Travel Directions by Mandali Retreat Center: by Plane: the Nearest
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Travel Directions by Mandali Retreat Center: By Plane: The nearest airport is Malpensa (Mxp), Milano International airport, which is 1 hour and 15 minutes drive from/to Mandali. Mandali can organize transfer service upon requests. For now the participants can request the transfer service via email at [email protected] sending Mandali the details: arrival and/or departure time/ flight number/ terminal number and a phone number. Once the online booking system of Mandali will be online, you can book the transfer service directly on Mandali´s website, providing the same details. The prices are, each way: Car, up to 3 persons: Euro 125,00 | Minivan, up to 8 persons: Euro 155,00 Mandali will try to group people according to their arrival times, so you can share the car or minivan. The price to pay will depend on how many persons will share the same car or minivan. Because of this, Mandali won´t ask for advanced payment for the transfer but Mandali asks to pay cash at the arrival or at the departure. Mandalie will give confirmation of the price for the transfer at least one week before the retreat, so everybody will know in advance the amount to pay. By Train: The nearest train station, 8 km from Mandali Retreat Centre, is Omegna, along the train route Domodossola-Novara. Mandali will organize the transfer for you from Omegna station to Mandali. Please send us an email at [email protected] with your arrival time and phone number and we will send you our driver to pick you up. You will find him outside in front of the train station. If you are coming from Switzerland and West Germany the rail connection is Brig to Domodossola. In Domodossola change the train and take the one to direction Novara and get off the train at Omegna station. If you are coming from other parts of Switzerland or Europe you can take the train to Milano Stazione Centrale. From there you can reach Omegna with a train change in Novara ( Milano Centrale to Novara: train direction Torino and then Novara to Omegna: train direction Domodossola). For train timetable and train connections please check the website of Italian railway: www.trenitalia.com Ba Car: If you have GPS navigation device, just write Mandali’s address and it will bring you here easily. Mandali address is: Via Belvedere 2, 28898 Quarna Sopra (Vb) If you are coming from or via Switzerland: • Brig/Simplon Pass: From Autobahn from Domodossola to Lake Maggiore, then take exit Gravellona Toce and continue to Omegna. From Omegna follow the sign to Quarne, and drive 8km uphill. You will reach the village of Quarna Sotto, continue uphill following the main road to the village of Quarna Sopra. At the entrance of the village turn right and follow the main road. You will find signs to “Hotel Belvedere”, the old hotel that was here in the past. Just follow them and you will reach shortly Mandali parking area. • Gotthard or San Bernardino: Drive past Bellinzona and Locarno along Lake Maggiore. Drive along the lake and pass Intra, Pallanza, Fondotoce. Then continue to Gravellona Toce and then Omegna. From Omegna follow the signs to Quarne, and drive 8km uphill. You will reach the village of Quarna Sotto, continue uphill following the main road to the village of Quarna Sopra. At the entrance of the village turn right and follow the main road. You will find signs to “Hotel Belvedere”, the old hotel that was here in the past. Just follow them and you will reach shortly Mandali parking area. If you are coming from or via Milano: • Take the Milano Tangenziale Nord towards the Higway A8 towards Varese/Como/Chiasso/Svizzera, and then merge into A26/E62 towards Gravellona Toce. Take exit Gravellona Toce and continue to Omegna. From Omegna follow the sign to Quarne, and drive 8km uphill. You will reach the village of Quarna Sotto, continue uphill following the main road to the village of Quarna Sopra. At the entrance of the village turn right and follow the main road. You will find signs to “Hotel Belvedere”, the old hotel that was here in the past. Just follow them and you will reach shortly Mandali parking area. If you rent a car at Malpensa airport: • Take the Higway A26/E62 to Gravellona Toce. Take exit Gravellona Toce and continue to Omegna. From Omegna follow the sign to Quarne, and drive 8km uphill. You will reach the village of Quarna Sotto, continue uphill following the main road to the village of Quarna Sopra. At the entrance of the village turn right and follow the main road. You will find signs to “Hotel Belvedere”, the old hotel that was here in the past. Just follow them and you will reach shortly Mandali parking area..