After a fairly quick and hassle-free 3 hour journey with Ryanair, I arrived at Orio al Serio airport, also known as the Milan-Bergamo airport. I had learned that it was fairly easy to travel from Milan-Bergamo airport to Brescia, my destination, and therefore I chose this airport over it's cousin Malpensa counterpart, which is the other airport close to Milan. I arrived fairly late at 10pm (Ryanair's erratic times are always a bit of a down-side) and I have to say I was expecting a lot. Expectation also built because of the wonderful birds-eye view scenes you see before touching down and all the exotic excitedness of being in a brand new country. Yet, as the ...  Read the complete review

I would disagree with the person who described this as the gateway to hell. I have traveled many times to Bergamo and yes it is no flash airport with the trimmings and expense of some of the bigger airports but it is a small friendly airport that is easy to get around and at the end of the day much better than some of the other budget airline airports I have been to in the past. If you want flash then I am afraid you will have to pay the more expensive flights as it is the airports that set the taxes. If however like me you want a cheap flight to a beautiful holiday region with a perfectly acceptable airport that has very good transport links with the cities of Bergamo ..  Read the complete review

I recently took a trip to Milan - and by using the extremely cheap and not so cheerful Ryanair - I became another passenger at the busy Bergamo Airport. Located just outside the bustling provincial city of Bergamo, opposite an out-of-town shopping centre, and only an hour East of Milan, this airport is both convenient and modern, having recently benefitted from becoming a Ryanair hub. Whilst certainly in need of a new terminal due to the explosion in passenger numbers, the current setup is efficient and friendly enough, although the lack of catering and shopping beyond Passport Control certainly had the British passengers in a tizz - how can they ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ Bergamo Airport, or to give it it’s full title Orio al Serio International Airport, is located in northern Italy almost midway between Milan and the Lake Garda district, and just off the main A4 motorway from Milan to Venice. ~ ~ We decided to use Bergamo Airport for two main reasons. Number one is that it is the main airport used by the budget airline Ryanair for the district, and number two is that it is very conveniently located for the Lake Garda district where we spent our recent holiday. (June 2006) This is one of the very few favourable comments I will have to make about this airport, as it was only a little over a 100 kilometres from Pischiera on ...  Read the complete review