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Getting to Lake Como

Information about transfers from the airports near Lake Como, Italy

Should you hire a car for your holiday at Lake Como?

On balance, driving yourself to Lake Como from Bergamo (Orio Al Serio), Milan Malpensa or Milan Linate airport will probably be more convenient than using public transport. See Driving: A Smart way to get to Lake Como for more on that.
There are both advantages and disadvantages to driving a hire car around the Lake. For [...]

Driving: A Smart way to get to Lake Como

For our most recent trip to Lake Como, we pre-arranged to collect a hire car at Bergamo Orio al Serio airport and drive to the Lake.
The car hire
We hired the car from SIXTI, completing the paperwork and collecting the keys at their office in the Arrivals hall before catching the complimentary bus for a short [...]

Where to find directions to Lake Como from Milan Malpensa, Milan Linate or Bergamo Orio al Serio airport

By far the best way of getting directions to any destination on Lake Como from the local airports is to take your Sat Nav on holiday with you (provided it’s programmed for use in Europe).
Once you get over the initial surprise of hearing directions for Italian routes in English, you’ll find it by far the easiest [...]

Getting to Lake Como from the airport by private transfers

There are a number of different ways of getting to Lake Como from Milan Malpensa, Milan Linate and Bergamo Orio al Serio airports, by public transport. Alternatively, you can pick up a pre-booked car at the airport and drive yourself to your destination. But those options might not suit your circumstances – for example, if [...]

Getting to Lake Como from the airport by public transport

The following links take you to information on connections by public transport between the airports and Lake Como.

Getting to Lake Como from Milan Malpensa airport

Getting to Lake Como from Milan Linate airport

Getting to Lake Como from Milan Orio al Serio airport

Getting to Lake Como from Lugano airport

If you don’t want to use public transport you [...]

Getting to Lake Como from Milan Orio al Serio (Bergamo)

The airport is close to Bergamo and nearer to Como than Milan.
You can get to Como by taking the ATB shuttle bus from the airport to Bergamo railway station, then catching the train to Como S. Giovanni. It’s not a direct train – you have to change at Monza or Seregno.
The shuttle bus runs every [...]

Getting to Lake Como from Lugano – Agno airport

First take a shuttle bus to Federal Railways Station in Lugano.
From there you can take a train to Como S. Giovanni, either directly or changing at Chiasso (depending on the departure time). The direct train takes forty six minutes, while a change at Chiasso adds another five or six minutes.
From Como S. Giovanni, you can [...]

Getting to Lake Como from Milan Linate airport

The airport, which has only one terminal, is about 7 kilometres (4 miles) east of Milan.
Take the Starfly airport shuttle bus to Milan Central Station and a train from there to Como San (or S.) Giovanni station. The journey to Milan Central Station takes thirty minutes and costs €4, and from Central Station to S. [...]

Getting to Lake Como from Milan Malpensa airport

The airport is about 45 kilometres (29 miles) north-west of Milan. It has two terminals connected by a free shuttle bus that runs every twenty minutes.
There used to be a direct coach service from Malpensa to Como but it was stopped at the beginning of 2008.
The best way to get to Como now is to [...]

Rail and bus stations in Como

There are a number of railway stations at Como but the two that visitors are most likely to use are Como S. Giovanni and Como Largo Nord.

Como S. Giovanni, located in Piazzale San Gottardo, is where the trains from Lugano, Bergamo and Milan Linate stop. Local buses, including the C10 and C20 for the western [...]