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Milan · In season March to June and September to October

Milan

Milan wears its chic without effort — the Fondazione Prada at one end, the UNESCO-listed Santa Maria delle Grazie at the other, and the aperitivo, born here, holding the evenings together.

Eat

  1. Langosteria Italian seafood classics and a deep wine list, in a room that treats fish as the main event. Porta Genova
  2. Rovello 18 Counted among the trattorie that define the form — traditional cooking, elevated without theatre, in an easy-going room. Brera
  3. Torre di Pisa One of the city’s oldest trattorie, long since the neighbourhood’s settled choice — traditional cooking in a room the locals never left. Brera
  4. 10_11 A local menu with a long memory, service without a false note, and a garden made for the sunlit hour. Quadrilatero della Moda
  5. 28 Posti Seasonal plates from an inventive kitchen committed to minimal waste, with a long list of natural wine. Relaxed, and better than relaxed implies. Navigli
  6. Antica Trattoria della Pesa Nineteenth-century Milan, intact — the regional canon done properly, the risotto alla milanese and osso buco first among equals. Porta Garibaldi

Stay

  1. Grand Hotel et de Milan Central, and as alluring as an old Milanese mansion — every detail placed with precision and care. Duomo
  2. Portrait Milano The fashion capital’s hotel of the moment — fresh, plush and assured, from the Lungarno Collection. Quadrilatero della Moda
  3. Casa Baglioni Placed for the city, with service and rooms that settle the matter quietly. Porta Nuova

Do

  1. Fondazione Prada The collection, the architecture, and the conversation between the two — with coffee at Bar Luce to close the visit. Ticinese
  2. Teatro alla Scala The opera house against which the others are measured — the programme and the architecture in competition for the evening. Duomo
  3. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II The domed glass arcade linking La Scala and the Duomo — architecture first, shopping a close second. Duomo
  4. Museo del Novecento Italian painting of the last century inside the Palazzo dell’Arengario on Piazza del Duomo — the setting and the collection in agreement. Duomo

Shop

  1. 10 Corso Como Carla Sozzani’s concept store, gallery, bookshop and restaurant in one — a cappuccino in the café closes the circuit. Porta Garibaldi
  2. Laboratorio Paravicini Hand-painted ceramics from the workshop — designs commissioned to order, a tailored piece for the table. Duomo

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