Getting from Milan to Paris (or in the opposite direction) is the most convenient, comfortable and profitable. The distance from Milan to Paris is about 850 km, and in this article BlogoItaliano prepared an overview of possible travel options, their pros and cons, as well as useful services that may be useful for organizing your trip. Traditionally, we will look at all the basic ways, including a plane, train, bus, and rented car.
From Milan to Paris by plane
Air traffic between Milan and Paris is so well developed that the total number of flights per day exceeds the number of all rail and bus flights on this route.
So you can get by plane from Milan to Paris at any time convenient for you, and even much faster than by bus, train or car.
Every day, from 10 to 30 direct flights depart from Milan to Paris, the travel time is about 1.5 hours.
From 10 to 30 direct flights depart daily from Milan to Paris
Budget companies (EasyJet and RyanAir) offer tickets from 30 euros, but during promotions and sales, you can sometimes catch a cheaper price.
Despite lower prices, contacting low-cost airlines is far from always profitable. Requirements and extra charges for baggage, used airports, and also the time of flights of the cheapest flights will not suit all travelers.
Larger carriers (AirFrance and Alitalia) operate flights to more convenient airports, in addition, they feed lunch and take baggage, but their flights are usually more expensive.
You can choose the best price-service ratio using specialized airline search engines. The calendar of low prices of one of the most popular in RuNet - Aviasales - is given below.
From Milan to Paris by train
To get from Milan to Paris by train, you will need from 7 to 12 hours, but, unlike an airplane, you will not need to spend extra time and money on a transfer and waiting at the airport.
In this sense, Italians and tourists are especially fond of the Thello direct night train from Milan Central Station (Milano Centrale) to the Lyon Station in Paris (Paris-Gare-De-Lyon).
The Milan-Paris train leaves at 23:13 and arrives at 9:55. Ticket prices range from 35 to 290 euros, depending on the comfort class.
The Milan-Paris train leaves at 23:13 and arrives at 9:55
If you do not like to spend the night on the road, then at your service are several morning and afternoon trains of the French company TGV, with transfers and without. Prices range from 49 to 230 euros. Trains run from Port Garibaldi Station in Milan to the Lyons Station in Paris.
Since Milan-Paris trains are very popular regardless of the season, it is better to purchase tickets for them in advance - via the Internet. This can be done through the service Omio.ru former GoEuro.
The main convenience of the service is that it keeps track of the timetable and tickets of many European railway companies at the same time and makes it easy to find the most advantageous offer.
Another useful feature of the service is the opportunity to get a 10 Euro discount on tickets worth over 40 Euro. This option is available only for registered users and only 1 time.
To apply a discount to your trip, go through a short registration in the service at this special link. The discount will be available immediately after registration. In more detail about all the nuances BlogoItaliano wrote in a special article How to get a 10 Euro discount on trains in Italy in 5 minutes.
You can check the current schedule and prices of Paris-Milan trains on this page.
From Milan to Paris by bus
Perhaps, getting from Milan to Paris by bus is convenient only for those who are willing to sacrifice comfort and time for the sake of economy, but there is no guarantee that it will be possible to find an offer that is more profitable than by train.
For comparison: the cost of a direct night flight from Milan to Paris by Eurolines bus starts from 28 euros, while on the way you will spend about 14 hours. Ouibus offers a night flight for 58 euros, while the journey will take a little less - 13.5 hours.
Flixbus ticket sales held regularly
The most popular among Russian-speaking travelers is the Flixbus carrier, which offers tickets on the route from 38 euros. There are quite a lot of flights, and the travel time will be from 12 hours.
In addition, sales are regularly held at Flixbus, which increases the chances of finding tickets at a better price. You can check the current flight schedule and prices for the desired dates on this page.
From Paris to Milan by car
As we mentioned earlier, the distance from Paris to Milan is about 850 km, and if you are not too keen on stops along the way, you can overcome it in about 10 hours.
The route that is optimal from the point of view of time costs will run along the axis of Milan-Ivrea-Chamonix-Geneva-Macon-Bon-Paris.
By car from Milan to Paris can be reached in 10 hours
It should be understood that in both countries there are toll roads, which automatically increases the budget of the trip. You can make an indicative calculation of the cost of gasoline and toll road sections depending on the route on the viamichelin website.
For those who are planning a car trip on a rented car, there is one more important point: when renting a car, you should pay special attention to the possibility of crossing borders, since many car dealers can restrict this option in their contracts.
To speed up the process of selecting a car for such a trip, you can use the specialized service for comparing car rental prices, the largest of which in Europe is Rentalcars.
Rentalcars helps you choose the best car rental offer
The system online monitors the conditions of the largest car rental services and allows you to select the most advantageous offer available on the market in a few clicks. You can try the system in action on this page.
And here you are in Paris / Milan
Both Paris and Milan are large and expensive cities. And if you do not plan a trip on the principle of "We live once", then here are some tips that may come in handy.
In each of the cities at any time there is a huge number of hotels conducting sales for the period of your trip. With their help, you can save from 40% to 70% on housing.
Actual selection of hotels with promotions in Paris:
Current special offers in Milan:
Another way to find colorful accommodation for your trip is to use the world's largest apartment rental service, Airbnb. There are thousands of options in both cities.
If you have never used the service, then when registering in the system using this link you can get a discount coupon from 15 to 35 Euro for your first rental. For more on how this works, BlogoItaliano wrote in this article.
BlogoItaliano has useful articles for 1-day plans, both in Paris and Milan, which will help you find your way in both cities much easier:
- What to see in Paris on your own in 1 day
- What to see in Milan on your own in 1 day
But even more useful may be our specialized audio guides for the iPhone for Milan link and Paris link, which work even without the Internet. Each of them is an application with a map, on which about 60 points are marked as part of a single thought-out route and more than an hour and a half of audio stories about the most important sights.
In the trial version of each application, you can listen to the first 5 points of the tour for free, but in order to open all the objects, you will need to purchase the full version. It costs only 5 Euros, which is much cheaper than even the most budget tours.
- Download Milan App for iPhone
- Download the Paris app for iPhone
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Happy Travel!
