Wikimania 2016 bids/Esino Lario/Airlines

The most convenient airports to plan your trip to Esino Lario are Milano Malpensa (MXP), Milano Linate (LIN) and Milano-Bergamo Orio al Serio (BGY). There are quite a few low cost flights in particular from Italy and Europe; have a look also at Mediana airlines for low cost flights from Africa.

During Wikimania Esino Lario a direct bus service between the airports and Esino Lario is organized. Please note that once you have arrived in Esino Lario everything is within walking distance: differently from big cities in which you need to take public transport to reach your accommodation or the venue, in Esino Lario accommodation and the venues are all there, located in the near surroundings. Direct buses from the airports take the Valsassina road and carry up to 50 people each. Other options to reach Esino Lario from the airports are public transport (please find below the directions) and car rental.

Airport Typology Directions with public transport Time with public transport Price public transport[1] Time by car/direct bus[2]
Milano Malpensa Terminal 1 (MXP) International airport, long distance-European and national flights.
  1. From Milano Malpensa Terminal 2 to Milano Centrale by train (43-52 minutes, every 37 minutes or every hour, 10 €[3]) by bus (50 minutes, buses every 20 minutes, 10€ one-way, 16€ return ticket[4]).
  2. From Milano Centrale to Varenna-Esino by train (1 hour, trains every hour, 6.45€).
  3. From Varenna-Esino to Esino Lario by bus (40 minutes, 2.40€).
2.5 hours 18.85€ 2h
Milano Malpensa Terminal 2 (MXP) International airport, European and national flights, low cost flights.
  1. From Milano Malpensa Terminal 1 to Milano Centrale by bus (50 minutes, buses every 20 minutes, 10€ one-way, 16€ return ticket[5]).
  2. From Milano Centrale to Varenna-Esino by train (1 hour, trains every hour, 6.45€).
  3. From Varenna-Esino to Esino Lario by bus (40 minutes, 2.40€).
2.5 hours 18.85€ 2h
Milano Linate (LIN) International airport, mainly European and national flights.
  1. From Milano Linate to Milano Centrale by bus (25 minutes, buses every 30 minutes, 5€ one-way, 9€ two ways ticket).
  2. From Milano Centrale to Varenna-Esino by train (1 hour, trains every hour, 6.45€).
  3. From Varenna-Esino to Esino by bus (40 minutes, 2.40€).
2 hours 13.85€ 1h30
Milano-Bergamo Orio al Serio (BGY) Mainly low cost flights.
  1. ATB bus form the airport to Bergamo railway station (10 minutes, 2€[6]).
  2. Form Bergamo di Varenna-Esino by train - change in Lecco (Bergamo-Lecco 40 minutes, trains every hour; Lecco-Varenna-Esino, 21 or 37 minutes; trains every hour; total cost of the ticket 5.30€).
  3. From Varenna-Esino to Esino by bus (40 minutes, 2,40€).
2 hours 9.70€ 1h40

Estimated costs

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To provide an idea of the costs, we report below fares referenced with a departure date in 20 June 2014 from the origin airport, with a return trip leaving Esino Lario on the 30 June 2014 (round trip ticket).

Esino Lario and Lake Como from the airplane.
Menaggio on the right side and Varenna with Esino Lario above on the left side.
The peninsula of Bellagio.
Lake Como from Agueglio in Esino Lario.
Europe
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Europe
From Airline Airport Price (USD) Flight Time Stops Notes
Zurich Swiss Airport $150 1hr 0
Frankfurt Alitalia Airport $161 1hr15 0
Paris (BVA) Ryanair Airport $100 1hr20 0
Vienna Niki Airport $122 1hr20 0
Prague Czech Airline Airport $115 1hr25 0
Brussels (CRL) Ryanair Airport $95 1hr30 0
Budapest Ryanair Airport $123 1hr30 0
Paris (CDG) Easyjet Airport $105 1hr30 0
Amsterdam Easyjet Airport $150 1hr40 0
Berlin Easyjet Airport $105 1hr45 0
Belgrade Easyjet Airport $90 1hr45 0
Copenhagen Easyjet Airport $135 2hr 0
London (STN) Ryanair Airport $20 2hr 0
London (LGW) Easyjet Airport $150 2hr 0
Barcelona Ryanair Airport $100 2hr 0
Sofia Bulgaria Air Airport $240 2hr 0
Warsaw Ryanair Airport $87 2hr10 0
Bucarest Blue Air Airport $95 2hr15 0
Madrid Ryanair Airport $112 2hr20 0
Athens Ryanair Airport $149 2hr25 0
Dublin Ryanair Airport $319 2hr30 0
Lisbon Easyjet Airport $153 2hr30 0
Stockholm Ryanair Airport $146 2hr50 0
Moscow (SVO) Alitalia Airport $552 3hr45 0
Skopje JAT Airport $414 4hr 1 via Belgrade
Helsinki Finnair (AY)
KLM
Airport $388
$301
3hr
7hr
0
1

via Amsterdam (AMS)
Tallinn Lufthansa Airport $279 4hr45 1 via Frankfurt (FRA)
Kiev Air France Airport $260 7hr 1 via Paris
Moscow (DME) Air Berlin Airport $331 9hr 1 via Dusseldorf
Oslo Air Baltic Airport $345 11hr 1 via Riga
Tbilisi Alitalia
Ukraine International Airlines
Airport $442
$434
7hr
8hr
1
1
via Rome
via Kiev
Asia
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Asia-Pacific
From Airline Price (USD) Flight Time Stops Notes
Tokyo (Narita) Air China (CA) $880 17hr 1 via Beijing (PEK)
Dubai Pegasus Airlines
Emirates(EK)
$561,49
$1055,29
12hr
7hr
1
0

via Istanbul(SAW)
Singapore Swiss
Singapore (SQ)
$1294,24
$1392,66
15hr
12hr
1
0

via Zurich(ZRH)
Seoul (Incheon) Aeroflot $1183,98 17hr 1 via Moscow(SVO)
Beijing Air China (CA)
Aeroflot
$1286,60
$1092,40
12hr
16hr
1
via Moscow(SVO)
Taipei Air China (CA)
KLM
$1050
$1500
20hr
1
1

via Placerville (PVG)
via Amsterdam (AMS)
Kathmandu Turkish Airlines $737 12hr 1 via Istanbul (SAW)
Kuala Lumpur Air France $1044 17hr 1 via Paris (CDG)
Manila Emirates $1099 18hr 1 via Dubai (DXB)
Jakarta KLM $1143 20hr 1 via Amsterdam (AMS)
Mumbai (Bombay) Lufthansa $824 11hr 1 via Munich (MUC)
Delhi Turkish $775 11hr 1 via Istanbul(SAW)
Dhaka Turkish $1079 15hr 1 via Istanbul (SWA)
Bangkok KLM $950 14hr 1 via Amsterdam(AMS)
Doha Turkish
Qatar
$842 14hr 1 via Istanbul(SAW)
Jerevan Air France $425 7hr 1 via Paris (CDG)
Tel Aviv Meridiana $256 3hr50 0
Istanbul Turkish(TK)
Alitalia
$293
$202
2hr30
4hr
0
1

via Rome (FCO)
Riyadh Emirates (EK) $752 12hr50 1 via Dubai
Amman Egyptair $622 11hr 1 via Cairo (CAI)
Auckland Air New Zealand (NZ) $1,500 28hr 1 via Hong Kong
Melbourne Air China $1,953 28hr 0 via Placerville
Vladivostok Alitalia $1267 16hr 1 via Moscow (SVO)
Africa
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Africa
From Airline Airport Price (USD) Flight Time Stops Notes
Cairo EgyptAir Airport $437 4hr 0
Johannesburg KLM Airport $652 14hr 1 via Amsterdam (AMS)
Rabat Royal Air Airport $445 6hr 1 via Casablanca (CMN)
Casablanca Ryanair Airport $- hr 1
Fez Ryanair Airport $- hr 1
Marrakesh Ryanair Airport $- hr 1
Tangier Ryanair Airport $- hr 1
Tunis Alitalia Airport $401 4hr 1 via Rome (FCO)
Addis Ababa Airport Turkish $683 13hr 1 via Istanbul(IST)
Lagos Iberia Airport $806 11hr 1 via Madrid
Karthoum EgyptAir Airport $722 14hr 1 via Cairo (CAI)
Tripoli Tunis Air Airport $446 5hr40 1 via Tunis (TUN)
Algiers Alitalia Airport $478 4hr 1 via Rome (FCO)
Nairobi Ethiopian Airlines Airport $790 11hr 1 via Addis Abeba
America
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Americas
From Airline Price (USD) Flight Time Stops Notes
New York (JFK) Emirates $1082 8hr 0
New York (Newark) Lufthansa
SAS
$1615
$945
8hr25
15hr
0

via Copenhagen
Los Angeles Turkish $1712 18hr 1 via Istanbul
San Francisco Delta $1351 16hr 1 via Atlanta; New York
Washington Delta/Alitalia $1230 13hr 1 via Atlanta; New York
Toronto Turkish $1228 17hr 1 via Istanbul
Montreal Air Canada
Jet Airways India/Brussels Airways
$1300
$1050
8hr
10hr
0
1

via Bruxelles
Mexico City Delta/Alitalia $1375 16hr 1 via Atlanta
Bogota Iberia $1500 14hr 1 via Madrid
Caracas Lufthansa $2920 14/26hr 1 via Frankfurt
São Paulo TAM
Delta
$1646
$1468
11hr
28hr
0
1

via Atlanta
Rio de Janeiro TAM $1699 16hr30 1 via São Paulo
Santiago LAN $1699 16hr30 1 via São Paulo
Buenos Aires Air Europa $1170 16hr 1 via Madrid
Lima LAN $1555 16/30hr 1 via Madrid
Montevideo TAM $1801 16/23hr 1 via São Paulo
Asuncion TAM
TAM
$1744
$1544
15hr
14/21hr
1
2
via São Paulo
via São Paulo, Buenos Aires
Panama Iberia $1030 14/27hr 1 via Madrid


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