Milan Travel Forum

Hi
I'll fly to Milan this monday. Then I'll travel to the Balkans making stopovers in Slovenia, Croacia, Serbia and Bulgaria.
Could you please let me know the following:
1 - I'll arrive to Milan at around midnight. Are there trains, metro or buses from Malpensa to the city center?
2 - Do you know about CHEAP hostels for shoestring travellers in the city center? Or would it be easy to brouse in the center of the city?
3 - Where is Milan's international bus station? Are there bus rides to Slovenia every day?
Thanx in advance.

For bus information, please see http://www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/en/malpensa/index.phtml?mod=milano_arbus&to=come_arrivare
Look at MALPENSA SHUTTLE AIR PULLMAN which shows a very few buses after midnight.

For train information, look at http://www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/en/malpensa/index.phtml?mod=milano_artreno&to=come_arrivare
But I am thinking that the last Malpensa Express leaves the airport at 23:23 and Trenitalia doesn't even stop at the airport at all (you have to take a taxi to Gallarate, but there probably won't be any trains that late).

I can't tell you about hostels in Milan, never having stayed at one.

I have no idea if there are buses to Slovenia at all. Most people would take the train - see www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html . Play around with the trip calculator, since different trains cost different amounts (by more than 100%). You may find taking several local trains may be much cheaper (and much slower) than a premium direct train. Ask me more about this if you have trouble seeing what I mean.

There is a bus service called eurolines that may go where you want, but it is more intended for people spending the summer roaming around Europe hopping on and off, rather than a single trip...

Bill

Thanks. I know Eurolines, of course, and that's what I mean. I want to hop on and off through Balkanic countries - Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, until I reach Bulgaria. I am sure there is a bus service but I might take the train.