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From Milano’s
Malpensa Airport
-
 Leaving
the airport, follow the green A4 TORINO (or A4 TORINO-MILANO) signs.
Green signs are for autostrade.
- You will enter a divided highway: ss336/ss336dir.
- Follow the green A4 signs for direction to TORINO;
you will enter it at the Marcallo-Mesero entrance
- Stop at the toll booth. Stare at the machinery:
there are no instructions!! When bored, press the large red "panic"
button and feign amazement when it spits out a toll ticket.
- Take the direction of TORINO.
- Take care when entering the Autostrada because the
entrance is short and you are merging with fast-moving traffic.
Select a low gear and floor the accelerator!
- You will be on the Autostrada for 49 km.
-
 A
recommended stop for coffee, hydration, or a snack is the roadside
stop Autogrill, which you run into after 15.6 km. Follow the signs
"Area servizio Novara nord".
- Exit at Carisio, which is at kilometer marker 54.4.
Uscita is the italian word for exit.
- Pick a staffed toll lane (avoid the Telepass
ones) and give your toll ticket to the attendant; you can pay the toll
of
with a credit card (recommended).
From Carisio exit
to Biella (hotel Agorà)
- Follow the blue signs for BIELLA. At the exit of
the autostrada, take a right.
- After 1km, at the first light, take a left on
ss230.
- You will be in Biella in 17 km.
-
 At
a big ugly roundabout with center "art" of multiple bright
non-matching colors, you’ve entered Biella (see map below). Follow
the signs for CENTRO ( )
–
town center
–
and go straight.
- At the next roundabout, keep going straight,
following signs for CENTRO.
- At the third roundabout, keep going straight,
following signs for CENTRO.
- Four blocks later, following the signs for CENTRO,
you will be taking a left into via Bengasi.
- At the third light take a right into via Torino.
- Take the first left; you will be in via Lorenzo
Delleani.
- The entrance to the hotel’s parking garage is very
well signposted and will be on your right at number 8 just after the
up ramp from an underground public parking; ring the bell and they
will open the entrance for you.
From Torino’s
Caselle Airport
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Leaving the airport, follow the green "Autostrade" or
"A4 MILANO" signs.
- You will find a "barriera" where you must pay a
toll of about
€1; pick a staffed lane (avoid the Telepass
ones). You can pay the toll with a credit card (recommended).
- Make sure you keep following the "A4 MILANO" signs.
- You will find another "barriera". Avoid the
Telepass
lanes, and stop at the toll booth. Stare at the machinery: there are
no instructions!! When bored, press the large red "panic" button and
feign amazement when it spits out a toll ticket.
- Exit at Carisio, which is at kilometer marker 54.4.
Uscita is the italian word for exit.
- Pick a staffed toll lane (avoid the Telepass
ones) and give your toll ticket to the attendant; you can pay the toll
of
€2.90
with a credit card (recommended)..
- Follow the instructions "from
Carisio exit to Biella" above.
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