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Visiting Italy Venice & Milan Como Lugano

Flight from London Heathrow to Venice Marco Polo. Bus 15 โ‚ฌ10 per person to Venice Mestre, dinner at Grill It halal restaurant.
Check in Airb&b accommodation for next 2 nights
Breakfast tea & biscuits then walk to Venice (Venezia) Mestre Station for train to Venezia St Lucia (venice canal) at โ‚ฌ1.50 per person.
Day spent in Venice / Venezia using waterbus โ‚ฌ25 per person for 24 hours from ticket purchase time – unlimited hop on hop off – we started at Ferrovia B visited San Marco / Rialto / St Macuolo then back to Ferrovia B
Then train at St Lucia Venezia Station for Mestre Station.
Dinner at Desh Halal Pizzeria a small shop serving desi halal food & pasta / pizza

then travel from Venice to Milan
Train from Mestre Venezia 10.23 to Milano Centrale at 13.38 using Trenitalia at โ‚ฌ20.90 per person (under 4 free) including 1 change at Verona Porta Nuova

Milano Centrale we did a little tour around the station then had lunch at McDonalds (filet o fish). Next we walked to take the coach to Linate Airport (โ‚ฌ7 per adult / โ‚ฌ3 above 4years) for the car rental service.

We received the car and made our way to Shalimar halal Pakistani Indian take away in Milan Central.
To consider when driving in Milan
zone B which is a low emission zone
Zone C a charge of โ‚ฌ7.50 Monday to Friday 7.30 to 19.30 ( similar to Central London’s congestion charge)
Its Saturday so no charge we parked close to the restaurant and enjoyed a lot of desi food.
Then walked to Piazza Di Duomo for Duomo Di Milano and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
On the walk back to the car we grabbed some bread and milk for breakfast then made our way to Como for Airbnb accommodation for next 2 nights.

Next day we had tea and bread for breakfast. We visited a local Lidl for some snacks before heading to visit the Italian/ Switzerland border towns Chiasso Mendriso and Lugano.
After a lovely chilly walk around Lake Lugano we drove to Fox Town shopping centre in Mendrisio for some Swiss chocolates and McDonalds.
Most places in Switzerland accept โ‚ฌ but their main currency is CHF (Swiss Franc) and some places accept โ‚ฌ0 and give change in CHF.
We then drove back to Como for dinner at K2 kebab & pizzeria (halal) before heading to back to accommodation.ฤบ

Next day also our last day we packed everything had bread & tea then left to visit como and took a funicular train to Brunate a small village on top of the mountains ( Funicolare Como Brunate) โ‚ฌ7 adults return tickets

At the top we walked around then had lunch at Locanda Milano – margherita / tomato basil pasta / tagliatelle a la porcini

We then took the funicolare back to como did some shopping in Lidl then slowly back to Milan for a quick drive around the City (outside zone C) then continued to Linate Airport for car return then flight back to UK.

Trip summary video:

Day 1 : London to Venice

British Airways departure London Heathrow to Venice Marco Polo Airport

Landing in Venice Marco Polo Airport

Dinner in Venice Mestre at Halal Grill & Pizzeria

Airb&b in Venice Mestre

Day 2: a day in Venice

Venice Mestre Station to Venice St Lucia station

A day in Venice / Venezia canal

Train Venice St Lucia to Venice Mestre

Dinner at Desh Halal pizzeria Venice Mestre

Day 3: Venice to Milan

Venice Mestre to Milano Centrale / Milan Central by train , visiting Milano Centrale Station, Coach to Linate Milan Airport

An evening in Milan dinner at Shalimar halal South Asian take away, walk around Piazza Del Duomo, Duomo Di Milano & Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

Airb&b in Como

Day 4: visiting Switzerland Italy border towns Chiasso, Mendrisio, Lake Lugano

Como Italy to Chiasso Switzerland

Visiting Chiasso, Mendrisio,Paradisio & Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano

Fox Town Shopping Outlet

Dinner K2 Kebab & Pizzeria

Day 5 / last day : Como , Brunate, Milan, Linate Airport

Walking around Como

Funicolare Como Brunate

Lunch at Locanda Milano

Lake Como

Drive Como to Milan (outside zone C ) then to Milano Linate Airport

Departure lounge Milano Linate Airport

Landing at London Heathrow Airport

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