Page 209 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Milan & The Lakes

PR A C TIC AL INFORM A TION  207

Disabled Travellers There are two youth hostels in Sempione district, has a small
Milan is a challenging city for Milan: the Ostello della Gioventù organic market on the first
disabled travellers. Pavements P Rotta, where you need an Sunday of each month, while Via
can be uneven or blocked by annual membership card (which F Confalonieri, in the Garibaldi
parked cars, and tram lines can can be bought at the hostel), and area, hosts a similar market on
make crossing the road difficult. La Cordata (Casa Scout). For the second Sunday of each
However, the majority of Milan’s information on youth hostels month. Simply SMA is the city’s
metro system is wheelchair- around the lakes, contact the first eco-supermarket. Natura Si
accessible, as are the green, low- Associazione Italiana Alberghi and Bio c’ Bon are chains selling
level trams. An excellent source per la Gioventù (Italian Youth organic and natural products.
of information for disabled Hostelling Association). Recycling bins are every-
travellers is the AIAS Milano where, while in metro stations,
Onlus website. the salvagiornali bins are a
Italian Time response to the nuisance
Milan is 1 hour ahead of of free newspapers.
Greenwich Mean Time. This Agriturismi Bio lists farm or
means New York and Los Angeles country holidays considered
are 6 and 9 hours behind Italian fully or partly organic.
time, and Moscow is 2 hours
ahead. Tokyo and Sydney are 8
International Student Identity Card and 9 hours ahead respectively.
Student Travellers
The Centro Turistico Studentesco Responsible Travel
(CTS) issues the International Milan doesn’t immediately
Student Identity Card (ISIC) impress the eco-conscious
and discount tickets to people visitor. Things are greener
under 26; these can be used for beneath the surface, however,
travel not only in Milan, but also particularly when it comes to Colourful produce at one of Milan’s
in the rest of Italy and Europe. food. Piazza Gramsci, in the organic markets
DIRECTORY
Consulates Enit US IAT di Gardone Student Travellers
630 Fifth Avenue, Suite Corso Repubblica 8.
UK 1565, NY 10111. Tel 0365-203 47 or Associazione Italiana
Via San Paolo 7. ∑ italiantourism.com Alberghi per la
Map 4 D5. Tel 02-72 30 01. 30 37 48 736. Gioventù
IAT OFFICES
US IAT di Sirmione ∑ aighostels.it
Via Principe Amedeo 2/10. MILAN Viale Marconi 8. Centro Turistico
Map 4 D3. Tel 02-29 03 51. Piazza Castello. Map 3 A4. ∑ comune.sirmione.
∑ visitamilano.it Studentesco
bs.it
Travel Safety LAKE COMO ∑ cts.it
Advice IAT di Bellagio IAT di Toscolano La Cordata
Piazza G Mazzini 12. Maderno Via Burigozzo 11. Map 7
Foreign and ∑ bellagiolakecomo. Via Sacerdoti 1. B3. ∑ lacordata.it
Commonwealth com Tel 0365-64 13 30.
Office (UK) LAKE ISEO ISIC
∑ gov.uk/foreign- IAT di Cernobbio IAT d’Iseo ∑ isic.org
travel-advice Via Regina 33.
Tel 031-51 01 98. Lungolago Marconi 2. Ostello della
US Department of Tel 030-98 02 09. Gioventù P Rotta
State IAT di Como Via Martino Bassi 2. Map 1
∑ travel.state.gov/ Piazza Cavour 17. LAKE MAGGIORE A1. ∑ hostelmilan.org
IAT di Laveno
Department of ∑ lakecomo.org Piazza Italia 2.
Foreign Affairs and IAT di Lecco Tel 0332-66 87 85. Responsible Travel
Trade (Australia) Piazza XX Settembre 23.
∑ dfat.gov.au/ ∑ provincia.lecco.it IAT di Varese Agriturismi Bio
smartraveller.gov.au/ Via Romagnosi 9. ∑ agriturismibio.it
IAT di Tremezzo ∑ vareseland
Tourist Via Regina 3. Tel 0344-404 oftourism.it Bio c’ Bon
∑ bio-c-bon.eu/it
Information 93. (Seasonal opening). Disabled Natura Si
Enit UK LAKE GARDA Travellers ∑ naturasi.it
1 Princes Street, London IAT di Desenzano
W1B 2AY. ∑ italian Via Porto Vecchio 34. AIAS Milano Onlus Simply SMA
touristboard.co.uk Tel 030-374 87 26. ∑ milanopertutti.it Via Novara 15.
206-207_EW_Milan.indd 207 20/10/16 3:16 pm