Cultural Sightseeing Tours in Milan
Via Paladini 7 · Milano 20133 · Italy ·
Phone +39 02 7015171 · Fax +39 02 70105971 ·
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Sightseeing Tours Milan - Useful Travel Tips
Useful information for your stay |
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| 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. |
| 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 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). |