Milan
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Food
From experience
- Terrazza Calabritto Milano (3/3)
- Great service and great food. Pasta Granseola is a must – served on a crab, it would definitely be a memorable dish.
- La Veranda at The Four Seasons (3/3)
- romantic restaurant, true Italian and Mediterranean cuisine
My to-try list
- Marchesi 1824 Pastry shop
- Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia Two star, tasting menu, Tuscan cuisine
- Da Giacomo Elegant, old-world trattoria with ornate wall paneling & graniglia floors, for upscale Italian fare.
- Cracco One star, a restaurant, a bar, a bistro, a wine cellar and a pastry shop. Italian, known for egg yolk spaghetti
- Sadler Two star, to try - the goose liver, raisins, nuts, toasted pan brioches, bitter chocolate sauce, zest of orange and coffee.
- Contraste innovative (guessing gastronomy)
- Langosteria Café Milano Fine dining, seafood
- Dongiò This old fashioned trattoria in Porta Romana serves Calabrian dishes to a perennially packed dining room full of locals.The kitchen specialises in southern home cooking.
- Ratanà creative take on a lot of Milanese traditional dishes
- Trippa Italian, unfussy renditions of tripe, kidneys, liver, heart, lung and sweetbreads; the menu changes daily depending on what’s at the market
- 28 Posti inventive, contemporary spin on Italian cuisine
- Bar Luce Restaurant in Fondazione Prada, quick bite
- Erba Brusca Contemporary European outside the city
- Joia One star, haute-vegetarian restaurant
- Pacifico Peruvian
- Ravioleria Sarpi Chinese-Italian fusion. Dumpling restaurant.
- Erba Brusca Pizza
- Berberè Isola Pizza
- La Pizza Pizza
- Il Massimo del Gelato Gelateria
- Gastronomia Yamamoto authentic Japanese home cooking
- Mao Hunan Restaurant authentic Hunan cuisine
- Maoji Street food, Hunan cuisine
- Filippo La Mantia Sicilian
Drinks
From experience
- Dry (2/3)
- Known for cocktail and pizza. The cocktail menu is great with lots of fun twists. The drinks I tried are mostly on the sweeter side, light and breezy. I didn’t have the greatest experience with the service at this place, but it could be just Friday night craziness.
- Mag Cafe (3/3)
- 1930 Speakeasy (3/3/)
- Established by members of Mag Cafe, Speakeasy
My to-try list
- Backdoor43 the smallest bar in the world. Knock on the window and Mr. V, the only Mixologist in town that wears a mask, will make you a takeaway cocktail.
- Bar Basso Milan mainstay, historic, known for Mirko Stocchetto and Negroni Sbagliato (literally “wrong”); popular with an art and fashion crowd
- Nottingham Forest amazing cocktail, funky/tacky decor
- H Club Diana Inside Sheraton, the place to see and be seen, amazing cocktail
- Cantine Isola Wine shop with glass tasting.
- Kilburn Cocktail Bar A proper British lounge with a Milanese soul
- Casa Mia great cocktail, one of the most abundant supplies of whiskey in town
- Rita inventive cocktails
- Lacerba cocktail
- Eppol cocktail
- Radetzky a fixture in Milan since 1988
- N’Ombra de Vin historic wine cellar in Brera
- The Botanical Club Bar and restaurant, known for gin, limited-edition gins on premise
- Tibi Bistrot Provençal a little French corner hidden behind a small door at Via San Fermo 1; African Mule
- The Doping Club refined, dandy-themed cocktails
- drinc. Cocktail & Conversation cocktail, intimate and relaxing
- Rufus cocktail
- Talea cocktail
- UGO cocktail
- GinO12 known for Gin
- Pravda Vodka Bar Milano cocktail, known for vodka
- The Spirit cocktail
- Dhole Milano cocktail, restaurant as well
Destinations
From experience
My to-try list
- Castello Sforzesco Sforza Castle is in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the largest citadels in Europe.
- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy’s oldest active shopping mall and a major landmark of Milan, Italy. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the center of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy.
- Quadrilatero della moda The Quadrilatero della Moda, or Quad d’Oro, is an upscale shopping area in the Centro Storico district. The main drag, Via Monte Napoleone, is lined with designer fashion boutiques, antiques shops and posh cafes in neoclassical mansions.
- Gioielleria Pennisi Vintage jewellery
- Vogue Kiosk outside metro station Via Momtenapoleone
- 10 Corso Como A wonderful part of the city which combines venues that sell works of art, fashion, music, design, cuisine and culture. Some gorgeous buildings to pose in front of.
Art & Architecture
From experience
- Pinacoteca di Brera (3/3)
- Amazing collection of 14th- 20th century Italian paintings with beautiful architecture. An absolute must for me. The place to see Bellini, Caravaggio, Tintoretto, and Veronese.
- Fondazione Prada (3/3)
- Whimsical exhibits of contemporary art in a unique complex of buildings designed by Rem Koolhaas.
- Milan Central Station (2/3)
- one of Europe’s largest, was built slowly over the course of the early 20th century, melding multiple architectural style
My to-try list
- Torre Velasca Iconic 1950s skyscraper with a mushroom-like shape featuring shops, offices & private apartments.
- Palazzo Reale Sweeping staircases, regal hallways and artistic masterpieces at a grand 18th century palace.
- Fiera Milano Congressi Milano Convention Center
- Pirelli Hangar Contemporary art museum in former factory with monumental permanent installations & temporary shows.
- Bosco Verticale Trees, shrubs, perennials & ground cover line the facade of these 2 residential towers.
- Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio One of the most ancient churches in Milan, it was built by St. Ambrose in 379–386. Romanesque
- Teatro alla Scala La Scala is an opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala. The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta.
- Mudec Museum Restored factory now a sleek museum of art & culture, with rotating exhibitions & a restaurant.
- Museo del Novecento The Museo del Novecento is a museum of twentieth-century art in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is housed in the Palazzo dell’Arengario, near Piazza del Duomo in the centre of the city.
- Duomo di Milano Milan Cathedral is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St Mary (Santa Maria Nascente), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete. It is the largest church in Italy (the larger St. Peter’s Basilica is in the State of Vatican City), the third largest in Europe and the fifth largest in the world. Representation of Italian Gothic style.
- Museo Poldi Pezzoli The museum was originated in the 19th century as a private collection of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli and his mother, Rosa Trivulzio, of the family of the condottiero Gian Giacomo Trivulzio.
- Villa Necchi Campiglio Museum consisting of an architect-designed villa with decorative arts, paintings & period furniture.
- The Last Supper housed by the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. Need reservation MONTHS in advance.
- Bagatti Valsecchi Museum historic house museum that is born from the extraordinary collecting experience of Barons Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchit at the end of the 19th century. The Museum is one of Europe’s best-preserved historic house museums and one of the first grand expressions of Milanese design.
- Gallery of Modern Art, GAM Villa Reale, a sumptuous palazzo where Napoleon once resided. The gallery displays works by Lombards and other Italian painters including Modigliani, Boccioni, and Previati and non-Italian modernists such as Gauguin, Cézanne, Picasso, Van Gogh and Manet.
- Armani/Silos museum dedicated to celebrated Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani
- Giò Marconi Exhibitions of works by contemporary artists in a privately-owned, minimalist white gallery.
- Galleria Bianconi Milano Galleria Bianconi balances its programme between these newly rediscovered artists and the most interesting contemporary artists from the international art scene.
- Kaufmann Repetto Art Gallery
- Francesca Minini open-space gallery dedicated to the promotion of talented national and international contemporary artists
- Galleria Carla Sozzani showcased the best of national and international photography during over 200 exhibitions featuring top-tier photographers
- Associazione Viafarini Art gallery
- Casa Galimberti Art Nouveau apartment with wrought-iron balconies and decorative stone work
- Galleria Massimo De Carlo Art gallery
- Casa Museo Boschi Di Stefano Once-private collection of 20th-century Italian art displayed in the owners’ art deco apartment.
Lodging
From experience
- Excelsior Hotel Gallia (3/3)
My to-try list
- Palazzo Parigi Hotel & Grand Spa Milano
- Armani Hotel Milano
- Bulgari Hotel Milano