We are flying into Milan on the Friday and will be staying in Padova, 2 1/2 hours drive from Milan. It is then just over 1 hour to the track. The reason for staying in Padova is that we are staying until Tuesday so this gives us lots of options for the other days, such as the Ferrari museum at Maranello. If you want a beach hotel I would suggest Lido Di Jesolo, about 1 hour from the track there must be over 200 hotels in Lido. We have stayed in Lido three times and it is a great resort.