easiest & cheapest) Buses depart just outside the train station. Use the exit toward the lake side and you find the bus stop at your left. Tickets from the bus station ticket office. First bus departs at 6:30am (weekdays) Last bus departs at 8:20pm (everyday) First bus departs at 8:45am (Sundays and Holidays) Last bus departs at 8:20pm (everyday) Frequency: approximately every two hours Journey time to Bellagio: 1 hour and 10 minutes Cost of ticket: 2,75 Bus stop in Bellagio is by the Post Office, opposite the car ferry landing stage. b) Boat or Hydrofoil: (hydrofoil is the quickest means of lake transport) 5 minute walk to the lakefront and boat ticket office (Cross the road to the lake opposite the station and turn left). Tickets to be purchased prior to boarding. First hydrofoil to Bellagio: 7:33am (weekdays) Last hydrofoil to Bellagio: 7:10pm (everyday) First hydrofoil to Bellagio: 8:45am (Sundays and Holidays) Last hydrofoil to Bellagio: 7:10pm (everyday) Frequency: Every two hours they are more frequent at lunchtime and early evening Journey time: 45/50 minutes Cost of ticket: 11,70 per person First boat to Bellagio: 9:10am (everyday) Last boat to Bellagio: 3:30pm (everyday) Frequency: Infrequent service Journey time: 2 hours Cost of ticket: 8,20 per person c) Taxi: You can book a taxi from Bellagio which will meet you at the arrival platform in the station. See above for details about companies for private car transfer. Option 2) Shuttle bus from Malpensa Airport to Milano Central Station Step 1 - Autostradale bus to Milan Central Station tickets on board First Bus: 6:00 a.m. Last bus: 00:30a.m. Frequency: Every 20 minutes Journey time: 60 minutes Cost of ticket: 7,50 For information: Step 2 Milan Central Station / Varenna: The bus stops at Milan Central Station from where there are train services to Varenna (on the eastern coastline, opposite Bellagio). * Please note that the final destination of the train is indicated and not the intermediate stops. For trains to Lecco and Varenna the final destination is Sondrio or Tirano. First train: 06:20 Last train: 9:25pm

3 Frequency: Trains from Milan to Lecco and Varenna approx. every 2 hours Journey time: approx. 1 hour 03 minutes Cost of ticket: 7,65 1 st class 5,10 2 nd class per person 2B If you decide to get off at Lecco, you can take a bus from outside the railway station to Bellagio. First bus: 8:00am Last bus: 7:00pm (weekdays) First bus: 7:40am Last bus: 7:05pm (Sundays and Holidays) For information an updated schedules: Tickets are sold at the newspaper shop inside the railway station Cost of the ticket: 2,20 euro. Step 3 Varenna / Bellagio: From Varenna to Bellagio, exit the station and either take a taxi to the boat landing stage (approx. cost 7) or turn left and walk down the numerous steps to the road at the bottom. To avoid steps you can follow the normal road. Turn right until you come to a crossroads (there s a bar on the right hand corner). Turn left and cross the road you are now on the main road. Take the immediate right hand turning and walk down towards the lake. At the bottom, turn left and you ll see the boat ticket office on the right. It will take max 15 min. on foot. There is a choice of either boats or car ferries from Varenna to Bellagio both are 15 minute crossings and the only difference is the different point of arrival in Bellagio. The ferry and boat landing stages in Bellagio are within a 5 minute walk of each other right in the centre of the historical part of the town. First boat: 9:23 (everyday) Last boat: 7:23pm (everyday) First car ferry: 7:00am (weekdays) Last ferry: 10:35pm (weekdays) First car ferry: 7:55am (Sundays and Holidays) Last ferry: 9:40pm (Sunday and Holidays) Frequency: approx. every hour Journey time: 15 minutes Cost of ticket: 3,60 per person Option 3) Shuttle bus from Malpensa Airport to Como Autostradale bus to Como Times: Malpensa T1 dep. 11:15a.m. 6:00p.m. 11:15p.m. Malpensa T2 dep. 11:25a.m. 6:10p.m. 11:25p.m. Varese (piazza Kennedy)dep. 12:15p.m. 7:00p.m. 0:15 a.m. Como (Bus station)arr. 1:15p.m. 8:00p.m. 1:15 a.m. Daily service Cost of the ticket: 25,00 Tickets and reservation on line: Option 4) Bus service from Malpensa to Bellagio upon reservation Fly to Lake - bus service Bus from Malpensa to your Hotel in Bellagio. Malpensa dep. 8:30am Bellagio arr. 10:40am 11:00am 1:10pm 2:20pm 4:30pm 8:20pm 10:00pm Prices: 1 person 70,00 2 persons 50,00 per person 3-8 persons 35,00 per person Reservations on line: Phone:

4 USEFUL LINKS: Milan Airports: Train line timetable from Como Nord Lago to Malpensa airport through Saronno : insert the departure station (Malpensa aeroporto) and the arrival one: (Como lago) Insert the time and date you wish to travel. Bellagio - Como bus timetable: FROM LINATE AIRPORT: Step 1 Linate / Milan Central Station: Starfly Bus to Milan Central Station tickets on board First bus: 6:10am Last bus: 11:30pm (from Monday to Friday) First bus: 6:30am Last bus: 10:00pm (Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays) Frequency: Every 30 minutes Journey time: 30 minutes Cost of ticket: 5,00 For information: tel Step 2 Milan Central Station / Varenna: The bus stops at Milan Central Station from where there are train services to Varenna (on the eastern coastline, opposite Bellagio). * Please note that the final destination of the train is indicated and not the intermediate stops. For trains to Lecco and Varenna the final destination is Sondrio or Tirano. First train: 06:20 Last train: 9:25p.m. Frequency: Trains from Milan to Lecco and Varenna approx. every 2 hours Journey time: approx. 1 hour 3 minutes Cost of ticket: 7,65 1 st class 5,10 2 nd class per person 2B If you decide to get off at Lecco, you can take a bus from outside the railway station to Bellagio. First bus: 8:00am Last bus: 7:10pm (weekdays) First bus: 7:40am Last bus: 7:05pm (Sundays and Holidays) For information an updated schedules: Tickets are sold at the newspaper shop inside the railway station Cost of the ticket: 2,20 euro. Step 3 Varenna / Bellagio: From Varenna to Bellagio, exit the station and either take a taxi to the boat landing stage (approx. cost 7) or turn left and walk down the numerous steps to the road at the bottom. To avoid steps you can follow the normal road. Turn right until you come to a crossroads (there s a bar on the right hand corner). Turn left and cross the road you are now on the main road. Take the immediate right hand turning and walk down towards the lake. At the bottom, turn left and you ll see the boat ticket office on the right. It will take max 15 min. on foot. There is a choice of either boats or car ferries from Varenna to Bellagio both are 15 minute crossings and the only difference is the different point of arrival in Bellagio. The ferry and boat landing stages in Bellagio are within a 5 minute walk of each other right in the centre of the historical part of the town. First boat: 9:23 Last boat: 7:23pm First car ferry: 7:00am (weekdays) Last ferry: 10:35pm (weekdays) First car ferry: 7:55am (Sundays and Holidays) Last ferry: 9:40pm (Sunday and Holidays) Frequency: approx. every hour Journey time: 15 minutes Cost of ticket: 3,60 per person

5 USEFUL LINKS: Milan Airports: Train timetable: FROM BERGAMO ORIO AL SERIO AIPORT: LAKE COMO express Public service of minibuses between the Bergamo Airport and the small villages on the western part of the lake as Como Lenno-Tremezzo-Cadenabbia-Menaggio. Reservation is required. They garatee 3 return services per day. For further information please visit their website: To reach Bellagio get off in Cadenabbia from where you have a very good service of public car-ferries. There is a ferry every 30 minutes. Eur o3,60 per person. For the time table please see: Step 1 Bergamo airport / Bergamo railway station Shuttle Buses for Bergamo railway station depart from outside the Arrivals Terminal. Tickets to be purchased at the Bergamo Tourist office inside the terminal, at Autostradale office and at ticket machine. The bus stops at the railway station. First bus: 6:07am Last bus: 00:17am Frequency: Every 30 minutes Journey time: 15/20 minutes Cost of ticket: 1,70 Step 2 Bergamo Station / Lecco Tickets to Lecco to be purchased at the ticket office and validated in the yellow machines at the end of the platform or near the ticket office First train: 6:10am Last train: 9:52pm (weekdays) First train: 7:00am Last train: 9:16pm (Sundays and Holidays) Cost of ticket: 2,75 Step 3 Lecco / Bellagio The buses to Bellagio leave from outside the railway station. The journey lasts about 50/60 minutes: Unfortunately the service is not very frequent. Cost of the ticket: 2,20 euro per person. First bus: 8:00am Last bus: 7:10pm (weekdays) First bus: 7:40am Last bus: 7:05pm (Sundays and Holidays) If you do not find any good connection please go to step nr. 4 N.B In the summer there are a couple of boats from Lecco to Bellagio. The journey lasts about 1hr and 15 min. by boat and 35 min. by hydrofoil. Cost of the ticket: boat 6,50 hydrofoil 9,50 From the railway station to the boat landing is about 15 min walk. Taxis always available outside the railway station. Bus information on: Boat information on: Step 4 Lecco / Varenna If you decide to go from Bergamo to Varenna, buy the ticket to Varenna at the Bergamo railway station. Change train at Lecco (use underground passageway it is prohibited to cross on the railway tracks) and await connecting train to Varenna First train: 6:03am Last train: 9:09pm (everyday) Cost of the ticket (from Bergamo to Varenna) 1 st class 5,25 euro per person 2 nd class 4,20 per person.

6 Step 5 Varenna / Bellagio: See from step 3 from the above section from Linate Airport. USEFUL LINKS: Bergamo Airport: Train timetable: Bus from Lecco to Bellagio : FROM MILAN CITY: FROM MILAN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION: Step 1: - Milan Central Station / Varenna Train from Milan Central Station (1 hour journey time) * Please note that the final destination of the train would be Sondrio or Tirano First train from Milan : 6:20am Frequency: approx. every 2 hours. Journey time: 1hour and 10 minutes. Cost of the ticket: 7,65 1 st class 5,10 2 nd class Last train from Milan: 9:25pm Step 2: - Varenna / Bellagio: See from step 3 from above section from Linate airport. USEFUL LINKS: Train timetable : FROM MILAN NORD CADORNA STATION: Step 1 : - Milan Nord Cadorna / Asso Train from Milan Nord Cadorna to Asso First train from Milan: 6:40am frequency about every hour. Journey time: 1 hour and 18 min. Cost of the ticket: st class 5,10 2 nd class Last train from Milan: 8:53pm Step 2: Bus service from Asso to Bellagio Tickets at the café next door the railway station Price of the ticket 2,20 2 buses a day during winter and 3 during summer. For information about the times: Journey time: 50 min. Step 1: Milan Nord Cadorna / Como Train from Milan Nord Cadorna to Como First train from Milano: 6:10am frequency about every 30/40 min. Journey time: min. Cost of the ticket: 6,25 1 st class 4,20 2 nd class Last train from Milan: 9:10pm Step 2: Como - Bellagio There are different travel options to get to Bellagio from Como Lago Nord railway station. Please see the section from Malpensa Airport from nr.3. USEFUL LINKS: Bus from Asso to Bellagio: Train timetable : Bus from Como to Bellagio : Boats from Como to Bellagio:

7 IMPORTANT: Train tickets must always be purchased before travel. You must stamp your tickets in the yellow machines usually to be found at the end of the platform. During your journey, an inspector will check your tickets and if you are found without a ticket or an unstamped ticket, you will be fined. WITH YOUR OWN CAR OR BY HIRE CAR: FROM MALPENSA AIRPORT: Leave the airport Follow green signs for MILANO After approx. 14 km take the exit for the A8 (direction Milano follow the green signs). Leave the A8 to join the A9, direction COMO/CHIASSO. Leave the motorway at the COMO SUD exit. Follow signs for the centre (CENTRO) of Como and then the road to the lake for 32 km to Bellagio. FROM LINATE AIRPORT: Leave the airport Follow signs for MILANO. You will come to a four-lane road. Keep to the right and exit at VIMERCATE/LECCO/VENEZIA/TANGENZIALE EST. Follow the highway for around 15 minutes. At the toll booth, follow signs for LECCO Continue straight and stay on the main road to Lecco. Don t cross any bridges towards the town of Lecco. At the large roundabout, take the second on your right and follow the road to the lake for 21 km to Bellagio. For specific information on the route to us by car see: Traffic information: Please also visit our website in case there are any important notice about viability: Bellagio, January 2011