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Some exciting things to do in Milan on a tour of the city |
Milan is definitely is a very tourist’s first choice when he comes on a tour of Italy. And it is advisable to people to spare more than one day while visiting on a tour of Milan. In this bustling city of business, fashion and banking there is more to do just then touring and roaming. Below are given ideas of some innovative things to do in Milan.
• Window Shop in the Quadrilatero d’Oro: As Milan is the fashion capital of Italy, so it is very obvious it is a fit city to do some great shopping. Watching the beautiful people parade up and down the streets of the Quadrilatero d’Oro carrying their goods and products in pretty bags is a good example of having enough past time and leisure. One can do ample window shopping at places like Prada, Armani, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Ferragamo, and Valentino.
• Look around the City from the Duomo Roof: There is an elevator at the famous Duomo to reach at its roof and can have a view of the entire city from its top as Duomo is located in the center of city and provides a proper view of the entire city. As Milan has gone to smoggy so you need to stay at the roof even for an hour and so to get the best view of the faraway mountains and there is no better way to spend out your time in Milan.
• Visit Santa Maria Church: Another smarter way to have an idea about the culture of Milan is to watch see and praise Leonardo’s masterpiece, a visit to the Santa Maria delle Grazie church to see “The Last Supper” is definitely a treat to see. However it is bit difficult to get tickets for last supper and sometimes it is radical to have an advance booking before months for event. However, yet there is facility to book tickets online that can save you from standing in long queues.
• Try to peep into local football clubs in Milan: Milan has the two most famous football clubs to its credit which are AC Milan and Inter Milan. You should at least should watch the match of soccer teams situated in the city AC Milan and Inter in the world’s most well-known stadiums as they are good enough. Even if there is no game you even can tour the San Siro Museum in place.
• Chew a Panzerotto from Luini: Many Italian cities are popular for the particular culinary treat, and Milan by any mean is no different to it. In Milan even one can stop at Luini for a panzerotto over a traditional osso buco any day. This hard-to-describe treat is very appeasing and favorite among locals as they stand their before the shop even for an entire year.
• Navigate through the Milan’s Canals: Contrary to believe and faith, you can see many canals in Milan which are designed by the Leonardo da Vinci himself. The Navigli district of Milan has two canals where you can walk around even without watching them out. The Navigli is one area that in Milan is less beautiful and has become favorite spot even for artists too. So in and around these areas you can have cute shops, small art galleries, and charming restaurants.
• Visit at the Pinacoteca di Brera: If you are an art lover then despite being too much busy you can make a trip of the lovely Pinacoteca di Brera that is a world class museum Here you can have a good collection of primary Italian paintings as to view and praise. Here one can have opportunity to see masterpieces from Caravaggio, Raphael, Mantegna, Hayez, Rembrandt, and Tintoretto. After visiting the museum you can stroll through the Brera neighborhood that is filled with picturesque streets lined with cute shops and corner restaurants.
• Enjoy yourself in solace of parks in Milan: For many good reasons Milan is a place that remains busy and crowded for most part of the day and by any mean is not indifferent from any urban center or metro at any other corner of the world. However despite of this hustle bustle in Milan, it is its parks that keeps it some how calm and soothing despite of being of dwelling place for urban crowd. There are many good sized parks in the Milan where a person can enjoy himself to full as in spots like Parco Sempione, Giardini Pubblici and others.
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Milan to a comparison is known to be the fashion capital of the world and it is there a lot can be offered to people there in trend setting of fashion and luxury in Milan. As with perspective of shopping there are multiple places and activities in Milan that can be carried out by a person. Milan has all for one’s enjoyment from the designer’s prestigious emporia, retail giants’ outlets, and small entrepreneur small and funky boutiques to second hand average shops.
There are many shopping areas in Milan which are popular by the name of Fashion Quadrangle that is a set of centers like Duomo Square, Cavour Square and San Babila Square. More the Montenapoleone Street at Della Spiga Street, Vittorio Emanuele Street, Sant’ Andrea Street, Porta Venezia avenue and Manzoni Street keeps the most prestigious boutiques and showrooms in the world. Everything there reeks of ostentation and the splendor of a chic, fashionable lifestyle. There shop windows are popular for the all the best luxurious items.
• Armani Megastore, Via Manzoni 31, near La Scala: Spread around in an area of 8,000 square feet it has outlets and shops for high-fashion creations like the Emporio Armani and Armani Jeans lines and the new Armani Casa selection of home furnishings as well as flower, book, and art shops; a high-tech Sony electronics boutique/play center in the basement.
• Abercrombie & Fitch, 12 Corso Giacomo Matteotti: This is one of the most popular flagships store in Milan. It is the first mall of the world that contains both Abercrombie kids and A&F together at in a single shop. It is a huge departmental store with three floors that occupy around 30,000 square feet area.
• Prada, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele: It is one of the Prada’s several boutiques in the city; it is situated close to Duomo and the central square. It sells a good number of high-fashion items like shoes, perfume, handbags, accessories etc.
• 10 Corso Como: Operational from 1990s it is a multi-functional shopping complex and has reputation as a lifestyle emporium that is 13,000 square feet big. The items sale out from here contains fashion shops, design, photography, art gallery, luxury goods, a bookshop, accessories, a cafe and a restaurant. It is situated at Garibaldi district, near the Centro Direzionale. It too has a courtyard, and a European/Oriental inspired interior design.
• La Rinascente, Piazza Duomo: It is quite a big departmental store in Milan that is situated at the center of city close to Cathedral and Galleria, and very close to the sophisticated shopping zone. Here you can get houseware, design and appliances, male, female and children’s fashion, youthful sports’ clothes, jewellery, accessories, cosmetics, watches, perfumes, glasses, socks, underwear, lingerie, gifts, table decor, a hair stylist, a restaurant, sushi bar, food market, sandwhich and other items.
• Basement, Via Senato, 15: It is a hidden shopping outlet that cannot be viewed straight from the street over it. In order to reach at this shop a person needs to go at Via Senato no. 15. The shop keeps a good number of designer cloths including from Moschino, Prada and Yves Saint Laurent, to D&G and La Perla provided with massive discount.
• Serravalle Scrivia, Via della Moda, no. 1: It is one of the biggest shopping outlets in Europe and it contains around 180 stores. It is situated 1 hour’s drive away from the Piedmont region and is worth visiting for every person who is a die hard shopping fan. Its Italian style piazzas and pretty alleyways make it mini town. More it is surrounded with beauty of rolling hills and a lovely country side. There one can have designer names like Dolce & Gabbana, Etro, Diesel, Roberto Cavalli, Ferragamo, Timberland, Tommy Hilfiger, Prada, Geox, Swatch, Bulgari, Swarovski, and many others.
For people with a lesser amount in wallet can also have their shopping extravaganza at a number of places like Vercelli Avenue (MM1 Pagano, MM1 Conciliazione subway stations). Another one is Buenos Aires Avenue containing shops like MM1 Porta Venezia, MM1 Lima, MM1/MM2 Loreto subway stations is reputed as the longest shopping street in Europe. Corso Buenos Aires connects Porta Venezia to Piazzale Loreto.
The Brera district is also not be missed out for trendy and young boutiques. It is also popular for other things like ancient rare art stores and galleries, refined-air cafe, funky disco and exotic furniture. There are lots of young designers in the city who have made less expensive boutiques with high quality fabrics and aesthetics. The Brera district combines Jewelry stores involving Papic oro e argento, Alcozer & J. Bijoux. Fashion shops in the area include Accessori or Laura Ashley, and furniture stores include Zohar or Lucitalia.
For person who like do shopping while wandering around and that even on a downtrodden prices there a flea market takes place at Fiera di Senigallia near the Darsena. This is a unique place to wander and browse, and save money if you’ve have not enough money to spend at Milan’s high end boutiques. At the market one can go through the second hand clothes, old furniture, fake art nouveau lamps and perfumed candles.
Another popular market in Milan is the Mercatone Del Naviglio Grande. This takes place along the Alzaia Naviglio Grande on every last Sunday of each month. The market is dedicated to antiques, having round about 400 exhibitors, with sure items something indeed catch your eyes. Serravalle Scrivia considered being the first designer outlet in Italy is the biggest in Europe. It has around 3000 parking lots a children play grounds, bars and restaurants. Corso Buenos Aires is the best street in the city for outlet shopping, since it contains many of the big shopping centers and department stores.