A budget base for exploring Milan

Advantages: cheaper than many in the area, clean, comfortable, easy access to sights
Disadvantages: bathroom not great, no restaurant

...Named the 10th most expensive city in the world in terms of cost of living (Mercer's Cost of Living Survey, 2008), Milan isn't generally a city you'd associate with budget hotels. However, that was exactly what I was in search of when travelling to the city for a 3-night stay in October 2008. Knowing that a large proportion of my money would be spent on shopping and eating out, I was on the hunt for accommodation that was cheap, central and comfortable. You'l struggle to find anything that fits the bill in the centre of the city - anything in the Duomo (cathedral) or main shopping areas tends to be more pricey, or cheap for a good reason (i.e., incredibly basic). We were happy to look a little further out, and eventually decided to book a twin room at Hotel Teco through laterooms.com. LOCATION Hotel Teco is located on a tiny...

emmorticia 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Review of Minotel Teco, Milan

Milan "No Ashtray" Malpensa

Advantages: Clean, Loads of restaurants, comfy seats
Disadvantages: No where to smoke

...Imagine being tired, yet handcuffed to a running machine thats on full pelt, welcome to Milan Malpensa. The Airport that doesn\'t accommodate the needs of the smoker, (And the staff almost start laughing when you ask where the smoking area is!) brings to you the largest Duty free shop Ive ever seen in the EU, quite a few restaurants and cafe\'s and several bathrooms (Where the occasional smoker hangs out waiting to be handcuffed and pinned to the floor by the Italian Police) The airport is connected to Milan by the Milano-Varese motorway as well by a dedicated train called \"Malpensa Express\". It is also connected to Linate Airport by a scheduled bus service. The Milan airport system has a third international airport, Orio al Serio Airport, which serves low-cost and charter traffic. Malpensa handled over 21.7 million passengers...

gt5952 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Review of Milan - Malpensa (MXP)

Milan - February 2004

Advantages: Good shops, architecture and food!
Disadvantages: Cost and language.

...Milan - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. I'm not really sure the best way to go there but we got the metro to Lotto and then walked. It was quite a trek though but I think there is a free bus from the metro. We only went to see how big the stadium was and didn't realise that it was the morning after and AC and Inter game! The outside area stunk off wee and we saw a knife on the floor which isn't necessarily what you want to see! Anyway we walked the whole circumference of the ground then realised that you could get a tour for 12 euro. The tour took us into the stand, showed the commentary boxes, the changing rooms, showers, players exit, the field, the interview area after the game and then the museum. It is worth doing, they had a right task ahead of them cleaning up after that game though! Central station This is where we arrived from...

sarahl2002 01.01.1970 · Read review
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