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DISCOVER THE MAIN MASTERPIECES OF MILAN AND PLACES WHERE THEY ARE HOSTED AND THE OPENING HOURS. SPECIAL PRICE WITH MILANOCARD: VISIT MUSEUMS WITH MILANOCARD JUST SHOWING YOUR CARD AT TICKET OFFICE. CRYPT OF LEONARDO

After 50 years re-open the Crypt of PRICE: 10€ San Sepolcro the ancient under- ground Church of Milan . Realized WITH MILANOCARD: -10% or free around the XI century was the origi- access (run4FREE at page 14) nal center of the where the car- WHERE: piazza San Sepolcro do cross the decumano. Another great opportunity to discover the FOR INFO: underground of Milan at a breathta- [email protected] king place. The floor is original of romanic pe- riod and XI century frecoes are pain- ted on the walls. Realized by a rich baker of Milan is also used as a tomb for important milanese families and prelates. OPENING HOURS: every days, 12.00 pm to 8.00 pm

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HIGHLINE GALLERIA

Designed in 1861 and built by Giu- the famous Galleria and the Milan’s seppe Mengoni between 1865 and skyline. 1877, Vittorio Ema- nuele II is one of the world's oldest OPENING HOURS: every day shopping malls and a pure symbol 10.00 am to 9.00 pm of Milan. Housed within a four- PRICE: 12€ story double in central Mi- lan, the Galleria is named after Vit- WITH MILANOCARD: -20% or torio Emanuele II, the first king of free access (run4FREE at page 14) the Kingdom of . Walk over the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II for WHERE: via 2, 4th floor the ultimate Milan experience; see panoramic views from the top of FOR INFO: an Italian icon. [email protected] Start your journey and walk over the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II to admire the stunning rooftops of

2 STADIUM MUSEUM

At San Siro every visitors can di- PRICE: 17 € scover the places normally inacces- sible, like locker rooms, the mixed WITH MILANOCARD: -15% zone, grandstands, cross the Tun- WHERE: Piazzale Angelo Moratti nel of the Champions and access to the legendary playground. FOR INFO: Every day you can visit this straor- [email protected] dinary architectural work that ho- sts the Inter and Milan Museum, the first in Italy set up in a stadium. The Museum's memorabilia help reconstruct the history written by the two Milanese society in sport and not only. OPENING HOURs: every day 9.00 am to 6.00 pm

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BAGATTI VALSECCHI MUSEUM

The is OPENING HOURS: Tueday to Sun- an house-museum, the result of an day, 1.00 pm to 5.45 pm. Closed on extraordinary event collector at Monday. the end of Nineteenth Century. The protagonists were two brothers: PRICE: 9€ the barons Fausto (Milan, 1843- WITH MILANOCARD: -33% or free 1934) and Giuseppe Bagatti Val- access (run4FREE at page 14) secchi (Milan, 1845-1934). After the death of Fausto and Giu- WHERE: via Gesù 5 seppe, the Bagatti Valsecchi’s hou- se continued to be inhabited by FOR INFO: didatti their heirs until 1974. In that [email protected] year ,Pasino, one of the son of Giu- seppe, decided to built the Bagatti Valsecchi Foundation, which he donated the heritage of works of art collected by his ancestors.

3 PINACOTECA AMBROSIANA AND The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana was ri of Jan Brueghel. established in April 1618, when OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to the cardinal Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Clo- donated his collection of paintings, sed on Monday statues and drawings to , that he founded in PRICE: 15€ 1607. WITH MILANOCARD: -13%, on Inside the exhibition of Pinacoteca, Wednesday -33% articulated in 24 rooms, you can WHERE: piazza Pio XI 2 admire some of the best master- pieces of all times, like Musico of Leonardo, Canestra di frutta of Ca- ravaggio, Cartone preparatorio per la Scuola di Atene of Raffaello, Ado- razione dei Magi of Tiziano, Madon- na del Padiglione of Botticelli and the splendid flowers of Vasi di Fio-

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DIOCESAN MUSEUM

It is born in 2001 as an initiative of OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Arcidiocesi of Milan with the pur- Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Clo- pose to protect, valorize and make sed on Monday known the art treasures of the bi- shopric in the spiritual realm. PRICE: 8€ Carlo Maria Martini inaugurated it WITH MILANOCARD: -50% on 7th December 2001. It is collo- cated near cloisters of Sant’Eustor- WHERE: corso di gio, part of the ancient Dominican 95 convent, returned to the city after a long period of restoration due to FOR INFO: in- [email protected] the bombings of World War II. Here you can discover the master- pieces from all the diocese. There are a lot of testimonials, paintings and , for the history of Lombard Art from XVI to XIX cen- tury.

4 MUSEUM OF SCALA THEATRE

The museum of Scala Theatre is a a special kind of spinet, with rec- private museum istitution, hosted tangular case and keyboard falling. in Casino Ricordi, near the Scala OPENING HOURS: every day 9.00 Theatre. It preserves a rich collec- tion of costumes, sketches, am to 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm to letters of composers, portraits, 5.30 pm musical autographs and ancient PRICE: 7€ musical instruments. WITH MILANOCARD: -33% The collection was intended to do- cument the history of entertain- WHERE: largo Ghiringhelli 1 ment from ancient to contempora- ry times. The museum was inaugu- FOR INFO: rated on 8th . [email protected] Among valuable works on display in the museum is present a virginal of XVI century fully decorated. It is

“Muy util. Excelente” Gustavo—visited Milan on April

TREASURE OF SANT’AMBROGIO

It was established in 1949 to pre- ture diagrams. serve, valorize and promote the knowledge of the historical-artistic OPENING HOURS: Monday to heritage of of Sant’Ambro- Saturday, 7.30 am to 12.30 pm and gio. The museum, at first set above 2.30 pm to 7.00 pm. On Sunday the porch of Bramante (XV centu- and festivity 7.30 am to 1.00pm ry), is located inside the church. and 3.00 pm tp 8.00 pm The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio is PRICE: 2€ considered the second most impor- tant church in the city of Milan. It WITH MILANOCARD: -50%, free represents a stronghold town and on Tuesday the Ambrosian Church. It was built in 386 at the behest of WHERE: piazza Sant’Ambrogio 15 Ambrogio, bishop of the city, here FOR INFO: santambro buried in 397. The basilica takes its [email protected] final appearance between 1088 and 1099 when, thanks to bishop Anselmo, is radically reconstructed according to Romanesque architec-

5 VILLA NECCHI CAMPIGLIO

Villa Necchi Campiglio is a historic del principe. house which is part of the circuit of the "House museum of Milan". It OPENING HOURS: Wednesday to was built between 1932 and 1935 Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Clo- how single-family detached home sed on Monday and Tuesday designed by Piero Portaluppi, one PRICE: 10€ of the best italian architects of that period, it is surrounded by an huge WITH MILANOCARD: -30%, on garden with tennis court and pool, Friday -50% the second pool built in Milan after the municipal pool, and the first to WHERE: via Mozart 14 be built on private . Among the personalities who will FOR INFO: fainec [email protected] be hosts there was Enrico d’Asia: scenographer of the Scala Theatre, he was hosted here during his stays in Milan, in the room Camera

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TRIENNALE

The Triennale is hosted inside the OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Sun- Palazzo Dell’Arte Bernocchi. It is an day, 10.30 am to 8.30 pm. Closed on international cultural institution Monday that organized exhibition, conven- PRICE: 15€ tions and events of art, architecture, , cinema, comunication and WITH MILANOCARD: - 20% society. WHERE: viale Alemagna 6 It organizes exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art, famous architects FOR INFO: [email protected] and desigers of national and inter- national reputation, to great stylists that have changed the taste and life- style. From 2007 it is the venue of Trien- nale Design Museum, a museum careful to history and to the whole design system.

6 LEONARDO3 - THE WORLD OF LEONARDO

It is one of the most important PRICE: 12€ events in 2016. Here you can di- scover Leonardo as artist and in- WITH MILANOCARD: -50% ventor, with the models of his ma- WHERE: , in- chines and digital restoration of his gresso Galleria Vittorio Emanuele masterpieces. To the Sottomarino meccanico, the FOR INFO: Macchina del tempo, the, Libellula [email protected] meccanica, the Macchina volante di Milano alongside the digital re- storation of and the reconstruction of Monumento Sfor- za. More than 200 interactive 3D re- construcions, sccesible for all ages. OPENING HOURS: tutti i giorni dalle 9.30 alle 22.30

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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Opened in 1953, with his 50.000 7.00 pm. Closed on Monday m2 is the most huge museum of science and technology of Italy and PRICE: 10€ one of the major in . WITH MILANOCARD: - 25% It hosts the biggest collection of the world of models of machines WHERE: via San Vittore 21 accomplished since the drawings of . FOR INFO: The collections have 16.000 histo- [email protected] rical assets and include testimo- nials of science history, technology and industry from XIX century un- til today. OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Sa- turday and festivity 10.00 am to

7 POLDI PEZZOLI MUSEUM

Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli born in who officially opened the new mu- Milan on 27th July 1822. His father seum April 25, 1881. Giuseppe in 1818 had inherited the enormous heritage of the family OPENING HOURS: Monday to Pezzoli, who had had the contract Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Clo- fees for the Austrian government. sed on Monday The rooms of the house were desi- PRICE: 10€ gned as precious containers of a series of works of . WITH MILANOCARD: -33% or free Gian Giacomo died in 1879 at the access (run4FREE at page 14) age of 57. He had stipulated in his will the legacy of his home and the WHERE: via Manzoni 12 works of art contained in it to Aca- FOR INFO: demy of Brera because it was ma- @museopoldipezzoli.it naged to make it into a real Art Foundation. The administration and manage- ment were entrusted to Bertini,

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SFORZA CASTLE

The construction of a fortification OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to with purely defensive functions Sunday, 9.00 am to 5.30 pm. Closed was initiated in the second half of on Monday the fourteenth century by the Vi- sconti dynasty. PRICE: 5€ The captain WITH MILANOCARD: you can get started reconstruction in 1450 to the Tourist MuseumCard and save make it his residence, after having 10% off. All the information at pa- beaten the Republic and seizing of ge 15. Milan as husband of Bianca Maria Visconti. WHERE: piazza Castello During the XX century the castle FOR INFO: gets damaged and restored after C.ServizioCastello@.milano World War II. During 1990 was .it built in the castle square a great

fountain . The castle hosts many museums.

8 MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

The Museum of Natural History PRICE: 5€ Milan is the oldest institution of its kind in Italy. It is housed in a 19th WITH MILANOCARD: you can get century building located in the the Tourist MuseumCard and save Giardini Pubblici, the public park 10% off. All the information at pa- named . The Mu- ge 15. seum of Natural History offers a WHERE: 55 variety of galleries dedicated to mineralogy, palaeontology, pa- laethnology, zoology of vertebra- tes, entomology, zoology of the invertebrates and botany. Both halls and show are con- stantly being updated. OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Sunday, 9.00 am to 5.30 pm. Closed on Monday

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MUSEUM OF NOVECENTO

The Museum of Novecento, housed de Chirico, Sironi, Fontana and ma- at Palazzo dell’Arengario on Piazza ny others. del , hosts some 400 works. The Piazza del Duomo is visible OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Sun- from the terrace. The museum is day, 9.30 am to 19.30 pm. On Mon- also connected to Palazzo Reale day 2.30 pm to 19.30 pm. On Thur- through an outside suspended sday and Saturday 9.30 am to 10.30 walkway. The museum tour starts pm. with Quarto Stato by Giuseppe Pel- PRICE: 5€ lizza da and continues with works ranging from , Me- WITH MILANOCARD: you can get taphysical, Forma 1, Novecento, the Tourist MuseumCard and save Abstractism, Informal and Spatia- 10% off. All the information at page lism to programmed and kinetic art 15. and . WHERE: piazza Duomo You can admire the works of Um- berto Boccioni, Modigliani, Giorgio FOR INFO: [email protected]

9 RISORGIMENTO MUSEUM

The Risorgimento Museum Milan Sunday, 9.00 am to 1.00 pm and is located in ancient Palazzo Morig- 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm. Closed on gia in the area of Brera, the collec- Monday tions include works and antiques PRICE: 5€ from the Napoleonic period to the annexation of by the King- WITH MILANOCARD: you can get dom of Italy, a specialised library the Tourist MuseumCard and save and a key historical archive. The 10% off. All the information at pa- Risorgimento Museum Milan was ge 15. created with a group of documents WHERE: via Borgonuovo 23 and artifacts of the Risorgimento. With Palazzo Morando, it contains FOR INFO: the Historical Collections of the [email protected] Milan’s City, which are intended ano.it for educational and cultural purpo- ses.

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to

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MODERN ART GALLERY

Modern Art Gallery of Milan is lo- become president of the new Ita- cated at Villa Reale, one of Milan’s lian Republic, of which Milan was neoclassical masterpieces, it holds the capital. Since 1921 the villa works by Appiani, Canova, Hayez, hosts the Milan collections of mo- Segantini, Previati, Rosso and two dern art. important collections: the Grassi Collection and the Vismara Collec- OPENING HOURS: every day 9.00 tion, with pieces by Balla, Boccioni, am to 5.30 pm Modigliani, Sironi, Manet, Van PRICE: 5€ Gogh and Picasso. The Villa was built between 1790 and 1796 for WITH MILANOCARD: you can get Ludovico Barbiano Bel- the Tourist MuseumCard and save giojoso. On the death of the count, 10% off. All the information at pa- the villa was purchased by the Ci- ge 15. salpine Republic government to WHERE: via 16 transform it in the residence of Bonaparte, who was to

10 PALAZZO MORANDO - FASHION MUSEUM

The paintings on the first floor pro- memorabilia of the history of the vide an overview of the image of city. the city of Milan between the 1700s and the early 1900s. Also to OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to be admired at the Palazzo Moran- Sunday, 9.00 am to 1.00 pm and do gallery and adjacent exhibition 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm halls are a series of costumes taken PRICE: 5€ from various city collections. The ground floor hosts temporary WITH MILANOCARD: you can get exhibitions, events and meetings. the Tourist MuseumCard and save After the war, following the de- 10% off. All the information at pa- struction during the bombing of ge 15. the monumental apartments of WHERE: via Sant’Andrea 6 , headquarters until then the Museum of the city FOR INFO: of Milan, it was decided to transfer [email protected] here the collection of works and o.it

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CIVIC ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

The Archeological museum Milan and the nearby in is located within the Monastero front of the imperial palace from Maggiore complex (where the the late third century. splendid 16th century frescoes by OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to can be admired). Sunday, 9.00 am to 5.30 pm. Clo- The Archeological museum, re- sed on Moday cently expanded in the adjacent venue at via Nirone 7, includes the PRICE: 5€ Greek, Etruscan and Roman collec- WITH MILANOCARD: you can tions, among which the famous get the Tourist MuseumCard and “Patera di ”.The Archeo- save 10% off. All the information logical museum Milan also keeps at page 15. items from the high and from the Gandhara civilisa- WHERE: corso Magenta 15 tion. The Monastero Maggiore ri- FOR INFO: ses above an area previously occu- [email protected] pied by a Roman villa of the first ano.it century, from massimianee walls

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The Aquarium Milan was founded PRICE: 5 € in 1906, it is one of the oldest in WITH MILANOCARD: you can get the world. The Aquarium Milan the Tourist MuseumCard and save and municipal hydro-biological 10% off. All the information at pa- station is housed in a Viennese art ge 15. nouveau building located in the Sempione park area, which repro- WHERE: viale Gadio 2 duces the elliptical architecture, FOR INFO: not far from the Sforza Castle. It is [email protected] located adjacent to the Arena Civic. The current structure of the buil- ding and of the tanks the Aquarium Milan is the result of restructuring (2003-2006). OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Sunday, 9.00 am to 5.30 pm. Closed on Monday

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LAST SUPPER

The Last Supper is a wall painting ment of the impending betrayal by at tempering fat on plaster of one of them. Leonardo da Vinci, datable on 1495 - 1498 and preserve in the ex OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to -convent near the Church of Santa Sunday, 8.15 am to 7.00 pm. Clo- Maria delle Grazie in Milan. sed on Monday It is the most famous rapresenta- PRICE: 5€, available only with tion of Last Supper, the masterpie- advanced booking ce of Leonardo and the Italian Re- naissance. WITH MILANOCARD: you can The painting is based on the Go- purchase the promotion Milano- spel of Giovanni 13:21, where Je- card + Last Supper at this link sus announces that he will be http://www.milanocard.it/option- betrayed by one of his apostles. milanocard He studied the movements of the WHERE: piazza Santa Maria del- soul the apostles surprised and le Grazie 1 disconcerted by the announce-

12 BRANCA TOWER

The Branca Tower is a building in 1.00 pm and 3.00 pm to 6.30 and steel insiede in 8.30 pm to 0.00 am and Sunday Milan. It was projected by Gio Pon- 10.30 am to 2.00 pm and 2.30 pm ti. to 7.00 pm The tower has a truncated pyrami- dal shape with hexagonal section PRICE: 5€ and it is built entirely of steel pipes WITH MILANOCARD: -20% or of . free access (read more at page 14) Today, a modern lift system at the center of the tower allows the WHERE: via Camoens climb on top of covered belvedere to five visitors at a time in 1 minu- FOR INFO: [email protected] te and it is wrapped by a staircase for maintenance and . OPENING HOURS: Wednesday 10.30 am to 12.30 pm and 4.00 pm to 6.30 pm , Saturday 10.30 am to

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ARMANI SILOS

To celebrate the 40 years of his to 7.00 pm career, Giorgio decided to Thursday and Saturday from open a museum about history of 11.00 am to 9.00 pm his collections. Armani Silos opened to public on PRICE: 12€ April 30th, the day before the ope- WITH MILANOCARD: -30% ning of . Visit the Arma- ni Silos with your MilanoCard. The WHERE: Via Bergognone 40 holders of Milan City Pass are en- FOR INFO: titled to a discount. [email protected] The museum is spread over four floors and housed a retrospective of 4 decades about the Armani’s style throught 600 clothes and 200 accessories. OPENING HOURS: Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 11.00 am

13 GALLERIE D’

The Gallerie of Piazza Scala are dini, Tosi, Vago, Zanini. located in a unique architectural complex of its kind consisting of OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to palaces, courtyards and gardens Sunday, 9.30 am to 7.30 pm. On situated in the heart of Milan. Thursday 9.30 am to 10.30 pm. The works of the twentieth century Closed on Monday art in the collec- PRICE: 5 €, for temporary tions gather a heritage from the exhibition 10€ different merged banks of the Group, and outline a cultural route WITH MILANOCARD: -40%, for that runs through the whole centu- tempory exhibition –30% ry. WHERE: piazza della Scala 6 In the current collection events and Italian artists of the twentieth FOR INFO: century are well represented: the- [email protected] re is Boccioni, Balla, Carra , de Chi- rico, Funi, Mafai, Sironi, Rosai, Spa-

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15 Transport of Milan Official Guide AIRPORT

The city of Milan is served by 3 airports.

MALPENSA

It is located in the district of , it is the major air- port of the city. It is 45 km from the city center, conneted at the center of Milan by a service of buses of Autostrada- le. The buses start from 4.30 am to 11.00 pm from Milan and from 6.00 am to 00.30 am from Malpensa. The buses start every 20 minutes.

LINATE

It is located in the district of . It is 7 km from the center of the city, conneted to the city with the buses of Autostradale. The buses start from 5.30 am to 10.00 pm, every 30 mi- nutes.

BERGAMO -

It is located near , it is the aiport dedicated to flights of low cost airlines. It is 50 km from Milan, conne- ted to the city with the buses of Autostradale. The buses start from 2.45 am to 11.15 pm from Milan,

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17 UBER - PERSONAL DRIVER

Uber is a company based on San Francisco. It provides a private car transport service through the mobile appli- cation software (app) that puts in direct connection pas- sengers and drivers. The company is present in many in all the world. The cars can be booked sending a message or using the app. With the app you can keep real-time track of the position of the car booked. The computing system of the cost of the run is similar to the taxi, calculated according to the distance traveled (if the speed is greater than 17 km/h), oor by time spent (if the speed is less than the just mentioned threshold). The payment is directly from the client to the Uber, through the credit card. The price depends from the service offered. There are 6 options: - UberX: the low cost option, the race is carried out on a small car - UberTAXI: the classic taxi Uber version - UberBLACK: the original option of Uber, the race takes place on a sedan - UberSUV: the driver will be at the edge of an SUV. - UberXL: the driver will be at the edge of a car with six or

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18 HIGH SPEED TRAIN

Italo is the new name with which the private company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori promote their high-speed services. It is the first private high-speed train in Italy. Currently the Italo fleet consists of 25 high-speed trains ETR 575.

The Italo train are divided in four environments:

- Club Executive - First - Extra Large - Smart

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The malpensa Express is an airport rail service linking the city of Milan with Malpensa Airport, in . , a railway company established by and , operates Malpensa Express services between the Malpensa Airport and both Milan Station and Milan Central Station.

The Malpensa Express trains run: - between 5.07 am and 11.58 pm from Milan Cadorna Station, between 5.26 am and 00.26 am from Malpen- sa Airport - between 5.25 am and 11.25 pm from Milan Central Station, between 5.46 am ant 10.47 from Malpensa

The train ticket for Malpensa Express also includes the shuttle bus connecting Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, which doesn’t have a pedestran connection to Terminal 1 or

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20 TRAM AND AUTOBUS OF MILAN

Schedule

The schedule of the beginning and of the con- clusion of the service change depending on the type of the lines.

Type line Service starts Ending service

Lines 90/91 (filobus) Continuous service

Lines 9 (tram) 4.00 am-4.30 am* 2.00 am-2.40 am^

Tramway lines 4.30 am-6.00 am* 1.00 am-2.30 am^

Automotive lines 5.30 am-6.00am* 0.30 am-1.45 am^

* timetable of departues ^ timetable of end of service

Winterly Summer August Hours of rush soft hour rush soft hour rush soft hour hour hour hour Main lines 3’-6’ 5’-8’ 4’-7’ 6’-10’ 6’-9’ 8’-11’ Other lines 7’-9’ 9’-11’ 8’-10’ 9’-13’ 9’-13’ 10’-14’

Programmed frequencies (in minutes)

In the evening time slots, from 9.00 pm, the service has a medium frequency of 15 minutes

21 AZIENDA TRASPORTI MILANESI ATM

ATM guarantees the service every day, except in excep- tional situations outside the control of the company. Each schedule has developed into weekdays, Saturdays and holidays. From Monday to Friday the timetable is divided in those bands: - Rush hour: 7.00 am to 9.00 am and 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm for the subway lines, and the surface lines. - Soft hour hour: the remaining hours of the day

On December 25th and on May 1st the service is provi- ded from 7.00 am to 7.30 pm. In the other festivity the service is is guaranteed with normal holiday schedule.

The summer schedule will be in place from 9th July to 4th September 2016. From 1st to 28th August 2016 the lines carry out the Saturday schedule in the days from Monday to Saturday and festivity schedule on Sundays and festivity.

TITOLO BRANO INTERNO In case of strike the service takes place in the time of Questo brano può contenere 75-125 guarantee bands, from the starting of service until 8.45 parole.

La selezione di immagini ed elementi grafici è un passaggio importante in quanto questi elementi consentono di aggiungere impatto alla pubblica- zione. Analizzare l'articolo e valutare se le immagini inserite sono coerenti con il FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WITH MILANOCARD messaggio che si desidera trasmette- re. Evitare immagini che risultino fuori contesto.

In hour Word sono disponi- bili migliaia di immagini ClipArt, nonché numerosi strumenti che consentono di disegnare forme e simboli.

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22 RED SUBWAY - LINE M1

The red subway starts from Sesto 1° Maggio to and . Every day the first subway starts at 6.15 am from Sesto 1° Maggio, at 6.16 am from Rho Fie- ra and at 6.20 from Bisceglie. From Monday to Friday the subway passes eve- ry 4-8 minutes, on Saturday every 7-8 minutes and on Sunday and festivity every 11-12 minu- tes. The last subway is at 0.10 from the terminus. The stops don’t included in the Milan urban area are: Sesto Rondo . Sesto 1° Maggio, , Rho Fieramilano.

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M1 main ’10'' 3’45'' 3’10'' 4’30’’ 4’30’’ - Sesto 1° maggio FS- M1 branches 4'20'' 7'30'' 6'20'' 9’ 9' - Rho Fiera Milano - Bisceglie

23 SUBWAY - LINE M2

The green subway starts from and Milanofiori Forum to Cologno Nord and Cascina Gobba. Every day the first subway starts at 6.00 am from Assago Milanofiori Forum and Abbiate- grasso, at 6.05 am from Cologno Nord and at 5.55 am from . From Monday to Friday the subway passes eve- ry 8-12 minnutes, on Saturday every 10-20 mi- nutes and on Sunday and festivity every 20 mi- nutes. The last subway is at 0.36 am. The stops after Cascina Gobba, to Cologno Nord and Gessate, aren’t included in the urban area of Milan. The stops don’t included in the Milan urban area are: Assago Milanofiori Forum and Assago Milanofiori Nord .

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M2 main line 2’30’’ 4' 3'45'’ 5' 6' - -Cascina Gobba

M2 branches 5' 12' 7'30'' 20’' 12' - Gessate - Abbiategrasso 6' 6'40'' - Cologno Nord - Assago

24 YELLOW SUBWAY - LINE M3

The yellow subway starts from to . Every day the first subway starts at 6.00 am from Maciachini and at 6.00 am from San Dona- to. From Monday to Friday the subway passes eve- ry 2-4 minutes, on Saturday every 5-6 minutes and on Sunday and festivity every 6-7 minutes. The last subaway is at 0.20 am.

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M3 S. Donato- 3’ 4'45'' 4’15’’ 6’15’’ 6’

25 LILAC SUBWAY - LINE M4

The lilac subway starts from San Siro Stadio to Bignami. Every day the subway starts at 6.00 am from Bignami, at 6.00 am from San Siro Stadio. From Monday to Friday the subway passes eve- ry 3-4 minutes, on Saturday every 4 minutes and on Sunday and festivity every 4 minutes. The last subway is at 0.00 am.

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M3 S. Donato-Comasina 3’ 4' 4’ 6’ 6’

26 THE PASSING RAILWAY - THE LINES S

The passing railway of Milan is a infrastructure almost entirely underground that crossing Milan. The suburban lines make possible a whole new way to move by train. The lines S connect the hinterland area of Milan and the city center, through the underground railway and along railway lines surface. The passing railway passes every 5-6 minutes. To access the rail link will we cross the turnstiles. The passing railway statitons are all equipped with light panels that provide information about the time of arrival and destination. The passing railway is crossed by the suburban lines S1 ( - Lodi), S2 (Camnago - Milano ), S5 ( - Varese), S6 ( - /Treviglio) and S13 (Milano - ).

27 MILANOCARD

MilanoCard is the Milan City Pass, which offers free public transportation and free or discounted entry to over 500 + Milan tourist attractions, including more than 20 top Milan museums, shops, and restaurants. MilanoCard is personal and not transferable. Children under ten years old ride free! 5 top reasons to buy Milan City Pass

Free Public Transport in Milan urban area (, tram, buses, city-trains) Free Personal Driver for 2 rides Free access to the top attractions of Milan Free or discounted access in more than 20 museums and 500+ tourist attractions in Milan, Rome and  Speedy online purchase with pickup also few minutes after payment Get your MilanoCard in three easy steps

Choose and buy MilanoCard now online at http://www.milanocard.it/buy-now-classic

1. Make the payment with any credit card or via a PayPal account. 2. Pick up at your arrival (airport or station or hotel) also few minutes after online purchase 3. Enjoy Milan! The card becomes active after the first time it is used for public transport.

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