10–12 minutes’ walk from T1, P3 is the long-stay lot
P3 sits a short walk from Il Caravaggio International Airport’s T1 terminal, set up as the airport’s official long-stay option. It’s an open-air surface car park, so you’re parking in marked bays at ground level, not in a covered garage. The layout is basic but straightforward, with numbered rows that make it easier to find the car on return after a week or more away.
This is the budget end of the airport’s own parking: P3 usually prices below P1 and P2 for stays of 4–7 days and longer. You pay per calendar day, so a Friday–Monday weekend counts as four days in the booking engine. Prebooking online through the Bergamo airport site often undercuts drive-up rates by several euros per day, especially in August and over Christmas.
P3 is inside the airport perimeter, so there’s no third-party shuttle; you walk to T1 in roughly 10–12 minutes depending on the row you park in. Signage on Via Aeroporto and the internal ring road points you to the P3 entrance barrier. Keep the ticket you take at the barrier, as you’ll need it to pay at the automatic machines near the pedestrian exit.
Lighting runs through the rows at night, and CCTV covers the official airport lots, including P3, but there is no covered parking, so cars sit fully exposed to sun, rain, or snow. Height isn’t an issue for normal passenger cars, but oversized vans or campers may be refused at the barrier according to airport parking rules, which cap vehicle length at standard car dimensions.
For arrivals after midnight, check your flight’s scheduled time against the airport parking terms, as some promotional tariffs specify entry and exit windows. To make departure day smoother, take a quick photo of the nearest row marker or payment machine number when you park; after a 10-day trip, that picture saves you a few minutes of wandering in P3’s long rows.