How to reach Pavia

Pavia is a small town (about 90000 people) located in the central part of the Po's Valley.

The Nearest Airports are those of Milano Linate and Milano Malpensa. There is a Bus link to and from each airport (see timetable). The trip from/to Linate takes about 1 hour; the price is 15000 Lit (about 8 $) per person one way (25000 Lit -about 13 $- per person round trip); The trip from/to Malpensa takes about 1.6 hour; the price is 19000 Lit (about 10$) per person one way (34000 Lit -about 17 $- per person round trip). Round trip tickets are valid 15 days.

From Malpensa one can also easily reach Milano downtown (P.le Cadorna next to Castello Sforzesco) with the Malpensa Express Train. It reaches the "Milano Cadorna" Train Station (serving the north suburbs -no good to reach Pavia) and the "Milano Cadorna" subway Station. By the subway system one can easily reach the several train stations of the town.
Milano and Pavia are well connected by public transportation: trains and buses. We suggest to take the train from "Milano Centrale" station, or "Milano Rogoredo" Station. Both are interconnected by the subway (Rogoredo: red line to SESTO MARELLI, exit at DUOMO and then yellow line to S.DONATO exit at Rogoredo FS station; Milano Centrale: green line to COLOGNO, exit at Centrale FS) ( here's a map ). You can check yourself the train timetable using the following link

At the airports it's possible take advantage of the presence of Car Rental companies:

Operator	Telephon Number Malpensa	Telephon Number Linate
Maggiore-National	++39 02 5858 1133	++39 02 717 210
Sixt	167 01 8668 (only from Italy)	++39 02 70200 268
Avis	++39 02 5858 481	++39 02 717 214
Europcar	++39 02 5858 1142	++39 02 7611 0258
Hertz	++39 02 5858 1081	++39 02 70200 256
Thrifty-Italy by car	++39 02 5858 1176	++39 02 7611 0234
Tirreno Auto Europa	++39 02 5858 0333	++39 02 70200 238

To reach Pavia from Malpensa Airport one should take the Highway "A8"toward Milano and then follow indications toward Genova taking highway "A7". Then the second exit (BEREGUARDO PAVIA NORD) leads to Pavia downown.

To reach Pavia from Linate Airport one should take the Highway "Tangenziale Est" toward Bologna & Genova and then take the Highway "Tangenziale Ovest" toward Genova. From this road there is the connection to highway "A7" to Genova. Then the second exit (BEREGUARDO PAVIA NORD) leads to Pavia downtown.

This Map shows the above paths.

Here's an additional memo on how to reach Pavia.

Finally here's a Pavia map with marks on hotels and stations.