MILAN - BERGAMO AIRPORT

The Milan-Bergamo Airport is located just 5km from the city of Bergamo. Named after the great painter Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, it is the third largest airport in Italy with more than 12 million passengers a year.

130 destinations in 35 countries, it is the airport in the heart of Northern Italy. This strategic and privileged position makes it perfect for visiting Bergamo, Milan, Lombardy and all the regions of northern Italy.

It was founded in 1937 for military purposes and became a civil airport in 1971, a few months after the establishment of SACBO, Society for the Civil Airport of Bergamo - Orio al Serio, thus becoming the third Lombard airport. Initially the routes covered were regular domestic flights, then commercial flights were added.

Between the end of the 1990s and the beginning of 2000, the Orio al Serio airport exploded. In 1999 it surpassed one million passengers annually for the first time.

It was the low-cost flights that made the fortune of this airport. Like an arrow shooting upwards that seems to know no descent, the airport began a steady and decidedly conspicuous growth.

The airport is mainly used by low cost airlines. It is ranked first in Italy for number of low-cost passengers and according to research by Skytrax, a specialised British research company, it is one of the 10 best low-cost airports in the world.

Connected every 20 minutes with the city of Bergamo, it is 50km from Milan and three bus companies provide shuttle services to and from the capital of Lombardy every day.

There is a commercial area designed to meet all passengers’ needs. To make your trip unique and your stop at Caravaggio airport pleasant, there is an entire gallery of shops where you can buy clothing, accessories, books and newspapers, food and wine products, objects and souvenirs.

Before leaving, treat yourself to a coffee break, a snack or a quick lunch in over 20 cafes and restaurants or spoil yourself at the gourmet Vicook Bistrot where the dishes are a combination of excellence by Da Vittorio (3 Michelin stars) and international flavours.