1. Location & transportation:
A. by metro or tram
200 meters on foot from metro station. Easily accessible by metro and I guess tram as it passes by the house of Annalisa but could not comment more if the tram as we only used metro to reach places we wanted to go or see. Just 2 stops from Centrale Station.
B. Malpensa airport:
Our early flight was cancelled so we ended up arriving in Malpensa airport around 22:00 so take note:
If you are traveling from malpensa to Centrale Station
2 ways to get to the Milan Centrale- either by malpensa express 50 min journey which unfortunately is only up to 22:35 so if you arrive late from Malpensa- other 2 options to get to Milan Centrale is by bus 50-60 min journey 8 Euro or taxi which cost you a lot 90-100 euro. And when getting taxis to further reach your destination- always use meter taxi. I also recommend downloading “mytaxi” apps- we used for booking early taxi from our accommodation to train station and it’s very easy to book for a cab and they speak English.
2. Getting around places: we bought 4.50 Euro for 24 hours which you can use for all transportations. Better than buying single journey every time which is 1.50 Euro. I would not recommend buying Milan card or milan pass. It’s cheaper getting there and buy ticket from where you start your journey.
3. For Filipinos like me who loves Jollibee- it’s just 100 meters away from popular Duomo or milan church.
4. Visiting Duomo with roof top access- I would recommend getting in around 5.50 pm and wait for sunset- it’s worth staying up longer at the roof top. The downside was that we did not have the chance to see the inside of the church as we prefer staying on the roof top. Mind you the last admission to get to roof top is 6pm and last admission to see the inside church is 6.10 pm. They are very strict with times. Once you are in after those times- you can stay as long as you want or until they will tell you to leave. Another thing to take note: Once you get down to see inside church after the roof top access, you cannot go back up to the top of the church if you are planning to do that.
3. Hop on hop off bus was not very useful or helpful. Better buy 24 or 48 hours ticket for all transportations to get you to where you wanted to be.