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 19.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Milan - Malpensa (MXP)

The Hotel in the Middle of Nowhere

Advantages: I wasn't paying, my room was clean, good breakfasts.
Disadvantages: Lack of facilities, poor customer service.

...This is yet another hotel I stayed in when flying as cabin crew. I was on a trip here for 4 days, flying from Milan Malpensa Airport staying at this 4 star hotel. Location: About a 15 minutes drive from the airport, the hotel provides a free shuttle bus services with irregular timings. This is the place to stay if you have to go to the airport, definitely not the place to stay if you want to explore the city of Milan! This hotel is in the middle of nowhere, on the edge of a little town. Nice scenery yes, but not much to do! First impressions: Arriving at the hotel in a rather battered hotel minibus with a friendly driver speaking broken English, I was rather under whelmed. As said before, it's in the middle of nowhere, just off a main road. The hotel is a very modern and is painted a very garish shade of orange, not sure who...

Katieshaz 08.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Ramada Malpensa, Milan

Bad Thoughts

Advantages: Friendly staff, cleanish, selection of shops and restaurants
Disadvantages: Low level security,

...If you put “mal pensa” into altavista’s translation page, and click on Italian to English, it gives you a rather unreasurring “badly it thinks” as it meaning. I know this because at the moment I'm testing MT packages - including Systran which powers Altavista - and having exhausted all the techo-babble test texts, I've moved onto the more interesting world of ops - tranlsating them out of English into a random lang and back again, just to see what happens. Flying to Italy two days after my last A Level exam last year, I didn’t have a choice of airports in Milan – although there are two in the city, BA (and after the previous op, who else would I chose to fly with?) only fly to Malpensa from Manchester. A month later, wiser, more tanned, and a little richer, my job was over and I flew home...

zoe_page 01.10.2002 · Read review
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Review of Milan - Malpensa (MXP)

A good getaway to the Alps

Advantages: Clean
Disadvantages: Far from Milan

...Malpensa is one of the 2 main airports to go to Milan. However, it is situated more than 30 miles away form the centre of Milan. Who should use this airport then? Well, if you are NOT going to Milan, and instead you wish to go to the Alps, Malpensa is closer to the mountains than Linate. If you wish to go to Milan, you can either do so by taxi, whihc will cost you roughly 30-35 quids, or by train, which is cheaper, around 4-5 pounds. Make sure you take one of the white taxis, the ones from Milan, and not the other taxis from cities around Milan, since the Milan taxis are obliged to charge you by the meter, while the others charge you a higher fee, normally 150,000 liras (about 50 pounds). If you are driving into Malpensa, do it slowly! After 11 Sep, there is a permanent police check, and the guys there do nto appreciate...

NATALIA70 18.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of Milan - Malpensa (MXP)

A Lot To Commend Malpenza

Advantages: Good food areas
Disadvantages: A long way out of the city

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polydeuces 13.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Milan - Malpensa (MXP)

Nothing special

Advantages: good transport connections
Disadvantages:

...Linate, which is now becoming overshadowed by the new hub at Malpensa is a typical tourist flight airport. Whilst it is just as close to the city centre, if not closer than Malpensa, it has the feel of being a tourist airport. There is a regular bus link which works out cheaper than getting a taxi into the city centre, and it is a fairly standard airport. There are all the usal things there, although when I was there the catering operations were not exactly anything to write home about. The place however is pretty clean, well air-conditioned, something that is useful when you flight gets delayed by six hours and the temperature is rising as are tempers. The baggage recalim is good, and it is easy to get around even if you don't speak Italian....

Morgenhund 28.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Milan - Linate (LIN)

"brusciti"

Advantages: simple and very good
Disadvantages: none

...This recipe is, at least, 200 years old and it is typical from the towns and villages located around the Malpensa Airport (one of the two of Milan). It is very simple and in the past used to be the main meal of the poor families once a month in the winter season. Its name is in dialect and it can't be translated in English. "BRUSCITI" -ingredients serving 4 people- 600 grams of lean beef 30 grams of unsalted butter 1 small onion 3 unpeeled garlic cloves 1 large potato ½ glass of full body red wine (like Barolo) salt and pepper beef broth Chop the lean beef in small pieces with the size of a large bean (if you think it is too difficult you can pass the meat in the mincing machine one time only). In a saucepan put the chopped meat, the butter, the chopped onion, the garlic cloves (that you will removed...

traveller55 12.06.2005 · Read review
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WAKE ME AMADEUS

Advantages: Clean, Comfortable, Location
Disadvantages: My Ears!

...As 2008 drew to a close I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to pay a flying visit to Milan, the purpose of which was twofold - to soak up some culture in the fine city, and also take in a football match at the famous Stadio San Siro. Because the trip was part of a package we were unable to specify flight companies or hotels of our own accord, instead relying on the powers that be that put these all inclusive city breaks together. So it was we found our party of three transported from Malpensa airport to the hotel Amadeus in the fashionable shopping district of Milan, a clean looking three star hotel, boasting eighty rooms. Location, Location, Location Little doubt that the location of the Amadeus is one of its strengths. Although it is a good hour?s drive from Malpensa airport it is ? quite literally ? a stone...

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Review of Comfort Hotel Amadeus, Milan

Location, Service, Location....the great trio

Advantages: Next to subway, In a great shopping street
Disadvantages: Not english breakfast

...For those accustomed to traveling to Milan, you will know the importance of finding a location that is central, easy to get to, and close to the underground subway system. On my last trip to Milan I chose this hotel and I have to admit it satisfied all 3 criteria. The hotel is situated in one of Milan's most popular shopping streets Buenos Aires, having such stores as Terranova, Benetton, OVS and many many more just paces away. As far as getting to the hotel is concerned, whether you're coming from Malpensa or Bergamo airport there is always a shuttle bus which takes you to the grand central station. From there it is a simple matter of using the underground to get to the stop right next to the hotel which lies on the red line at the stop named 'Lima'. You will have to hop onto the green line to 'Loreto' to switch to the red line. You...

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Review of Grand Hotel Puccini, Milan

The world's capital of silk

Advantages: the Lake Como is one of the most beautiful places in Italy and Como is a very good place to buy silk products
Disadvantages:

...Como to Brunate (approximately seven minuteren of travel) a little town situated at about 700 meters of altitude, with a splendid panoramic point. From this point there is a spectacular view on the Lake of Como, other six lakes , the chain of the Alps, the Po plain towards Milan et the Ticino Canton in Switzerland. For those who seek an oasis of tranquillity, the Lake Como is one of the most beautiful places in Italy. To reach Como is very easy. The town is located 30 kilometers from Lugano (CH) Airport and 50 kilometers from Milan Malpensa Airport (40 minuteren by car). Como and Milan are connected by bus, train and fast motorway....

Romario_ 29.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Como (Italy)