When

The exhibition site will be open to visitors from 1 May to 31 October. Every day from 10am to 11pm.

Where

The exhibition area stands on a surface of 1.1 million square metres in the municipality of Rho, to the north-west of Milan, practically alongside the Fiera di Rho Pero. It can be reached in around 20 minutes from the centre of Milan and in around 30 from Malpensa.

How to get there

By train. Trenord has made available 380 daily services on lines S5, S6, S11 and S14, stopping at Rho Fiera Expo 2015 station (Triulza entrance, West area). Trenitalia has made available around 70 services, including regional trains, Frecciarossa, Frecciabianca, Intercity and special services to and from Switzerland and France.

By underground. Using the Atm extra-urban ticket on line 1 (red), Rho Fiera stop. Cost: €2.50.

By car. The Expo area can also be reached by private vehicle or car sharing. Four car parks are available, bookable online in the Merlata, Arese, Fiera Milano and Trenno areas. Free shuttle buses will take visitors inside the area.

Tickets

They can be purchased from the Exposition's official website, at the Expo Gate in Piazza Cairoli in Milan and from all authorised resellers. Single, family and seasonal packages are available. If you choose a fixed date, the cost is €34. If you opt for an open date instead, it is €39. The full price list is available at this link. Children aged 0 to 3 enter free of charge, while those aged 4 to 13 will pay a reduced price. Special discounts are available for the over-65s, people with disabilities and students (€10). Evening entry, from 7pm until closing, will cost €5.

For families

A dedicated service for families exists. In the area in front of the entrances, there is an identification wristband distribution service for all children, to make it easier to find them should the little ones become separated from their parents. Also available are nurseries, a "Welcome Area" with complimentary free pushchairs and a Welcome kit (for children aged 0 to 3) containing logistical information on all the Hospitality points/services dedicated to families.

Accessibility for people with disabilities

Particular attention will be given to accessibility. The event's organisation has been designed to ensure access and usability for everyone. Discounts are offered for people with disabilities and their companions. An internal shuttle service, the People Mover, is also available, which will travel clockwise around the entire exhibition site.

The official Expo 2015 app

Available for Android and iOS, the official and free app is the official mobile guide. Continuously evolving over time, it will be enriched with new content and features.

The social info point

@AskExpo is an online, real-time service designed for all visitors. Born out of a collaboration with Twitter Italia, it provides all information on logistical aspects, entertainment tips, points of interest and visitor services in 140 characters.

The Expo magazine

A website entirely dedicated to all the news about Expo 2015. Not only events and useful information, but interviews, encounters and stories that embrace the entire world of sustainable and conscious food.

The guide to Expo

This website is entirely dedicated to visitors, to plan and always have at hand — on a PC or tablet — all the information on events, tours and places to visit. It is possible to personalise your visit based on your interests, the pavilions you want to visit and the events you want to attend.

The pavilions

Between the Cardo and the Decumano, the two main thoroughfares of the exhibition site, the 53 pavilions built by as many nations are arranged. Here it will be possible to touch, taste and see all the national excellences, technologies, innovations and projects of each country. Standing above them all will be Palazzo Italia, representing an urban forest in which visitors will be able to immerse themselves.

The clusters

Nine in total, each representing a different thematic area. Here, countries are not grouped in collective pavilions but according to thematic identities and food supply chains. There is thus the cluster dedicated to rice, one to cocoa and chocolate, one to coffee and one designed for fruit and pulses. Spices, cereals and tubers, bio-Mediterranean, islands sea and food, and arid zones will complete the tour of the world.

The thematic areas

There are 5 and they fully encompass the theme of the Exposition, "Feeding the planet, energy for life". There is thus Pavilion Zero, which introduces the visit to Expo and tells the story of humankind on Earth through its relationship with nature and food. The Future Food District, which tells the story of the future of food, the Children Park dedicated to children, and the Parco della Biodiversità, dedicated to nature instead. Arts&Foods is the only one outside the site, located at the Triennale.

The other venues of Expo

Open Air Theatre. Located to the south of the cardinal points of the Cardo and the Decumano, it hosts a space dedicated to outdoor events. Concerts, shows and ceremonies will be held here. The Cirque du Soleil will also perform here with the show ALLAVITA!

Lake Arena. Located to the north. A body of water surrounded by terraced seating and trees. At its centre, the evocative Albero della Vita.

La collina mediterranea. A panoramic viewpoint dominating the entire area. With its height of 12 metres, it is one of the great landmarks, with an olive grove and a woodland comparable to the Mediterranean forest of Quarto Freddo.

The Expo Center. Located near the western entrance of the exhibition site. 129,000 cubic metres designed to host indoor events.

Cascina Triulza. Perhaps the oldest place at Expo, today completely renovated, which recalls the farming vocation of the area surrounding the city of Milan. It will host numerous organisations operating within civil society.

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