Milan private transfers: city rides, Fiera, lakes and beyond

Getting around the city

Most rides in Milan are between hotels, offices, restaurants and showrooms. You know the price beforehand, there's no meter running, and the driver waits at the door.

Central Milan has several restricted-traffic zones, but they hardly affect a car with driver:

• Area C. The congestion charge applies on weekdays from 7:30 to 19:30. A private car pays €7.50 a day. A licensed NCC car has a registered number plate, so it's exempt.
• The fashion district. Since May 2025 this has been a 24-hour ZTL covering Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Via Manzoni, San Babila and Piazza della Scala. Cars with drivers and vehicles carrying hotel guests are allowed in, and you're dropped at the hotel entrance.
• Isola. Since September 2026 the district has had a night-time ZTL, from 19:30 to 06:00. Cars with drivers can still enter.

Centrale, Garibaldi and Cadorna stations

The driver waits with a name sign at the end of the platform, takes your luggage and drives you on across the city or anywhere in Lombardy. A station pick-up starts at €70.

Private cars can't enter Piazza IV Novembre in front of Milano Centrale: it's reserved for taxis, buses and trams, and cameras enforce the ban. The old Kiss & Ride area on Piazza Duca d'Aosta no longer exists.

So the car usually waits in the FS Park P2 car park on Piazza Duca d'Aosta, on the Piazza Luigi di Savoia side. It's open around the clock, and the first 10 minutes are free. The driver will message you the exact spot before you meet up.

Heading to the airport alone with light bags? Buses for Malpensa, Linate and Bergamo leave from Piazza Luigi di Savoia, on the east side of the station. With suitcases, children or a group, a car from your hotel door is easier.

Trade fairs, fashion shows, matches

A typical day: the Fiera Milano halls in Rho or in town in the morning, then a show or a match at San Siro in the evening. A ride to Rho Fiera costs €70. During fair weeks cars are in short supply, so book 3–5 days ahead.

The busiest dates of 2027:

• Women's Fashion Week, 23 February – 1 March. From 18 to 20 February the city also hosts a Formula 1 event.
• Salone del Mobile, 13–18 April at Rho Fiera. The tightest week of the year for both hotels and cars.

On those days the ring roads around Milan stay jammed for longer than usual, so allow extra time for the drive out to Rho.

The lakes and days out

From Milan it's easy to spend the day at the lakes and be back for dinner. Como and Cernobbio are about 50 minutes away, €85 in a saloon. Bellagio is roughly an hour and a half, and the driver takes you to your villa or lakeside hotel.

To see several places, book the car for a full day, from €480. Typical choices are Como with Bellagio, Lake Garda, the Franciacorta wineries or Florence. The driver waits at every stop.

Moving on from Milan to Venice or Lake Garda? You can break the journey in Verona or Sirmione. A stop costs from €30, and you see the total when you book.

A driver for a few hours

For a string of meetings, a roadshow or a wedding, it's simpler to book a car with driver for a set time than to order each leg separately. It costs €70 an hour, with a minimum booking of 3 hours. The car waits between addresses, and you can change the route as the day goes on.

The cars are driven by licensed NCC drivers who speak Italian, English and Russian.

Fares from Milan to other cities

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Motorway tolls and luggage are already in the price. Child seats are free, and the return trip is 10% cheaper. You pay the driver on the spot, by card or in cash, with no prepayment.

From the airports into central Milan, a saloon costs €70 from Linate and €100 from Malpensa or Bergamo. Each airport's page explains where you're met.