Surprised to see so many bad reviews here. I used BikeMi both days I've been in Milan, including…read morefor 32 miles today, for a flat rate of 5 1/2 euros per day (plus a 1/2 euro penalty each day, which I'm not sure what for, but that's still only 6 euros). That's basically 19 US cents per mile for today's ride...almost as cheap as walking. Didn't really have any problems with the bikes, other than the gear shifter sometimes being delayed when shifting into a lower gear. When you approach the bike rack and unlock a bike with the app, it automatically picks a bike for you. If for some reason you don't want that bike - for instance, a couple it assigned me had old gear shifters so you couldn't read what gear it was in - you just put that bike back, wait for it to lock, and then follow the same process to unlock another bike. The bike I had today seemed to hold up great, and was lighter than the Citi Bikes we have in NY.

#85-2016: I know, a…read morebicycle lover like me should assign (hands down) a full 5-star review to such a great service as this but follow me in my train of thoughts and you will understand (and most of all agree with) my 2 stars final score. First off, http://www.atm.it/en/ViaggiaConNoi/Bici/Pages/BikeMi.aspx gives you an idea of what the service is and what it has to offer: the concept is GENIUS!! Need to get from point A to point B without feeling like you wanna hit someone due to crazy traffic? Go to a pick-up point (you can check how many bikes are available and which location is nearest to you with this link https://wap.bikemi.com/en/stations-map.aspx), grab your bike, ride it and arrive to your destination and drop your bike? NOPE.. unless you drop it off at an BIKEME point it will still count against your minutes of use!! So, unlike the car sharing concept you are STILL obliged to find a spot to drop off the bike and go on with your life. Did I mention you need to get a subscription to use this "fantastic" mean of transportation? It gives quite a few options but the subscription grants you privileges to use the bikes NOT a set amount of minutes you can ride per (let's say) a day exceeding 30 minutes. You pay for the amount of time you use the bike and you can't keep the bike overnight, you pay for the time but you can't exceed a set amount of hours per day usage, you pay to get a service and then you pay the usage. "But I can then pick up a bike anywhere I want in the city, ride it for X amount of time and drop it of anywhere I want without worrying it being stolen". And that is where you are wrong my friends. .. So, now you have subscribed to the service and you are convinced that you will find a bikeme station within, say, 1-2 blocks from where you live... YA right... UNLESS you live within the city center, there will be no chance in hell to find a station which is comfortably within walking distance from you. In order to do the right thing (which I already do with my own bike at the risk of having it stolen) I have to hop on a metro or bus and THEN get to (say) piazza Piemonte to grab a bike and do my rounds? The way I look at it is, should you need to run errands during your working hours (related to your job obviously) and you are in luck with stations being close to both point A and B, then this is the thing for you (feel free to consult ahead of time the location of the bikeme points https://wap.bikemi.com/en/stations-map.aspx) Otherwise, just run the risk of getting your bike stolen. PS: yes, I DID try to like this service, I was even gifted the subscription and I even tried it a total of 3 times... I really wanted to love it.. but like many other things, unless it is love at first sight (in this case at first ride), it isn't meant to be.

Milano Cadorna is in a good spot within the city, being close to Castello Sforzesco. It has 10…read moreplatforms and serves the Malpensa Express, for those heading to Malpensa Airport. There are a couple of shops inside to get essentials or a snack/drink before getting on your train, and a Carrefour Express across the way for basic grocery essentials. The station is easy to follow, with the huge red posts being an iconic and instantly recognisable symbol of the station. Not too big, or exciting, but certainly does the job, even though it certainly can't compete with Milano Centrale. 3*

I used this station as my transit point to the airport. It was not busy so it made figuring out…read morewhere to buy my tickets and where to go very easy. Initially I was going to go back to the Central Station, but I'm glad these I did not.

3.5-4 stars. Definitely got the job done with minimal fuss. Well priced for the location, I found…read moreit easy to get around the city from this hotel. It was also easy enough to walk up to the Duomo, and I found the area safe at night for a single woman walking around the city alone. Considering the price and included breakfast, which saved me from having to buy one meal every day, I would come back. The wifi costs money to access, but I think it's for a set number of hours. So you pay for 24 hours, but that means you log on and it counts the hours you're online only. It's not like it counts until 24 hours from the moment you log on.

Hotels in Milan are bl**dy expensive…read more I ended up here, a 3 stars that charges over 100 euro per night. Even if the location is very central the hotel is located in a practically dead part of the city. Very few restaurants/bars nearby, the closest for food is the super-touristic Duomo area. I'm here for business so I got a single room. I got a mini single bed and I can barely move in the tiny room LOL Rooms are clean, and reception helpful but the breakfast is catastrophic. Very cheap ingredients, super bad coffee, powder orange juice. You better forget about breakfast at the hotel and go for cappuccino and croissant at a nearby place.