Milan

Before you go

• Duomo rooftop: book online in advance. Tickets for the terraces sell out.
• The Last Supper (Cenacolo Vinciano): book months ahead.
• Fonderie Milanesi (aperitivo): reserve.

Food

Pizza

• Berberè (Navigli, Colonne). Sourdough. The best of the three.
• Biopizza (Corso Italia)
• Denis Pizza.

Pasta

• Cacio e Pepe (Porta Ticinese)
• Pasto, a pasta laboratory
• Volemose Bene (Moscova, Roman cooking)
• Mattarello (Chinatown)
• Felice a Testaccio

Milanese and traditional

• Panzerotti da Luini
• Trattoria Milanese
• Trattoria Trippa
• Trattoria Madonnina
• Osteria Alla Grande
• Antica Osteria il Ronchettino
• Al Garghet
• All'Antico Vinaio. Tuscan sandwiches, go to the Piazza Sant'Alessandro location and eat in the square
• La Pec. A delicacy shop with a bistro upstairs.

Fish

• Pescetto. Simple, very good.
• Brutti di Mare
• Trattoria del Pescatore

Other cuisines

• Ravioleria Sarpi (Chinatown dumplings)
• Mamajuana (Dominican)
• Shiva (Indian)
• Fairouz (Lebanese)

Fancier

• Dal Bolognese. The pick for a nice dinner.
• Clotilde Brera. Rooftop terrace in Brera, modern Italian.

Coffee, gelato, pastry

Cafés

• Marchesi. Historic, worth seeing on its own.
• Bar Luce, inside Fondazione Prada
• Fioraio Bianchi
• Flora et Labora

Gelato

• Ciacco
• Gelateria La Romana

Pasticcerie

• Panarello. Best cannoncini in the city.
• Princi
• Pasticceria Cucchi
• Pasticceria Gattullo

Aperitivo and drinks

With outdoor seating

• Frizzi e Lazzi. The best of these if you want to sit outside.
• Fonderie Milanesi. Best aperitivo with real food. Book ahead.
• e/n Enoteca Naturale. Natural wine, good food too.
• Bar Frida (Isola)
• Mag Café (Navigli, or Via de Amicis)
• Foresta Bar
• Bicicletta. Drinks only.

Rooftops

• Rinascente Terrazza
• Terrazza Triennale
• Terrazza Duomo 21

Wine bars

• Cicinin della Ripa
• Vinoir
• N'Ombra de Vin

What to see

Must do

• The Duomo, including the rooftop terraces
• Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
• La Scala and its piazza
• Castello Sforzesco, Parco Sempione, and the Arco della Pace

Neighborhoods to walk

• Brera
• Navigli, along the canals
• Porta Venezia, including Villa Necchi Campiglio and its garden with flamingos
• Isola and Chinatown, for the Bosco Verticale
• Sant'Ambrogio
• Quadrilatero della Moda: Via della Spiga, Via Montenapoleone, Via Sant'Andrea
• Piazza Sant'Alessandro, one of the prettiest squares in the city

Museums

• Fondazione Prada
• Pinacoteca di Brera
• Cenacolo Vinciano (The Last Supper), at Santa Maria delle Grazie
• La Triennale
• Armani Silos
• Museo del Novecento
• MUDEC
• Museo Poldi Pezzoli
• Gallerie d'Italia
• Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
• Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia

Shopping

• La Rinascente, the department store next to the Duomo
• Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Torino for high street
• Corso Buenos Aires, longer and less central
• Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga for Prada and the rest

Vintage

• Humana Vintage: the Via de Amicis location is best
• Napoleone, for jeans
• Il Bivio and Cavalli e Nastri
• Via Giacomo Mora has a cluster of secondhand shops

Day trips

• Lake Como: train to Varenna-Esino, then the ferry to Bellagio
• Lake Maggiore: Stresa and the Borromean Islands
• Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino
• Verona
• Pavia