Attending Milan Design Week 2026? Here’s How to Travel Smarter with Ricasoli Travel

Every April, Milan becomes the centre of the global design world. Showrooms open across the city, installations take over its streets and piazzas, and professionals, collectors and creative directors arrive from every continent.

Milan Design Week 2026 runs from 21 to 26 April, with Fuorisalone activating the city from 20 April. For those attending, how you move through Milan defines the quality of your experience.

A week that transforms the city

The Salone del Mobile at Fiera Milano drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors across six days. Beyond the fair, Fuorisalone spreads over 1,000 events across the city, from Brera Design District and Tortona to 5Vie and Isola, each neighbourhood operating as its own programme.

With this volume of people, Milan’s streets quickly become difficult to navigate. Public transport is overwhelmed, and taxis are, moreover, in short supply. The city’s ZTL restricted traffic zones add a layer of complexity for visitors unfamiliar with the road network. As a result, getting between appointments, openings and the fair itself requires a level of coordination that most visitors underestimate. Plan your Milan Design Week 2026 journey with Ricasoli Travel.

A city where private transport is the primary route

During Design Week, a private driver is the most efficient way to maintain a full programme. A chauffeur familiar with Milan’s layout, restricted zones and real-time traffic allows you to move between the fair at Rho Fiera and the Fuorisalone districts without interruption, arriving on schedule for every appointment.

At Ricasoli Travel, we coordinate private drivers are coordinated as part of a wider travel structure. We align transfers from Malpensa, Linate or Bergamo Orio al Serio airports with your flight arrivals, so your driver is ready and waiting when you land. A driver at disposal is available by the hour or for the full day, adapting to a programme that changes, as all Design Week programmes do. Arrive on time, move freely and focus entirely on design, start planning and speak with a travel advisor.

Integrated travel for the full week

Alongside chauffeur services, we also coordinate:

• Hotel reservations at curated properties in Milan’s most strategic locations, secured in advance
• Commercial flights in business and first class, including complex multi-city itineraries and last minute re-routing handled by a dedicated advisor
• Private jet and helicopter charter for clients requiring full schedule flexibility or arriving from elsewhere in Europe

This integrated structure ensures that every element of the trip works together, from the first transfer to the final evening. Get in touch with our team.

Salone del Mobile: the centrepiece of the design calendar

The 64th edition of the Salone del Mobile brings together more than 1,900 exhibitors across 169,000 square metres of exhibition space, completely sold out. EuroCucina, the International Bathroom Exhibition and SaloneSatellite, dedicated to emerging designers, make this the most concentrated moment in the global design year. For professionals and collectors, arriving prepared, on time and without the friction of self-managed logistics is what allows the fair to be experienced at its full value. Book your journey now.

Experience Milan Design Week without the friction

Milan Design Week is defined by energy, beauty and precision. Travel during this period should reflect the same qualities. Whether you are attending the Salone, visiting showrooms across the city or hosting clients throughout the week, Ricasoli Travel coordinates every element so that your focus remains where it belongs.

Speak to a travel advisor to plan your Milan Design Week 2026.

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