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
01 Milan is hailed as the
world’s interior-design
capital. For vintage
furniture visit Nilufar;
for contemporary looks
pop into De Padova.
02 Sample gelato (much
tastier than ice cream)
at Grom, the city’s best
chain, or at artisan
producer Il Massimo
del Gelato in Via
Lodovico Castelvetro.
03 Sit 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 Burn off Sunday brunch
with a post-meal game of
bocce – the Italian version
of boules – at restaurant
U Barba.
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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
11/a 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-impressclients lunch
Al Porto
Piazzale Cantore
+39 02 8940 7425
ristorantealportomilano.it
Lunch on your own
Obikà
1 Via Santa Radegonda
+39 02 8852 453
obika.com
Evening cocktails
N’ombra de Vin
2 Via San Marco
+39 02 6599 650
nombradevin.it
Dinner on your own
Pizzeria Spontini
60 Corso Buenos Aires
(entrance 4 Via Spontini)
+39 02 2047 444
pizzeriaspontini.it
Dinner with colleagues
Trattoria Masuelli
80 Viale Umbria
+39 02 5518 4138
masuellitrattoria.com
Private dinner
Il Faro
6 Via Marco D’Oggiono
+39 02 5810 4107
ilfarodimilano.com
Big dinner with
partner/clients
Don Carlos
29 Via Manzoni
+39 02 7231 4604
ristorantedoncarlos.it
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
Late bite
Princi
5 Piazza XXV Aprile
+39 02 2906 0832
princi.com
Reading
Bookstore
Hoepli
5 Via Hoepli
+39 02 864 871
hoepli.it
Newsstand
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
01Villa Necchi Campiglio
This 1930s residence
museum mixes art
deco and rationalist
architecture.
casemuseomilano.it
02Spazio Rossana Orlandi
Store selling the best in
contemporary design.
rossanaorlandi.com
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
Buy a pass
A giornaliero ticket (€4.50)
works for 24 hours from
the moment it’s validated.
Valid on all trams, buses
and metros. Also try the
public bike share service
from bikemi.com.
Fitness
Good gym
Downtown
(Piazza Diaz branch)
6 Piazza Diaz
+39 02 8631 1831
downtownpalestre.it