MXP-KUL

Sun 21/9/25

Since breakfast is only ready at 8am, we ventured out to Lake Garda and Malcesine town first at 7am so we could take pictures before the crowds come in. There were people jogging by the lake too in the morning. We planned to buy some croissant and apple strudel at the bakery which opens at 7.30am, but when we arrived there, most of the bread and pastries were not ready yet.

by Lake Garda in the morning

Castello Scaligero in the background

Malcesine town centre with the mountains in the background

Lake Garda in the background

So we returned back to the hotel and had our breakfast before packing our bags, taking pictures at the balcony of our room and checking out at 10am. Yes, the check out time here is very early. 

breakfast at the hotel

Lake Garda from our room balcony

We walked again to Malcesine town to the bakery, but the pistachio croissant wasn't available, so we settled for plain croissant, jam croissant and apple strudel. We spent a bit more time sitting at the bench enjoying the views at the lake, before returning to the hotel and making our journey back to Milan at 12 noon.

Lake Garda at Malcesine

We drove along Lake Garda until exiting to the highway at Casello di Peschiera. We stopped by at the Islamic Culture Centre at Saronno for prayers, and then planning to have late lunch at a nearby halal restaurant. However, we couldn't find a parking spot, so we had to forego the plan and continued onwards to Milan Malpensa airport to return our rental car at P2 parking lot. We also stopped by a petrol station to fuel up on the way to the airport.

Islamic Culture Centre at Saronno outside

Islamic Culture Centre at Saronno inside

We arrived at the airport earlier than planned at 5pm. We had a cheese pizza at the food court while waiting for the Qatar airways check in counter to open at 7.30pm. Our flight was scheduled at 11pm

cheese pizza

Finally we checked in at the counter at 7.45pm, was given a fast track boarding pass for the security check, but the immigration queue was still long. Some people were cutting queues to catch their flight, we just let them pass as we still had time. 

We went to the Sala Montale lounge after immigration check, but there were so many people with limited food at the buffet counter. We had a sandwich, chickpeas, chips and water while waiting for for boarding at 10.15pm At about 9.30pm there were less people and calmer. Partner In Crime tried to book the shower but was told it was fully booked.

Sala Montale lounge

Our flight was on time. We sat shortly at the gate before being called for boarding. For the pre departure drink, I had iced tea with mint leaves. No arabic coffee and dates were served tonight. There was no pajamas also given for tonight. For starter we had salmon, and soup with tomato and parmesan cheese. For dinner I had grilled lamb chop with herb jus and ice cream for dessert. I also requested for the cheese platter this time around. Managed to get about 2 hours of sleep before it was time for landing.

5A tonight

iced tea with mint leaves

salmon appetiser

tomato soup with parmesan cheese

grilled lamb chop with herb jus

cheese platter

ice cream

let's get some sleep

We only had about 2 hours of transit time, so we quickly made our way to the Al Mourjan lounge. I had to wait for shower use, and was called after about 15 mins. Didn't have enough time to shampoo and dry the hair though, so only had shower. Partner In Crime only had 5 minutes left to shower and managed to do it quickly. I only had water and cut fruits at the lounge before proceeding to the gate for our flight back to KUL via MH this time.

shower with toilet

light dining area

Our flight was on time at 8.05am. I chose the hibiscus lychee drink before take off. For breakfast, I chose the masala omelette with lamb sausage. It was accompanied by yogurt and croissant. I didn't request for the dine anytime meal, managed to get about 1 hour sleep and then woke up to have satay before landing. I got 4 sticks of stay, while Partner In Crime requested for an additional 2 more sticks lol. I did feel a bit hungry by then, I should have requested another 2 sticks too. 

MH seat 6A

hibiscus drink with headphones and amenity kit by Aspinal London (bag) and Payot (lotion, lip balm) 

yogurt with granola and blueberry compote with cut fruits

masala omelette with lamb sausage

let's try to get some sleep

mixed satay 

We landed at KLIA on time at 9pm. We quickly made our way to Immigration autogate using the MyBorderPass app then arrived at the luggage carousel before the first bag, so I waited a bit there. We then made our way back using the KLIA taxi and reached home at almost 11pm. It was a short but sweet trip enjoying nature at the Dolomites and Lake Garda.