Useful Travel Tips
Useful information for your stay
Useful information for your stay - currency - language - electric supply
Currency
In Italy the currency is Euro from January 1, 2002. In some shops you will still find the price in liras with the change in euro. The coins of euro are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 2 euros. The notes are 5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 500 €. Shops accept all notes but we suggest that you avoid to use 200 and 500 € notes. Most of the shops accept all kinds of credit cards.
Language
The native language is Italian but at the hotel our staff speaks fluently French, English, German and Spanish.
Electric supply
In Italy supply is 220 v.
Useful information for your stay - banks - post office - shops opening
Banks
Usually banks open from 8:20 to 1:15 p.m. and from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. (not every bank, you’d better ask). The dispensers for cash drawing are well visible outside the banks.
Post office
The post offices usually open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. all-day (not every office, you’d better ask).
Shops opening
From 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., but in many stores there is all-day opening until 8:00 p.m. and sometimes to 10:00 p.m.. Some shops also open on Sundays.
Useful information for your stay - useful numbers - airports - calls for foreign countries
Useful numbers
112: Carabinieri
113: Police force
115: Firemen
118: Emergency
892021: Trenitalia
803116: ACI
1240: Inquiry about telephone numbers
Airports
Milan has three airports:
Malpensa – Linate – Orio al Serio
Calls for foreign countries
To call a foreign country, dial the international area code and then the user’s number.
Calls from abroad towards Italy
The international area code is +39 then please dial the area code of the location including zero (for Milan +39 02). Please do not dial zero when calling a handy phone through an international code (+39 348). Even when not dialling the international code the first zero is not necessary (348).