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CITY TOUR SHOPPING Piazza Gae Aulenti Corso Como TOUR Via Senato Piazza XXV Aprile Arco della Pace Via Borgospesso Via Monte di Pietà Via del Gesù Corso Garibaldi Via Sant’Andrea Pinacoteca di Brera Teatro AllAllaa SScalacala Castello Teatrotro PiPiazzaazza Sforzesco alla Scalaala SaSann BBabilaabila Piazzettaze a Piazza Via Dante Piazzettaazzetta Libertyty Largo Cadorna Libertyrtytyy Cairoli Santa Maria delle Grazie Piazza DuDuomo PiazzaPiaz San Babila Piazza Affari Basilica di Piazza Duomoomo discount for MilanoCard holders Sant’Ambrogio 9€ Get them together on www.veloleo.it Welcome! Contents Dear Visitor, It’s my pleasure to welcome you to Milan and to introduce Arriving & Transport 6 the fi rst edition of Milan In Your Pocket, the international brand now fi nally also available in the Milan edition. City basics 10 Over the past few years, also thanks to the great opportunity History 14 represented by Expo 2015, Milan has morphed from busy commercial and fi nancial hub into fully fl edged tourist Culture & Events 15 destination. Responsible for this transformation are a large number of private enterprises, many of which are led by Restaurants 21 young people, that have worked together to launch Milan Cafés 28 onto the global market. Milan is a city that you wouldn’t expect to be able cater for every type of visitor, and yet, Nightlife 29 whether you are a culture-vulture, you are looking for amusement, football, music, shopping, high quality cuisine Sightseeing 32 or you are visiting with a young family, a friend or a whole Shopping 38 group, Milan off ers something for everyone. The courtyard of the Pinacoteca di Brera © www.visitamilano.it In addition to this, Milan acts as passage to the rest of Italy Directory 41 if you consider that it’s only 90 minutes away from Florence has wisely separated advertising from editorial content, and Venice and under 3 hours from Rome! providing the latter with total freedom to narrate the city Where to sleep 44 What you are about to read is not a simple guide, but a and its surrounding area. We also set out to reveal some tassel of a much larger tourist information service that lesser-known aspects, the less touristic routes of the area Maps & Index a number of businesses have built by combining their which we are sure will charm you. To start your exploration Public transport map 47 diff erent capabilities. Today, thanks to the partnership I warmly suggest taking the Milan Welcome Walks during City Centre Map 48 Castello Sforzesco’s Castellana tower © visitamilano.it between my business, which manages MilanCard and which our young team of tour-guides will lead you free of Index 50 Milan TourismPoint, and Milan in Your Pocket, every visitor charge to the discovery of the heart of the city. has access to online editorial and multimedia content, as You are entering an extraordinary city in an extraordinary Publisher well as an extensive network of tourist information offi ces, country; you are about to discover unique places and to IYP Italia S.r.l. personnel trained to assist you on your arrival, a range of meet extraordinary people that will provide you with Via San Vincenzo 2 - XI piano 16121 Genoa, Italy services for your stay and a paper guide to keep with you unforgettable moments and will leave you wanting to at all times. This is why we are not simply off ering a travel come back again and again. Milan In Your Pocket sets out to Head offi ce guide here, but an extensive and innovative hospitality guide you, now let yourself be amazed. Via Benigno Crespi 19 - MAC4 - IV piano system. 20159 Milan, Italy You will discover all that is available in this extraordinary Edoardo Filippo Scarpellini Tel. +39 02 00 69 71 41 city in this excellent and up-to-the-minute guide that MilanoCard Founder and CEO Fax +39 02 00 69 71 01 [email protected] www.inyourpocket.com ABOUT IYP Printed by Graphicscalve S.p.A., Vilminore di Scalve, Italy Editorial Not content with publishing more Editor-in-Chief: Lorenzo Marsano than 100 guides to cities across three Contributors: Ciara Brady, Lorenzo Marsano, Josephine ESTONIA continents, In Your Pocket is currently Ornago, Julia Wohlers LATVIA RUSSIA Layout: Tomáš Haman; Maps: © ATM S.p.A. carrying out a new round of expansion Cover photo © Ri-Show S.r.l. 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It To rent a car in Italy you must be over 21 and have held a Milan’s main airport is found in Ferno, about 50km from the The fastest and easiest way to reach Milan from this airport contains shops, commercial areas, bars and ATMs. It also driver’s license for at least a year. You will also be asked to city centre. Terminal 1 is for intercontinental, international is via the array of buses waiting just outside the Arrivals houses a My Link Point customer care counter, open weekdays present a passport or valid ID at the time of hire. If renting and domestic fl ights, while Terminal 2 is for charter fl ights section bound for Centrale railway station. Although they are 06:45 - 20:45 and weekends and holidays 08:00 - 16:30, to a car with children, you must also rent the appropriate seat and budget airlines. managed by various companies, all charge €5 per trip, and provide information, assist disabled passengers, and track or cushion for their safety. Trenord’s Malpensa Express train (www.malpensaexpress. many off er a roundtrip ticket for €9. The drive lasts about lost property or luggage. Tickets must be validated before Q M AVIS (BERGAMO ORIO AL SERIO AIRPORT) it, (+39) 02 85 11 43 82) runs trains daily out of Terminal 50 minutes, depending on traffi c. The Orioshuttle (www. boarding the train. C-1, Piazza Freud 1, Garibaldi FS, Q 1 to and from both Centrale and Cadorna railway stations. orioshuttle.com, (+39) 035 31 93 66) runs daily to Centrale tel. (+39) 02 655 20 78, www.trenitalia.com. Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, tel. (+39) 035 31 01 92, Trains bound for Centrale leave daily at 43 and 56 minutes railway station every 30 minutes from 03:00 - 23:40. The www.avis.com. Open 08:00 - 22:00. past the hour, and take about 45 minutes. Trains to Cadorna tickets are €4 one-way, €9 round-trip if purchased online; AVIS (CITY)QD-4, Piazza Diaz 6, MMissori, tel. (+39) occur 22 times daily, with stops along the way at Bovisa/ tickets bought on-site are €5 one-way, €10 round-trip.