Monocle 25/25 Milan Italy

Monocle 25/25
Milan
Italy
Milan offers unrivalled
shopping for fans of fashion,
food and design without the
crush of tourists you find in
Rome and Florence.Walk its
streets and peer into palazzo
courtyards to uncover some of
the city’s best-kept gardens.
Essentials
01Milan is hailed as the
world’s interior-design
capital. For vintage
furniture visit Nilufar; for
avant-garde design drop
in at Rossana Orlandi.
02 Sample gelato at artisan
producer Il Massimo
del Gelato in Via
Lodovico Castelvetro.
03Sit for a wet shave at Antica
Barbieria Colla on Via
Gerolamo Morone.
04 For hard-to-find fragrances,
leather goods and friendly
service, visit British Box
off Corso Buenos Aires.
05 For great menswear, visit
the Host boutique in
Piazza Tommaseo.
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Guide/Info
Hotels
Independent and easy
Palazzo Segreti
8 Via San Tomaso
+39 02 4952 9250
palazzosegreti.com
Dependable chain
Park Hyatt Milan
1 Via Tommaso Grossi
+39 02 8821 1234
milan.park.hyatt.com
Premium
Four Seasons Hotel
6/8 Via Gesù
+39 02 77088
fourseasons.com/milan
Dining
Fast breakfast
Pasticceria Marchesi
11A Via Santa Maria
alla Porta
+39 02 876 730
pasticceriamarchesi.com
Business breakfast
Sant Ambroeus
7 Corso Matteotti
+39 02 7600 0540
santambroeusmilano.it
Mid-morning coffee
Fioraio Bianchi Caffè
7 Via Montebello
+39 02 2901 4390
fiorabianchicaffe.it
Working lunch
with colleagues
Pisacco
48 Via Solferino
+39 02 9176 5472
pisacco.it
Need-to-impress-clients
lunch
Al Porto
Piazzale Cantore
+39 02 8940 7425
ristorantealportomilano.it
Dinner on your own
Bjork
20 Via Panfilo Castaldi
+39 02 4945 7424
bjork.it
Dinner with colleagues
Ratanà
28 Via Gaetano de Castilla
+39 02 8712 8855
ratana.it
Big dinner with
partner/clients
Ristorante Berton
13 Viale della Liberazione
+39 02 6707 5801
ristoranteberton.com
Late bite
Princi
5 Piazza XXV Aprile
+39 02 2906 0832
princi.com
Drink after dinner
Dry
33 Via Solferino
+39 02 6379 3414
drymilano.it
Late drinks
Bar Basso
39 Via Plinio
+39 02 2940 0580
barbasso.com
Reading
Bookshop
Hoepli
5 Via Hoepli
+39 02 864 871
hoepli.it
Newsagent
Edicola Fabrizio Prestinari
Largo Treves
+39 02 6595 290
Thank yous
Chocolates
Guido Gobino
39 Corso Giuseppe
Garibaldi
+39 02 8909 6601
guidogobino.it
Shopping
Something you can’t get
anywhere else
Stationery from Pettinaroli
2 Piazza San Fedele
(entrance on Via T.
Marino)
+39 02 8646 4642
fpettinaroli.it
Lost luggage – where to buy
shirts, socks and underwear
La Rinascente
Piazza Duomo
+39 02 88521
rinascente.it
Something for the kids
Children’s clothes from
Pupi Solari
2 Piazza Tommaseo
+39 02 463 325
pupisolari.com
Something for someone
you love
Jewellery from Nathalie
Jean
48 Via Solferino
+39 335 608 9602
nathaliejean.com
Something for yourself
Knitwear from Massimo
Alba
8 Via Brera
+39 02 7209 3420
massimoalba.com
Two-hour tour
01 Villa
Necchi Campiglio
This 1930s residence
museum mixes art
deco and rationalist
architecture.
casemuseomilano.it
02 Museo del Novecento
Modern art museum next
to Piazza Duomo.
Palazzo dell’Arengario,
1 Via Guglielmo Marconi
+39 02 8844 4061
museodelnovecento.org
03Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Library featuring Da
Vinci’s Atlantic Codex and
artwork by Titian, Raphael
& Caravaggio.
ambrosiana.eu
Limousine/car
Auto Servizi Mariani
8 Via Pollaiuolo
+39 02 697 101
autoservizimariani.com
Transport
Bike sharing
BikeMi
Milan’s bikesharing
scheme has over 200
stations at which you
can drop off and pick
up bicycles to get
around town.
bikemi.com
Fitness
Good gym
Downtown
(Piazza Diaz branch)
6 Piazza Diaz
+39 02 8631 1831
downtownpalestre.it