Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
1600 arrival into LIN and departing just after noon from Centrale. Thought of Pavia as we could catch our train (1st stop after Milan) there the next morning but rates are not exactly low either.
Had booked a B&B by got mail from the owners saying they're discontinuing the business after end of August.
Figure you'll get to Centrale at around 5PM or later. With a noon train out the following day, you really don't have time to visit anyplace, and would basically just be finding a place to stay other than Milan. Pavia seems a reasonable choice, as if you are going to the coast, it's on the train rout to the coast. You won't have to go back to Milano Centrale to catch a train that will go back past Pavia on the way to the coast. It gives you some extra time. There's really no place great to visit arriving in the evening and leaving the next day at noon. Pavia is as good a choice as any. You'll just be getting dinner, walking around, sleeping, get up. walk around, catch a train. At least it's a smallish town, and will be nice.