Car rental in Milan

Milan by car

Milan trades on design, finance and fog, a place of courtyards hidden behind plain facades and canals mostly paved over. Winter smog settles under the Alps for days at a time, and the response has been ever stricter rules on what may enter.

Driving in Milan

Milan is reached by A1, A4, A8 and A51 Tangenziale Est. Milan has a low-emission zone: check that the car meets its emission rules before driving in. Parking in the centre is paid and marked by zone. Driving through the centre is restricted, so most drivers park on the edge.

Where to park

ATM runs large, clearly signed interchange car parks beside exits of the motorway ringroad, each tied into the metro network. They sit at Cascina Gobba in the east, Lampugnano, Molino Dorino, Bonola and Rho-Pero in the north-west, Bisceglie in the south-west and San Donato in the south-east.

Arriving by road

Toll motorways reach Milan from every direction, including from France and Switzerland, and through traffic adds to heavy congestion that eases at weekends. In town, ring roads called circonvallazioni enclose the core, the innermost being the Cerchia dei Navigli, while long viali and corsi cut across them from the outskirts towards the centre.

From the airport without a car

Linate Airport is on metro line M4, which connects with the other lines, and a shuttle bus from Terminal Entrance 6 runs via Lambrate to Milano Centrale. Malpensa has the Malpensa Express rail link plus bus lines, and trains for it also leave Porta Garibaldi, on MM2 and MM5. Orio al Serio airport coaches depart just outside arrivals and return from Ferrante Aporti, east of Central Station.