Wikimania 2016 bids/Esino Lario/Journey

The major city near Esino Lario is Milan, and Esino Lario is served by Malpensa airport - the main Italian international airport - Milano Linate and Milano-Bergamo Orio al Serio, two relevant airport for Italian and European low cost flights. Esino Lario is located 12 km (800 m in altitude) above Varenna. To reach Esino Lario there are two provincial streets: one from Varenna and one from Bellano-Parlasco (Strada della Valsassina).

As planned, participants attending Wikimania Esino Lario reached the location by airplane, trans and priviate transport.

The transport necessities of Wikimania Esino Lario were met by increasing transport between Varenna and Esino Lario and by organizing direct buses from the airports in the main days of arrivals and departures. During the implementation process we also organized transport within Esino Lario. Busses and taxis provides support to mobility within the village, a little train circulating around the venues was rented (and provided with wifi) and people who informed us about mobility limitations were provided for free with scooters meant for mobility support.

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.	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]). From Milano Centrale to Varenna-Esino by train (1 hour, trains every hour, 6.45€). 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.	From Milano Malpensa Terminal 1 to Milano Centrale by bus (50 minutes, buses every 20 minutes, 10€ one-way, 16€ return ticket^[5]). From Milano Centrale to Varenna-Esino by train (1 hour, trains every hour, 6.45€). 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.	From Milano Linate to Milano Centrale by bus (25 minutes, buses every 30 minutes, 5€ one-way, 9€ two ways ticket). From Milano Centrale to Varenna-Esino by train (1 hour, trains every hour, 6.45€). 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.	ATB bus form the airport to Bergamo railway station (10 minutes, 2€^[6]). 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€). From Varenna-Esino to Esino by bus (40 minutes, 2,40€).	2 hours	9.70€	1h40

Estimated costs

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).

Europe

From	Airline	Airport	Price (USD)	Flight Time	Stops	Notes
Europe

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

From	Airline	Price (USD)	Flight Time	Stops	Notes
Asia-Pacific

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

From	Airline	Airport	Price (USD)	Flight Time	Stops	Notes
Africa

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

From	Airline	Price (USD)	Flight Time	Stops	Notes

Americas

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

Busses from the airport

During Wikimania Esino Lario a direct bus service between the airports and Esino Lario is organized. Direct buses from the airports take the Valsassina road and carry up to 50 people each.

Depending on the company, a bus from the airports to Esino Lario with 50 seats is around 450 (average cost), which means that if the bus is completely full it costs less than 10 euro per person. We will have to increase the cost per person to allow busses to travel also if they are not completely full, but even if doubled the cost is very reasonable in particular for people arriving in Malpensa airport (public transport costs already 18.85€). Managing transport for the airports will require to include the booking in the registration form. We will define as early as possible a timetable for the busses with maybe two main departure times, to allow people to consider it when booking their flights.

Consorzio Trasporti Lombardi https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qyy_nzLhZEdXptSXhmdG1vWE0/edit
Autoservizio Cattaneo SRL https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MDdK4SNxUUxamx9Cg6BcS1hRu91XX05VbmdtcDOFKY/edit
Spreafico (1 bus 35 seats; 3 busses 50 seats) https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qyy_nzLhZEOGk2VnRfeURfV28/edit
SAL https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qyy_nzLhZERlpBcXQ2N0E0R0E/edit

Trains

Please refer also to the article about Esino Lario on wikivoyage.

From Italy and Europe you can travel to Esino Lario by train through Milan, which is well-connected to Italian and to several European cities. The closes railway station to Esino is called Varenna-Esino (12 km from Esino); from the railway station you can take a bus or a taxi.

The railway station Varenna-Esino is at walking distance from the lake and from the port of Varenna; the building of the railway station is actually located in Perledo and it hosts the Perledo tourist office. There are trains from Milan approximately every hour; direct trains every 2 hours (and every hour at peak hours) leaving from Milan Central Station. The last train from Milan Central Station to Varenna is at 21:20 (arrival at 22:35); the next train is at 6:20 in the morning. The last train from Varenna to Milan Central Station is at 22:21 (arriving at 23:30); the next train is at 5:26 in the morning. Time and prices of trains on Trenitalia website.

From	Itinerary	Time	Price	Note
Milano	Direct trains from Milan (Milano Stazione Centrale) to the station of Varenna-Esino (direction Lecco, Morbegno, Sondrio, Tirano). Trains every 2 hours; h 1:03 ride with regional trains from Milano Stazione Centrale; 6,45 € ticket. Bus from the station of Varenna-Esino to Esino Lario (the bus waits for the train, 2,40 €). The regular bus schedule changes in winter and summer; for WIkimania we have increased busses.	1h 40 minutes.	8,85 €	Milano Stazione Centrale has direct trains from Napoli (Rome, Bologna, Florence) Paris Geneva Zurich Basel ...

Cars

Please refer also to the article about Esino Lario on wikivoyage.

If you are traveling in particular from Italy and Europe, it can be convenient to travel also by car, rented car or rented busses. Please note that buses should not exceed 35 seats on the Varenna-Esino road whereas 50-seat buses can take the Valsassina road: please do come with a maximum 35 seats bus.

It is possible to rent cars from Milan and from the airports. Among the main car rental companies AVIS, Europecar, Hertz.

From	Directions	Km	Miles	Time^[7]
Milano	SS36 + Provincial road 62 + Provincial road 65 (Strada della Valsassina)	99	61	1h39
Lecco	SS36 + Provincial road 62 + Provincial road 65 (Strada della Valsassina)	43.2	26	51 minutes
Varenna	Via per Esino	12,4	7	26 minutes
Lugano	By car+boat. Gandria-SS340-Porlezza-Menaggio (29km, 44 minutes) + boat Menaggio-Varenna (8.60€-14.40€ for car and driver only according to the car size, 15 minutes; buses too can cross the lake by ferry-boat) + Varenna-Esino Lario (12,4km, 26 minutes). By car. Gandria-SS340-Porlezza-Menaggio-Colico-Varenna-Esino Lario (93,4km, 2h).			By car+boat: 1h10 + boat ride By car 2h

Boats

Please refer also to the article about Esino Lario on wikivoyage.

From Varenna it is possible to navigate on Lake Como to many destinations, among which Abbadia Lariana, Argegno, Bellagio, Bellano, Careno, Cernobbio, Colico, Como, Gravedona, Isola Comacina, Lecco, Mandello, Menaggio, Piona, Pognana, Torno and Tremezzo. The ferry-boats between Varenna, Menaggio, Bellagio and Cadenabbia allow the transport of both cars and buses. Fast rides are more expensive than regular transport. Boat rides are also a beautiful and cheap way to enjoy sightseeing on Lake Como. Time and frequency of boats on Lake Como on navigazionelaghi website.

From	Time	Price
Menaggio*	15 minutes (7 minutes for passengers only - fast transport, more expensive)	4.60€ one-way; 15€ one day. Car+driver: 8.60€-14.40€^[8]
Bellagio*	15 minutes	4.60€ one-way; 15€ one day. Car+driver: 8.60€-14.40€^[9]

Busses (increased local transport)

Esino Lario is connected by bus to Varenna through the public line Bellano-Varenna-Perledo-Esino Lario. Time of the buses on LT Lecco Trasporti website (SAL Servizi Automobilistici Lecchesi S.r.l. - Linea Bellano-Esino Lario D21; info 800.011.840 / Tel. +39 0341.363148). The timetable of buses is organized to wait for the train to arrive (normally trains from Milan). During Wikimania Busses between Varenna and Esino Lario will be increased during Wikimania to meet the needs of the participants.

From	To	Time	Price
Bellano	Esino Lario		2.40€
Varenna	Esino Lario	40 minutes	2.10€
Perledo	Esino Lario		1.70€

According to the local company managing the public transport, the cost of the ride Varenna-Perledo-Esino is 220 euro; the cost of the public service is below the actual cost because supported by the Province of Lecco^[10]. The option which appears to be the most convenient is to book a series of busses with 35 seats for the day to have them making round trips. Of course transport can also be managed managed by car/taxi and minibuses. For 35 seats busses a round trip takes approximately 100 minutes (40 minutes to go, 40 minutes to come back and an extra 20 minutes to included).

We expect different kind of flows:

a flow associated to arrivals and departures (people based in Italy, participants traveling by train and boat - in particular from Wikimania Takes Lake Como and some participants from Lugano)
a flow coming from the railway station (in particular people arriving with direct trains from Milan on saturday and sunday)
a regular flow of participants who have their accommodation in Varenna or organizers-volnteers based in the area.

The cost of local transport can be directly paid by users, or it can be fully or partially paid by our budget. We have also estimated the cost for a series of minibuses in case they can be useful during the event for runners or for short rides within Esino Lario. It is relevant to mention that some local city councils own minibuses used for the transport of students; we can ask if these busses can be made available for Wikimania at a reduced cost.

Consorzio Trasporti Lombardi https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qyy_nzLhZEdXptSXhmdG1vWE0/edit
Autoservizio Cattaneo SRL https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MDdK4SNxUUxamx9Cg6BcS1hRu91XX05VbmdtcDOFKY/edit
Spreafico (1 bus 35 seats; 3 busses 50 seats) https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qyy_nzLhZEOGk2VnRfeURfV28/edit
SAL https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qyy_nzLhZERlpBcXQ2N0E0R0E/edit

Travel	Estimated time for a roundtrip in minutes	Estimated roundtrips per day^[11]	Number of busses	Number of people per bus	Total displacement of people
Varenna-Esino	100^[12]	4	5	35	700
Inside Esino Lario	30^[13]	30	4	8	960

Expense	Number	Days	Cost/Unit	Total in euro	Total in dollars
Buses to intensify the service between Varanna-Esino	5	7	€ 450	€ 15.750	$ 21.616,72
Minubus 8 places	4		€ 400	€ 1.600	$ 2.195,98
Total amount planned in the estimated costs				€ 17.350	$ 23.812,70

			Currency	€ 1,00	$ 1,37

This hypothesis does not take into consideration normal flows (below 35 or 70 people) but it focuses on the exceptional peaks of Wikimania Esino Lario.

Varenna-Esino Lario	Expected participants	Wikimania Takes Lake Como	Wikimania Takes Lake Como	Wikimania Takes Lake Como	Wikimania Takes Lake Como	Pre-conference	Pre-conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Post-conference	Post-conference
Organizers Wikimedia	100				50			50		50	25	25
Organizers Esino Lario	100
Organizers Extra	30				30					30
Organizers from the territory	50							25	50	50
Attendees from Italy	50				5		35	10		40	10
Occasional visitors (conference days)	100
Occasional visitors (conference days)	150							30	100	100
Hotel guests in Varenna	53							53	53	53
Expected travelers by train					29		37			24	36	6
Total extra flow Varenna-Esino Lario	633				114		72	168	203	347	71	31
Number of extra rids (considering no cars)	35				3		2	5	6	10	2	1
Number of extra rides (considering cars)					1		1	2	2	2	1	1

An electric car was serving participants in local displacement. The car was offered for Wikimania Esino Lario by a partner company.

Yiyi in an electric car provided for Wikimania Esino Lario

Parking

Parking need to be managed during the conference. There will be runners, vans, bus stops, busses and cars to park for visitors and attendees.

Runners and vans. Runners and vans will need parking specifically reserved for them.
Bus stops. Presumably we will have between 3 and 5 bus stops.
Private parking. In particular during the week-end visitors by car can increase (please refer to the hypothesis of number of participants). Some apartments we will use have private parking; parking is also available at Villa Rogo - Pime. There are some parking in the centre of Esino Lario but we will not encourage visitors to use them during the conference; we will rather ask permission to use the industrial area of Bigallo and streets managed by the city council; Cainallo and Ortanella can provide parking but transport inside Esino Lario needs to be managed (15 minutes van ride from and to). We didn't jet explored the possibility of parking cars on streets managed by the Province of Lecco.
Busses. If busses remain in Esino Lario they can be parked at night in the industrial area of Bigallo (we need to ask permission).

Please note that we have a partnership with the city council and we are in contact with the provincial administration. It is possible for Wikimania Esino Lario to close streets and squares to the traffic, and to discuss with the province about how to manage circulation on provincial streets during the event. Within Esino Lario streets are managed by the city council (i.e. via Montefiori, the street to Cainallo and Ortanella, the industrial area, and all the streets in the centre); the two streets coming from Varenna and Valsassina (and passing through Esino Lario) are provincial streets.

Info points

We plan to set an info point at the Varenna-Esino railway station. We still need to arrange it but the Varenna-Esino railway station is a building of the Perledo city council which already hosts the tourist office. According to the hypothesis of flaws it is reasonable to create an info point also at the Airport Malpensa in the two days of main arrivals. The reception in Esino Lario will also serve as info point.

Wikimania Info point at Malpensa Airport