Accessibility

Everything you need to know about visiting the fair for people with disabilities and specific needs 

Entry ticket and Priority Pass
For visitors with disabilities and their carers (where required for visit support purposes), the Salone del Mobile.Milano provides for:

- free entry tickets to the trade fair
- Priority Passes enabling queues to be jumped at the tills in some of the catering facilities at Fiera Milano. Carers may only use Priority Passes when accompanying people with disabilities.


Ticket Desks: Free Entry Tickets and Priority Passes 
Free tickets and Priority Passes can be collected from the ticket desks in all the trade fair Reception areas: Porta Est/East Gate, Porta Sud/South Gate, Porta Ovest/West Gate and Reception in Pavilions 1/3. They will be distinguished as follows: 

- Porta Est/East Gate: Priority Pass desk at Reception at the external arrival area at Fiera Milano
- Porta Sud/South Gate: Quick Ticket desk at Reception inside Porta Sud/South Gate 
- Porta Ovest/West Gate: Quick Ticket desk in the external Reception on Floor  +1 of Porta Ovest/West Gate (there is a lift from street level) 
- Reception Pavs. 1/3: Quick Ticket desk at Reception leading to Pavs. 1/3

All the dedicated ticket desks for visitors with disabilities are easily accessible via a  dedicated lane, designated Priority Line.
In order to make use of the benefits listed above, people with disabilities are required to carry  and be prepared to display at the ticket desks a document certifying their disability status (e.g. European Disability Card or other valid document certifying disability). 
Pregnant women may also apply for Priority Passes at the above desks once they have paid for their entry tickets to the Salone.


How to use Priority Passes
Priority Passes allow holders to jump the queues at the following catering facilities at Fiera Milano: 

- all the bars inside the pavilions 

- in the following self-service facilities along Corso Italia/Ponte dei Mari:
Restaurant Italia – Corso Italia – left of Reception Pav. 6/10
Bistrot Milano – Ponte dei Mari – in front of Pav. 4
Bottega – Corso Italia – right of Reception Pav. 14/18
Ciao – Corso Italia – left of Reception Pav. 22/24 

- in the following bars on Corso Italia:
La Piè – Corso Italia – near the entrance to the Service Centre Building
Briciole- Corso Italia – in front of Pav. 3
Bianchi – Corso Italia – left of Reception Pav. 2/4
Toraldo - Corso Italia – near the entrance to the Service Centre Building
Vergnano - Corso Italia – left of Reception Pav. 13/15

Priority Pass holders are also entitled to priority access to the Salone del Mobile Arenas for the following Talks:
1. Drafting Futures. Conversations about Next Perspectives
2. The Euroluce International Lighting Forum 

Please Note: priority will be allocated by thestaff incharge, according to the availabilityof placesat thevarious Talks.


Access to the stands of exhibiting companies
All the exhibiting companies taking part in the event with their own stands will use their own criteria to manage the queues for accessing their stands. The Salone del Mobile.Milano invites companies to allow visitors with disabilities and Priority Pass holders to skip the queues to access their stands. It is up to the companies whether or not they choose to take up this invitation from the Salone del Mobile.Milano.

Mobility Aids
The Fiera Milano Mobility Centre provides a rental service for manual wheelchairs and electric mobility scooters. 
If required, these should preferably be booked online, prior to arrival at the event, via the following link: Mobility - Booking (mobilitycenter.it).


Parking
There are disabled spaces in all the car parks outside Fiera Milano: 

1. the closest car park to Porta Est /East Gate is the P4 car park
2. the closest car park to Porta Sud/South Gate is the P3 car park.

In order to take advantage of free parking, the following procedure must be followed:
tickets must be collected at the entrance to the car park
tickets will be annuled at one of the FierAccessibile Desks.

These desks are located:

1. at the Fiera Milano office Reception in Porta Sud/South Gate
2. at Reception in Pavilions 1/3
3. at the APCOA office (car park manager) on the 2nd floor of the PM1 multistorey car park.

Details of the refund process can be downloaded here:

FierAccessibile Card
FierAccessibile cards are specifically for visitors with disabilities who attendon-site events atthe FieraMilano fairgrounds several times ayear. Thecard allowsholders to parkfree of charge in allthe outdoorFiera Milano car parks, managed by APCOA.
Cards can be presentedat the parking ticket refund desk forpeople with disabilitiesin place of the certified disability documentation. 
They are not required for the purposes of obtaining free parking.
People with disabilities can apply for FierAccessibile Cards by writing to fieraccesibile@fieramilano.it


Getting there by public transport
Fiera Milano, Rho is served by the following methods of public transport:

1. Underground (metro) Red Line, Rho Fiera stop
2. By train, Rho Fiera station

Underground
The Rho Fiera metro stop is accessible by lift. 
The underground turnstiles lead to the Porta Est/East Gate of the fairgrounds via an accessible pedestrian path. 
For information on the accessibility of the ATM public transport network in Milan, please see the following link:
https://www.atm.it/it/AltriServizi/Disabili/Pagine/atmperidisabili.aspx

Before setting out, please check that the lifts and stair lifts at the Milanese underground stations are in full working order in real time at the following link:
https://isb.atm.it/

Train
The Rho Fiera railway station is accessible by people with disabilities. 
To get to the Porta Est/East Gate fairground entrance, there is a long, flat underpass to the Red Line underground turnstiles; then from there you go up to ground level.
There are no barriers along the route, which takes about 15 minutes. There are moving walkways in some sections.

For further information on the accessibility of the station, please check the following link:
https://www.rfi.it/it/stazioni/rho-fiera.html

There is an assistance service at the  station for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility.
To book assistance, please check the following link:
https://www.rfi.it/it/stazioni/pagine-stazioni/accessibilita/le-informazioni-sull-assistenza-delle-sale-blu-in-un-click.html