Venue

Your destination is the town of Gargnano on the west coast of the Garda lake. Gargnano is a very small town, where every place is reachable in a few minutes on foot from any other place. The conference venue and the hotel recommended on this site are all close to the center of the town, built around a small harbour.

How to reach Gargnano

Directly by car:

  • From North: from the Brennero highway (A22), exit "Rovereto Sud", follow indications to Riva del Garda and from there go along the road "SS 45bis - Gardesana Occidentale", direction South (45 km).
  • From South: from the Milano-Venezia highway (A4), exit "Brescia Est" or "Desenzano", follow indications to Salo' and from there go along the road "SS 45bis - Gardesana Occidentale", direction North (30 km).

Directly by train:
Oops! There is no railway there... :-)

Directly by bus:

  • from Brescia railway station (Sia Bus, every hour, approx). It takes from one hour up to one hour and 30', depending on the schedule.
  • from Desenzano railway station (Trasporti Brescia Bus) closer than Brescia, but buses are less frequent.
  • from Rovereto railway station (Trentino Trasporti) to Riva del Garda and from Riva del Garda to Gargnano.
All these starting points for bus rides can be reached by Metro or by train from the airports listed below.

If you fly to Bergamo Airport (a.k.a. Orio al Serio, a.k.a. Caravaggio):

  • From Bergamo airport to Brescia railway station: by bus in 1 hour (Autostradale, see timetable), then from Brescia railway station (Sia Bus, every hour) in 1 hour.

If you fly to Milano Malpensa:

  • by bus (Malpensa Shuttle, see timetable) to Milano, Central railway station.
  • If you want to proceed to Brescia or Desenzano by train, look for trains to Brescia > Verona > Venezia.
  • by train (Malpensa Express, see timetable) to Milano, Cadorna railway station.
  • If you want to go to the Central railway station (to proceed by train to Brescia or Desenzano), take the Metro line n.2 "green", direction "Cologno/Gessate", and get down at "Centrale F.S." stop.

If you fly to Milano Linate:

  • threre is a bus service connecting Linate airport with Centrale train station in 25 minutes, daily service every 30 minutes. More information following this link.

Milano Metro:
You can buy Metro tickets from the newspaper vendors at any Metro stop. Here is the Metro map.

If you fly to minor airports:

  • From Brescia airport (Gabriele D'Annunzio) to Brescia railway station: by bus in 25 minutes (CGA, see timetable).
  • From Verona airport (Marco Valerio Catullo) to Verona Porta Nuova railway station, by bus (APTV, a bus every 20 minutes).
  • From Venezia airport (Marco Polo) to Venezia Santa Lucia railway station (piazzale Roma), either by ATVO shuttle bus in 20 minutes (a bus every 30 minutes, see timetable) or by ACTV line bus n.5 in 30 minutes (see timetable), or from the same airport to Mestre railway station either by ATVO shuttle bus (see timetable) or by ACTV line bus n.15 (see timetable).
  • Verona and Venezia are frequently connected by train to Desenzano and Brescia (trains from Venezia to Mestre > Verona > Desenzano > Brescia > Milano).

Online resources:
If you cannot find your favourite way to reach Gargnano in the list above, perhaps this site contains the updated information you need.

Directly by boat:
if you feel romantic and you are not in a hurry, you can consider reaching Gargnano by boat, from any of the towns around the lake, for instance Riva del Garda (north) or Desenzano (south). See timetable.

Directly by teleportation:
strongly encouraged, but check your coordinates and pay attention to the lake! :-)

Do you need help?:
For any request or need, feel free to contact the organizing committee.
We will be pleased to help you planning a cheaper, faster and better travel.