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Getting Here

The major gateways to Italy are Rome's Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci (FCO), better known as Fiumicino, and Milan's Aeroporto Malpensa (MIL). There are some direct flights to Venice and Pisa, but to fly into most other Italian cities you need to make connections at Fiumicino and Malpensa or another European airport. You can also take the FS airport train to Rome's Termini station or a bus to Milan's central train station (Centrale) and catch a train to any other location in Italy. It will take about one hour to get from either Fiumicino or Malpensa to the appropriate train station.

Italy's major airports are not known for being new, fun, or efficient. Airports in Italy have been ramping up security measures, which include random baggage inspection and bomb-detection dogs. All of the airports have restaurants and snack bars, and there is Internet access. Each airport has at least one nearby hotel. In the case of Florence and Pisa, the city centers are only a 15-minute taxi ride away—so if you encounter a long delay, spend it in town.

For further information about getting where you want to go, see "Getting Here" at the beginning of each part section of this book.