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Milan Bergamo airport is named Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport. Bergamo airport is situated 31 miles (50km) to the north east of Milan, just outside Bergamo. It is located on the main Milan-to-Venice train line and the A4 motorway just between Brescia and Milan itself.

Bergamo airport has 26 check-in desks. There are 164 short term parking spaces and 2,100 long term parking spaces located at Bergamo airport. There are Restaurants, Cafeterias, Bars, and a V.I.P. Lounge inside the terminal. Bergamo airport has just one passenger terminal, which provides a bank, currency exchange booth, post office and ATM machines.

The passenger facilities at Bergamo airport also include Duty Free Shopping, a Newsagent/Tobacconist, Chemist Shop, Gift Shop, and a Travel Agent. Travellers at Bergamo airport can also take advantage of the Car Rental facilities, the taxi Service/Rank, First Aid, Baby/Parent Room, as well as Disabled Access/Facilities

Bus services run from Bergamo airport to Milan and to Bergamo. Travel from Bergamo Airport to Milan costs approximately €7.00 (or £5) one way, or €13 (£9) for a return using the efficient coach service run by a company called Terravision. The journey takes an hour, and Terravision have reps in the arrivals hall who can tell you where to catch the coach. The bus stops at Milan’s main railway station, Stazione Centrale.

The public bus service into Bergamo runs every half-hour and costs just over €1.00 each way.

Bergamo Tourist Information offices can be found at Viale Vittorio Emanuele, 20 (straight ahead from the railway station) and in the old town at Vicolo Aquila Nera, 2 (just off Piazza Vecchia). Note that, like many of the tourist attractions, the offices close for a couple of hours at lunchtime.

Bergamo is an hour by train from Milan, and there are also frequent services to Brescia. Buses run to Milan, Como and other local destinations. Trains from Milan to Bergamo run approximately hourly; tickets cost approximately €4.00 each way. A few trains run from Milan’s Stazione Centrale, but most use Stazione Porta Garibaldi.

Travelling around within Bergamo is quite easy on foot, but the town also has a good bus network. A funicular connects the lower town with the Città Alta – from the station walk straight ahead towards the hill where you can see the Città Alta, for about 15-20 minutes. The funicular station is on Viale Vittorio Emanuele II, where the road bends around the foot of the hill. Alternatively, from Bergamo station, the number 1 bus runs to the funicular, and then on the furthest part of the Città Alta, by the second funicular to San Vigilio. You can buy tickets from bars or machines, and stamp them when you travel. The best option is a one-day ticket (a biglietto giornaliero), which is valid on buses and funiculars – just stamp it the first time you use it.