If you arrive by plane at either Linate or Malpensa airports you should go at Milano Central Station.

From Linate airport: you can get the airport bus to Milan Central Station.

You can buy your train ticket at the "Ferrovie dello Stato" airport ticket office (ground floor, arrival lounge). Buses from and to Linate leave every 20 minutes from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., every 30 minutes before 8 a.m. and after 7 p.m. The ride to the station takes approximately 20 minutes, depending on traffic conditions.

From Malpensa airport: you can either take the blu bus or the train.

You can also buy your train ticket to Varenna at the airport to avoid possible long queue at Milan Central Station.

Buses from and to Milan Central Station leave every 30 minutes from 8 a.m. to 13 p.m; every 60 minutes from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m.; after 18 p.m. the buses leave at 18.30 p.m., 19.00 p.m., 20.00 p.m., 21.00 p.m. and 22.15 p.m. The ride to the station takes approximately 60 minutes.

Trains from and to Milan Garibaldi Station leave every 30 minutes and take about 20 minutes to arrive.

From Garibaldi Station there are some trains to Varenna, but they are local trains and take about 2 hours to arrive. We advise you to go to the Central Station by underground, green line (a travel of few minutes).

For those that need to buy their ticket at Central Station, the ticket office is on ground level at the Station, while the platforms are on the upper level.

Remember to punch your ticket in one of the yellow punching machines before going on to the platform. To find the trains to Varenna look for the train bound to Sondrio-Tirano.

Participants arriving at the Varenna train station on Sunday, the day before the beginning of the workshop, will find a shuttle bus connecting with the hotels. The shuttle will be at the station for the arrival of every train from Milano, from 8.16 a.m. to 10.24 p.m. The shuttle charged of this service is the one holding the title of the conference.

At arrival the shuttle service is free of charge.

Registration to the workshop: at registration desk in Villa Monastero on Sunday from 3.00 p.m. to 7 p.m and on Monday morning starting from 8.30 a.m.

Here are the main direct trains leaving from "Stazione Centrale" in Milan:

departure arrival notes

7.10 8.16 only on Sundays

9.15 10.16

10.15 11.16 only on Sundays

12.15 13.16

14.15 15.16

16.15 17.16

18.00 19.16

19.10 20.16

20.15 21.16

21.10 22.24

Here are the local trains leaving from "Stazione Garibaldi" in Milan:

departure arrival notes

7.41 9.42

8.41 10.44

10.41 12.43

11.41 13.44 from August 28

12.41 14.43

13.41 15.43

15.41 17.43 from August 28

Here are the main direct trains from Varenna to Central Station in Milan:

departure arrival notes

6.19 7.30

7.27 8.30

8.25 9.30

10.27 11.30

12.25 13.30

14.25 15.30

16.25 17.30

17.27 18.30 only on Sundays

18.26 19.30

18.45 20.13 only on Sundays

19.27 20.30 only on Sundays

20.27 21.30

21.17 22.30 only working days

21.27 22.30 only on Sundays

22.35 23.57