I would like recommendations for a reasonable hotel for one night in Milan within 30-40 minutesDriving of the airport as my flight leaves early the next morning. It will be my last night in Italy after two weeks traveling and touring. It is a Saturday night. I know of the Doria Grand, and the Piazza Principess Clotilde. Thanks.

Has anybody been to Milan?

Vidya -

Yes, lots of us have been to Milan. However, "reasonable" means different things to different people, so it's difficult to answer your question.

Have you looked at the Hotels section and/or Rants & Raves here on Fodors? Frommers.com also has hotel listings.

Type "milan AND hotel" in the text box at the top of this page to pull up many prior threads on this topic. Also check out tripadvisor.com for lots of hotel feedback. The venere.it site lists many hotels for every city in Italy, and some have customer ratings.

I was in Milan last week. My daughter flew out before we did, and we stayed at a nice hotel the night before her flight. It was in Gallarete and called Astoria. It was about a 20 minute taxi ride from Malpensa. There is bus service available as well. When my husband and I left, we stayed at Tre Leoni in a much smaller town but only about five minutes to the airport. I can't find the town on a map, sorry. However, it has a web site I am pretty sure. I booked it because of some posts on this site. Compared to the one in Gallarette, it was not anywhere near as nice, and it was about the same price. (Around $120 or so, maybe slightly less.)

I liked the starhotel Rosa. It is behind the catheral...very nice rooms.

Which airport?
Will you have a car to return?
What is early?
What is your price range?
Malpensa is about :50 by train. A taxi will be expensive.