Navigate the navigli (the canals) of Leonardo from April until the end of September In the springtime, the excursions and mini-cruises on the canals in Lombardy recommence, and last through the summer of 2011. Sailing down the navigli gives visitors a charming view of monasteries, villas, cascine and the landscape as Leonardo portrayed it. The [...]

In an unique amusing quick guide you can find all what has been written on Milan in Tripadvisor, Top Destinations: the places where you can enjoy the best panorama of the city, the romantic places, the restaurant where you can eat delicacies at a low price, the hidden gems among the hotels of a never [...]

The Milan Aquarium is one of the oldest in the world (1906). The attractive building with its rich exterior façades decorated with antiquities is situated in the Parco Sempione near the Castello Sforzesco and the Arena. Exotic exhibits can be found in the large tank dedicated to the nearest tropical sea, the Red Sea, as [...]

The basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie (“Holy Mary of Grace”) was ordered in 1463 by the Duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza. He asked for the construction of a Dominican monastery and of a church where there was a chapel dedicated to Santa Maria delle Grazie. The church is in Lombard gothic style and [...]

The Cathedral is the real symbol of the city of Milan, thanks to the fascination of its majestic gothic architecture. The Milanese cathedral was built in the place where the cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore and the Basilica of Santa Tecla were located. The works began in 1386 and went on for centuries. The Cathedral [...]

La Scala Theatre is located in the centre of Milan and is one of the most visited places in the city and the best-known in the world. The season of the theatre hosts every year high level artists with operas, ballet and classical music concerts. The theatre was built in 1776 by the Empress Maria [...]

Built in the XVII century by archbishop Federico Borromeo, the Ambrosiana is a library, an art gallery and an academy. The Pinacoteca art gallery owns the famous Atlantic Code of Leonardo da Vinci including 1750 technical and scientific drawings. It is possible also to see the large painting of Raffaello about the Athenian School, the [...]

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum is one of the most important museum houses in Europe, with one of the most refined artistic collections of the XIX century. The museum was founded in 1881 by a Milanese collector, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli. In his aristocratic house, Poldi Pezzoli collected paintings of the Renaissance and an unique collection [...]

The Triennale is a design museum in Milan. In addition to the modern art and design exhibitions, the Triennale Design Museum organizes meetings, book presentations, concerts and other events. The Triennale has also a rich library with a historical archive and a documentation center on art, design, architecture, fashion and communication. The library shows the [...]

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double arcade between Piazza della Scala and Piazza del Duomo. It was realized at the end of the nineteenth century by architect Giuseppe Mengoni. In 1865 the construction started as king Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy laid the first stone. The arcade is full of shops of famous [...]