This hotel serves the nearby conference centre and has been expensively furnished to an outstanding standard, if somewhat Middle Eastern for European tastes, perhaps. Nevertheless, the accommodation cannot be faulted, apart from the brick hard pillows. Our room (305) had a sitting room and all accessories for a comfortable stay, some of them very thoughtful indeed. Cleanliness throughout was superb and valet parking is provided free. Visitors should consider hiring a car, as an alternative to a costly taxi ride from Malpensa, as the hotel is simple to reach and a Lakes visit is made possible as a result, therefore.
The staff were friendly with no hustle, the breakfast plentiful and the small restaurant surprisingly good. Although the hotel is set in a grimy suburb of Milan (itself a graffiti-covered disgrace), the 20 minute, frequent tram service to the centre starts conveniently outside the Accademia's door.
All in all, excellent value and immaculately managed. Pity about the unclassy neighbourhood and its resident, but unthreatening, chavs though, who caterwaul into the night.

The Antares Accademia Hotel lies not far from the fair grounds and near to the “tagenziale” ring road.
The hotel has about 60 guest rooms. Our double room was new and clean. The location has not much to offer; not even any decent restaurant nearby; except a big shopping mall is located a couple of hundred meters from the hotel. The tramway #14 passing in front of the hotel runs to the center of town.
The breakfast was very basic, but genrally in Italy breakfast are dull and this is no exception at the Antares.
The “free internet” never worked. The staff at the reception was not bothered about our complaint. Public parking in a side alley was possible. Hotel parking is prohibitively charged at € 20.- / night.

We spend 5 days in this nice hotel in June. Staff was really friendly. Rooms were just ok, clean and nothing special, although shower pressure was way too low. Breakfast could be better too. Location is not the best, but tram #14 takes you to center of Milan in less than 30 minutes. Trams are quite easy to use and you can buy tickets from the reception of the hotel.

The Antares Hotel Accademia is really a very good choice to stay in Milano.
I was able to make our reservation at a really good fare, considerably less than similar hotels.

The hotel is ~40 minutes away from the city center if using the tram. The tram stop is actually right in front of the hotel, so you can safely rely on public transport for intown transport.

Hotel has a fitness center, but we never used it as we were walking a lot. Breakfast and free wi-fi were also included for our reservation. Breakfast was good, and empty dishes were filled until almost the end of breakfast, which is good news for overslept guests (like we were one of the days). WiFi speed was slow, but considering it is a hotel internet, I can say it was no big surprise.

A nice touch were the control panels for all room lighting and room access at the bed side, very handy.

Hotel cleaning service was impeccable, our room was cleaned every day, and I still believe sheets were changed daily (or at least pillow cases I noticed were changed with fresh ones daily). Hotel's bathroom supplies were also filled daily. I have never seen a hotel adding a shampoo or a soap so that there is a set of unused bathroom accessories available. And we were only staying for less than a week.

So I must say - they made us feel like a very dear friends while staying there. The hotel's staff were all very polite, very helpful and all spoke English very fluently.

There is also a nice shopping place 5 minutes away from the hotel, which we found while taking a walk in the area .They have good stores and fare prices