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What you need to know before making any personal travel plans during your study abroad program
What you need to know before making any personal travel plans during your study abroad program
Students are required to hold off on making personal/leisure-related travel plans until after consulting the program calendar and attending on-site orientation.
Students are required to prioritize their academics and program excursions when planning personal/leisure travel.
Students are required to submit a travel form before planned departure. Students will be required to respect any travel limitations established by the University of Illinois and/or the on-site staff in Pavia, and understand that this is not a guarantee of safety.
Students travel at their own risk before or after the program.
THREE-TIERED APPROACH TO TRAVEL
THREE-TIERED APPROACH TO TRAVEL
LAS International Programs and the on-site staff in Pavia encourage all students to consider a three-tiered approach to travel while in Pavia.
Use the first month of your semester abroad to explore Pavia and nearby areas independently.
Use your second month abroad to incorporate independent exploration within Italy.
Starting from your third month abroad, you can also partake in independent travel within Europe.
This approach will allow you to integrate yourself into your host city, as Pavia is a vibrant university town with countless events, museums, and restaurants to explore, and find the right balance between your academic obligations, travel opportunities, and overall self-care and pacing through the semester.
GETTING AROUND IN ITALY
GETTING AROUND IN ITALY
Although the low cost of flights to other European capitals may seem advantageous remember to consider the cost of food, lodging, getting to and from airports, and the limited time available to really see other cities. Also, remember that aviation remains one of the most polluting forms of transportation. If you do want to travel outside of Italy consider limiting your international trips to one or two focused and well-planned excursions.
LAS International Programs strongly encourage students to take advantage of all that Pavia has to offer by spending free time in and around the city where they will live.
Trains
Trains
Most Italians travel around Italy by high-speed trains reaching main cities like Milan, Turin, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Naples, and Salerno. The best way to take advantage of train travel is by planning your trip in advance. Before making a reservation check the website for promotions. There are two different companies to travel with: Trenitalia and Italo.
Trenitalia: You can find all the information and book your train tickets on the website trenitalia.com or you can buy tickets directly at Pavia’s main train station TERMINI at any self-service machine.
To book your trip with Trenitalia: go to the website www.trenitalia.com. Click on the English tab in the top right corner, enter your destination and trip information, and hit search. Select a time/price option and hit “continue”, register to the website clicking on “non sono registrato” and write your email address to receive your code. Proceed to booking.
Italo: You can find all the information and book your train tickets on the website Italotreno.it.
To book your trip with Italo: go to the website www.italotreno.it, click on the English tab on the left side of the page, enter your destination and trip information, and hit search. Select a time/price option and hit “continue”.
Bus
Bus
There is no national bus network, but buses can be useful to get to towns in the countryside between the big city centers.
Airports
Airports
Rome has two airports: one large (Fiumicino) and one medium (Ciampino).
Bologna: one medium-sized airport
Florence: one small airport
Milan has three airports: one large (Malpensa) and two medium (Bergamo-Orio al Serio and Linate)
Pisa: one medium-sized airport
ENJOY PAVIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
ENJOY PAVIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
Exploring Northern Italy
Exploring Northern Italy
Pavia is close to the Swiss border and is well-connected (especially by train) to many of the major tourist attractions of Northern Italy:
Ligurian coast & Cinque Terre
Lakes of Como & Garda
Mountain range of the Alps
Industrial capitals such as Milan & Turin
Culinary capitals such as Parma, Modena & Bologna
Day trips from Pavia
Day trips from Pavia
The following cities are only a short train ride away!
Certosa di Pavia
Lecco
Bergamo
Piacenza
Alessandria
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