Lalla's Milano guidebook

Alessandra & Fabio
Alessandra & Fabio
Meðlimur síðan 2013
Alessandra & Fabio

Lalla's Milano guidebook

Food shopping
The supermarkets/grocery stores where we shop
Inside Portello shopping mall, a huge supermarket with a wide choice of cheese and wine, patisserie but also sushi! If you don't want to cook but want to eat at home head here to shop! 5 minutes from home
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Iper Portello
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Inside Portello shopping mall, a huge supermarket with a wide choice of cheese and wine, patisserie but also sushi! If you don't want to cook but want to eat at home head here to shop! 5 minutes from home
supermarket (15 minutes from home)
Coop
16 Via Arona
supermarket (15 minutes from home)
supermarket, 5 minutes from home
U! Come tu mi vuoi
2 Piazzale Damiano Chiesa
supermarket, 5 minutes from home
supermarket
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Esselunga
20/22 Via Losanna
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supermarket
Naturasì - Grocery store, specialized in organic and vegan food, 1 minute from home
Via Carlo Ilarione Petitti, 6
6 Via Carlo Ilarione Petitti
Naturasì - Grocery store, specialized in organic and vegan food, 1 minute from home
Try bargaining at this street market on Tuesday mornings and Saturdays (all day). Very recommended for both fruit/vegetables and clothes/accessories.
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Mercato Settimanale "Fauché"
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Try bargaining at this street market on Tuesday mornings and Saturdays (all day). Very recommended for both fruit/vegetables and clothes/accessories.
Various
gym - you can buy a daily pass (2 minutes from home)
Palestre Italiane Milano Certosa
21 Viale Certosa
gym - you can buy a daily pass (2 minutes from home)
a nice park near home (5 minutes)
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Parco del Portello
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a nice park near home (5 minutes)
A.C. Milan headquarters and museum, 5 minutes from home
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CASA MlLAN
8 Via Aldo Rossi
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A.C. Milan headquarters and museum, 5 minutes from home
pharmacy, also open at night (5 minutes from home)
Farmacia Firenze S.R.L.
pharmacy, also open at night (5 minutes from home)
pharmacy, 5 minutes from home
Farmacia Al Portello
74 Via Marco Ulpio Traiano
pharmacy, 5 minutes from home
Food Scene
Good restaurant with traditional local cuisine, good meat dishes, pizza. Very close to home (5 minutes).
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Al Valentino
8 Via Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli
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Good restaurant with traditional local cuisine, good meat dishes, pizza. Very close to home (5 minutes).
Cuisine from Galicia, Spain. We love their sangria! Open only for dinner.
La Pulperia
75 Via Piero della Francesca
Cuisine from Galicia, Spain. We love their sangria! Open only for dinner.
The best sliced pizza in town, according to us! Try it with with additional toppings as well: gorgonzola, artichokes and parmesan, you name it!
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Pizzeria da Giuliano
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The best sliced pizza in town, according to us! Try it with with additional toppings as well: gorgonzola, artichokes and parmesan, you name it!
ristorante-pizzeria (15 minutes from home)
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restaurant monopoli
68 Via Piero della Francesca
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ristorante-pizzeria (15 minutes from home)
Indian cuisine, very close to home (10 minutes).
Dawat Ristorante Indiano
88 Corso Sempione
Indian cuisine, very close to home (10 minutes).
romantic restaurant close to home (5-10 minutes)
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Ribot Bistrot
17 Via Ruggero di Lauria
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romantic restaurant close to home (5-10 minutes)
cucina tipica piemontese / regional cuisine from Piedmont
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Trattoria La Rava e La Fava - Milano
28 Via Principe Eugenio
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cucina tipica piemontese / regional cuisine from Piedmont
Greek street food - we love their pita bread with feta cheese, a classic to us! They also have a vegetarian pita menu. Delicious home-made oriental patisserie, served with Greek yogurt... yum!
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Greek Fusion
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Greek street food - we love their pita bread with feta cheese, a classic to us! They also have a vegetarian pita menu. Delicious home-made oriental patisserie, served with Greek yogurt... yum!
Yummy Neapolitan pizza in a great location. Our favourite pizza place at the Navigli.
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La Tradizionale
7 Ripa di Porta Ticinese
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Yummy Neapolitan pizza in a great location. Our favourite pizza place at the Navigli.
Classic "pizza al trancio" meaning a sliced, thick pizza with a lot of cheese; they also put anchovies, so if you don't want them you have to ask the waiter. They also serve lasagna.
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Spontini - Cenisio
37 Via Cenisio
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Classic "pizza al trancio" meaning a sliced, thick pizza with a lot of cheese; they also put anchovies, so if you don't want them you have to ask the waiter. They also serve lasagna.
A bit pricey but very good; it's the first Japanese restaurant to gain a Michelin star in Italy.
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Iyo
74 Via Piero della Francesca
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A bit pricey but very good; it's the first Japanese restaurant to gain a Michelin star in Italy.
Creative vegetarian/vegan cuisine. Take tram no. 14. T. +39 02 49752286 for reservation.
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Osteria al 55
55 Via Messina
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Creative vegetarian/vegan cuisine. Take tram no. 14. T. +39 02 49752286 for reservation.
Hare Krishna restaurant, vegetarian but vegan options are available on request. You will be asks to pay a little extra the first time to join their cultural association.
Govinda
5 Via Valpetrosa
Hare Krishna restaurant, vegetarian but vegan options are available on request. You will be asks to pay a little extra the first time to join their cultural association.
Vegetarian trattoria. You have to try their specialty "misto forno", a mixed plate of vegetarian wonders. Trust us: also non vegetarians will love it! Open only at lunch.
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La Vecchia Latteria Milano
6 Via dell'Unione
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Vegetarian trattoria. You have to try their specialty "misto forno", a mixed plate of vegetarian wonders. Trust us: also non vegetarians will love it! Open only at lunch.
A well kept secret (it's in an apartment), this historical vegan place will make you feel healthy and light. Only at lunch.
Club Centro Macrobiotico Italiano
7 Via Larga
A well kept secret (it's in an apartment), this historical vegan place will make you feel healthy and light. Only at lunch.
Classic "pizza al trancio" meaning a sliced, thick pizza with a lot of cheese; they also put anchovies, so if you don't want them you have to ask the waiter. They also serve lasagna. Various locations
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Pizzeria Spontini
60 Corso Buenos Aires
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Classic "pizza al trancio" meaning a sliced, thick pizza with a lot of cheese; they also put anchovies, so if you don't want them you have to ask the waiter. They also serve lasagna. Various locations
Dining on a tram is definitely an extra-ordinary experience! Three menus available: meat, fish or vegetarian. € 70 per person. They have recently started to also serve brunch. Reservation required at http://atmosfera.atm.it/Reservation
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ATMosfera Tram Ristorante
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Dining on a tram is definitely an extra-ordinary experience! Three menus available: meat, fish or vegetarian. € 70 per person. They have recently started to also serve brunch. Reservation required at http://atmosfera.atm.it/Reservation
A true Milan institution! The world famous "panzerotto", just around the corner from Duomo. Don't miss it for any reason, and don't get scared by the queue: it's faster than you think!
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Luini
16 Via Santa Radegonda
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A true Milan institution! The world famous "panzerotto", just around the corner from Duomo. Don't miss it for any reason, and don't get scared by the queue: it's faster than you think!
Neapolitan pizza done right! (10 minutes from home)
Salvatore Marigliano - pizzaiuolo e oste
11 Piazzale Damiano Chiesa
Neapolitan pizza done right! (10 minutes from home)
street food from China in Chinatown
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Ravioleria Sarpi
27 Via Paolo Sarpi
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street food from China in Chinatown
our favourite sushi place (MM3 Missori)
Zen Sushi
1 Via Maddalena
our favourite sushi place (MM3 Missori)
one of our favourite places in town! (MM2 Sant'Agostino)
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Valà
14 Via Daniele Crespi
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one of our favourite places in town! (MM2 Sant'Agostino)
Neapolitan pizza experience in a very nice place with excellent service. Appetizers and sweet treats included in the price. (MM1 De Angeli or Buonarroti)
Antica Pizzeria Leone
9 Via Carlo Ravizza
Neapolitan pizza experience in a very nice place with excellent service. Appetizers and sweet treats included in the price. (MM1 De Angeli or Buonarroti)
Pizza gourmet
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Lievità Ravizza - Pizzeria Gourmet
11 Via Carlo Ravizza
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Pizza gourmet
Lebanese vegetarian restaurant (closed on Sunday). (MM1 Buonarroti)
Fairouz Milano Ristorante Libanese Vegetariano
16 Via Michelangelo Buonarroti
Lebanese vegetarian restaurant (closed on Sunday). (MM1 Buonarroti)
Yummy Nepalese cuisine + cocktails!
Achar
13 Via Piero della Francesca
Yummy Nepalese cuisine + cocktails!
Delicious Indian cuisine near Arco della Pace. Try also their Sunday brunch
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Tara Ristorante Indiano
16 Via Domenico Cirillo
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Delicious Indian cuisine near Arco della Pace. Try also their Sunday brunch
Eritrean cuisine
Ristorante Africa
9 Via Lazzaro Palazzi
Eritrean cuisine
Daily menu based on traditional Italian cuisine. Their specialty is ‘4riso e latte’ (rice and milk), both savoury (as a main course) and sweet (as a dessert). It’s like having dinner at your grandmum’s, as the restaurant is decorated with furniture and memorabilia from the 50’s and 60’s. (MM1 Cordusio or Cairoli)
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Risoelatte
6 Via Manfredo Camperio
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Daily menu based on traditional Italian cuisine. Their specialty is ‘4riso e latte’ (rice and milk), both savoury (as a main course) and sweet (as a dessert). It’s like having dinner at your grandmum’s, as the restaurant is decorated with furniture and memorabilia from the 50’s and 60’s. (MM1 Cordusio or Cairoli)
Fashionable and retro at the same time
Drogheria Milanese
29 Via S. Marco
Fashionable and retro at the same time
Shopping
electronics superstore (2 minutes from home)
Media World
29 Viale Certosa
electronics superstore (2 minutes from home)
Try bargaining at this street market on Tuesday mornings and Saturdays (all day). Very recommended for both fruit/vegetables and clothes/accessories (15 minutes from home)
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Mercato Settimanale "Fauché"
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Try bargaining at this street market on Tuesday mornings and Saturdays (all day). Very recommended for both fruit/vegetables and clothes/accessories (15 minutes from home)
(MM1 Pagano)
Sephora
38 Corso Vercelli
(MM1 Pagano)
women dresses (MM1 Pagano)
Labitino Easy Chic
3 Via Francesco Cherubini
women dresses (MM1 Pagano)
Shopping district and mall with many shops, a supermarket, many restaurants, a cinema (MM5 Tre Torri)
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CityLife Shopping District
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Shopping district and mall with many shops, a supermarket, many restaurants, a cinema (MM5 Tre Torri)
Shopping mall with many shops and a huge supermarket (5 minutes from home)
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Iper Portello
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Shopping mall with many shops and a huge supermarket (5 minutes from home)
Officina profumo-farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella - a Florence institution, it has a shop also in Milan (MM1 Cadorna)
Corso Magenta, 22
22 Corso Magenta
Officina profumo-farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella - a Florence institution, it has a shop also in Milan (MM1 Cadorna)
Nice gift shop in Brera
Rigadritto
6 Via Brera
Nice gift shop in Brera
Drinks & Nightlife
where to go for an aperitivo or a brunch
In a wonderful location, one of the best aperitivo milanese style: mountains of food for there price of your drink. Always crowded. They also serve brunch on Sundays.
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BhangraBar
1 Corso Sempione
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In a wonderful location, one of the best aperitivo milanese style: mountains of food for there price of your drink. Always crowded. They also serve brunch on Sundays.
A classic since 1907, in Art Nouveau style (MM1 Cadorna)
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Bar Magenta
13 Via Giosuè Carducci
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A classic since 1907, in Art Nouveau style (MM1 Cadorna)
good aperitivo/brunch at Arco della Pace
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Duomo dal 1952
5 Piazza Sempione
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good aperitivo/brunch at Arco della Pace
aperitivo/brunch at one of the best locations in town, the beautiful Piazza del Carmine (Brera)
God Save The Food
1 Piazza del Carmine
aperitivo/brunch at one of the best locations in town, the beautiful Piazza del Carmine (Brera)
aperitivo/brunch (Isola neighbourhood)
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Bar Frida
3 Via Antonio Pollaiuolo
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aperitivo/brunch (Isola neighbourhood)
aperitivo/brunch (Isola neighbourhood)
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Deus Cafe - The Portal of Possibilities
3 Via Genova Thaon di Revel
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aperitivo/brunch (Isola neighbourhood)
aperitivo/brunch
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Ostello Bello
4 Via Medici
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aperitivo/brunch
Sweet tooth
One of the best gelato in Milan - don't miss their pistachio flavour!
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Il Massimo del Gelato
18 Via L. Castelvetro
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One of the best gelato in Milan - don't miss their pistachio flavour!
Gelateria Sempione - natural icecream (one of our favourites!) - 5 minutes from home
Gelateria Sempione
2 Via Emanuele Filiberto
Gelateria Sempione - natural icecream (one of our favourites!) - 5 minutes from home
Lovely old style cafe, where time has stopped. A classic!
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Marchesi 1824
11/a Via Santa Maria alla Porta
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Lovely old style cafe, where time has stopped. A classic!
Traditional classy tea room, with excellent pastry. Very close to the Last Supper.
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Pasticceria San Carlo.
1 Via Matteo Bandello
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Traditional classy tea room, with excellent pastry. Very close to the Last Supper.
Try some of their chocolate specialties while sipping your coffe
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Sugar Srl
26 Via V. Monti
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Try some of their chocolate specialties while sipping your coffe
Gelato at its best in a thousand fruit flavours!
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La Bottega del Gelato Cardelli
3 Via Giovan Battista Pergolesi
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Gelato at its best in a thousand fruit flavours!
Third generation ice cream shop. For something different, try their wine sorbet. You'll have something to remember!
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Gelateria Paganelli
14 Via Gustavo Fara
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Third generation ice cream shop. For something different, try their wine sorbet. You'll have something to remember!
Many super tasty dairy-free/gluten-free gelato flavours (MM1 Cordusio or Duomo)
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Ciacco
13 Via Spadari
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Many super tasty dairy-free/gluten-free gelato flavours (MM1 Cordusio or Duomo)
A young and vibrant place you'll love! Excellent patisserie (MM3 Repubblica)
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Pavè - Birra
27 Via Felice Casati
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A young and vibrant place you'll love! Excellent patisserie (MM3 Repubblica)
we love their gelato
Pavé - Gelati&Granite
21 Via Cesare Battisti
we love their gelato
Everything you chose in this patisserie will be delicious
Pasticceria Di Lillo
47 Via Vincenzo Monti
Everything you chose in this patisserie will be delicious
When you order a cone they spill in hot chocolate before the ice cream! Yum! Huge coffee listing on their menu. Various locations.
Cioccolatitaliani
6 Via S. Raffaele
When you order a cone they spill in hot chocolate before the ice cream! Yum! Huge coffee listing on their menu. Various locations.
You can't go wrong with their gelato! When in urgent need of a banana split, here is where we come!
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Gelateria Oasi
26 Via dei Fabbri
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You can't go wrong with their gelato! When in urgent need of a banana split, here is where we come!
If you want to treat yourself, have a cappuccino overlooking the Galleria. Pricey but worth
Pasticceria Marchesi
If you want to treat yourself, have a cappuccino overlooking the Galleria. Pricey but worth
Traditional patisserie. Their signature Coppa Cova is one of our favourite desserts! (MM3 Montenapoleone)
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Cova Montenapoleone
8 Via Monte Napoleone
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Traditional patisserie. Their signature Coppa Cova is one of our favourite desserts! (MM3 Montenapoleone)
You have to try their specialty cannoncino! (MM1 Duomo plus other locations)
Panarello
3 Via Speronari
You have to try their specialty cannoncino! (MM1 Duomo plus other locations)
Favourite spots & hidden treasures
Do not miss this little gem of a church to admire Bramante’s incredible sacristy perspective (MM1 /3 Duomo)
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Santa Maria presso San Satiro
17/19 Via Torino
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Do not miss this little gem of a church to admire Bramante’s incredible sacristy perspective (MM1 /3 Duomo)
Also called ‘Milan Sistine Chapel’, this church will leave you speechless with its amazing wall and vault frescos by Boltraffio, Foppa and Luini.
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Church of St. Maurice in Major Monastery
15 Corso Magenta
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Also called ‘Milan Sistine Chapel’, this church will leave you speechless with its amazing wall and vault frescos by Boltraffio, Foppa and Luini.
A neoclassical walk and courtyards to die for. The most influential and notable families of Milano decided to build their palaces in succession on the new Corso Venezia in the XVIII century. Majestic buildings spared from being bombed during WWII are still aligned on the Corso. Some are strictly private, some others can be rented for luxurious events. But for sure all of them have a gate that can tip passers for a glimpse. Beware that if some doormen are nice and welcoming, some others stick to the rule of keeping strangers beyond the entrance, so try your best to enjoy this walk keeping in mind that these are private places. Some institutional boards give few basic information about building name, architect and year of construction. From baroque to neoclassical, art nouveau to rationalism, Corso Venezia is an architectural tour that crosses centuries and styles within a few hundred yards. (MM1 San Babila/Palestro/Porta Venezia)
Corso Venezia
A neoclassical walk and courtyards to die for. The most influential and notable families of Milano decided to build their palaces in succession on the new Corso Venezia in the XVIII century. Majestic buildings spared from being bombed during WWII are still aligned on the Corso. Some are strictly private, some others can be rented for luxurious events. But for sure all of them have a gate that can tip passers for a glimpse. Beware that if some doormen are nice and welcoming, some others stick to the rule of keeping strangers beyond the entrance, so try your best to enjoy this walk keeping in mind that these are private places. Some institutional boards give few basic information about building name, architect and year of construction. From baroque to neoclassical, art nouveau to rationalism, Corso Venezia is an architectural tour that crosses centuries and styles within a few hundred yards. (MM1 San Babila/Palestro/Porta Venezia)
(via Santa Marta, via San Maurilio, Piazza Borromeo, via Morigi, via Zecca Vecchia, via Valpetrosa, via Brisa, and, on the other side of via Torino, via dei Piatti, piazza San’Alessandro, via Amedei) Unknown to the most, even locals find it hard to believe that across those narrow and forgotten twisted roads there is a magical almost mysterious world of handicrafts, art, antique dealers, history and tradition. Do not worry if you lose control of your steps, it is what happens in this district. Bear in mind that any gate you find open – and possibly unguarded – is a way to explore private garden and courtyards. In Milano they are a bliss of heaven that appears unexpectedly! Kindly ask the concierges to get a quick look inside and then leave. This is a medieval world that unveils step by step. Enjoy!
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Cinque Vie
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(via Santa Marta, via San Maurilio, Piazza Borromeo, via Morigi, via Zecca Vecchia, via Valpetrosa, via Brisa, and, on the other side of via Torino, via dei Piatti, piazza San’Alessandro, via Amedei) Unknown to the most, even locals find it hard to believe that across those narrow and forgotten twisted roads there is a magical almost mysterious world of handicrafts, art, antique dealers, history and tradition. Do not worry if you lose control of your steps, it is what happens in this district. Bear in mind that any gate you find open – and possibly unguarded – is a way to explore private garden and courtyards. In Milano they are a bliss of heaven that appears unexpectedly! Kindly ask the concierges to get a quick look inside and then leave. This is a medieval world that unveils step by step. Enjoy!