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Milan

Milan is where Italy rolls up its sleeves and gets to work. A tad drab on the outside, the city makes amends with first-rate food and shopping. On weekends follow the locals’ lead and make for the nearby Alps or beaches in Liguria.

 

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Essentials

01 Milan is not Rome. Show up on time to appointments.
02 Whenever possible, use Linate airport for arrivals/departures.
03 Outfits matter, so skip the Friday casual look.
04 Get rid of jet lag at the Culti day spa. culti.it
05 Hail a taxi by phone on + 39 02 85 85 (remember, this is not NYC).

Hotels

Independent and easy
Il Resentin
24 via Mercato
+ 39 380 4666 659
resentin.it

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
La Veranda/Four Seasons
6/8 via Gesù
+ 39 02 77088
fourseasons.com/milan

Mid-morning coffee
Fioraio Bianchi Caffè
7 via Montebello
+ 39 02 2901 4390

Working lunch with colleagues
Rigolo
11 Via Solferino
+ 39 02 8646 3220
rigolo.it

Need-to-impress-clients lunch
Trattoria Bagutta
14 via Bagutta
+ 39 02 7600 0902
todine.net/bagutta

Lunch on your own
Obikà
Via Mercato
(corner of via dei Fiori Chiari)
+ 39 02 8645 0568
obika.it

Evening cocktails
N’ombra de vin
2 via San Marco
+ 39 02 659 9650
nombradevin.it

Dinner on your own
Santa Lucia
3 via S. Pietro
all’Orto
+ 39 02 7602 3155
asantalucia.it

Dinner with colleagues
Trattoria Masuelli
80 viale Umbria
+ 39 02 5518 4138
masuelli-trattoria.com

Private dinner
BBQ
5 via Sottocorno
+ 39 02 7600 3571

Big dinner with partner/clients
Don Carlos
29 via Manzoni
+ 39 02 7231 4640
ristorantedoncarlos.it

Drink after dinner
Moscatelli
93 corso Garibaldi
+ 39 02 655 4602

Late drinks
Tibi 
1 via San Fermo
+ 39 02 654 680

Late bite
Princi
5 Piazza XXV Aprile 
+ 39 02 2906 0832
princi.it

Reading

Bookshop
Books Import
11 via Achille Maiocchi 
+ 39 02 2940 0478
books-import.com

Newsstand
Edicola Fabrizio Prestinari
Largo Treves 
+ 39 02 659 5290


Thank yous

Stationery
Fabriano Boutique
17 via Ponte Vetero
+ 39 02 7631 8754
fabrianoboutique.com


Shopping

Something you can’t get anywhere else
Leather goods from Valextra
3 via Manzoni
+ 39 02 9978 6060
valextra.com

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 Nicolo
+ 39 02 463 325

Something for someone you love
Timepiece or jewellery from Rocca
25 Piazza Duomo
+ 39 02 805 7447
rocca1872.com

Something for yourself
Clothes from Slowear
6 viale Elvezia
+ 39 02 3310 0774
slowear.it

Two-hour tour

01 Villa Necchi
This mix of Art Deco and rationalist architecture remains intact from the time it was completed in 1935. Campiglio
14 via Mozart
+ 39 02 7634 0121
casemuseo.it

02 PAC
The city’s gallery of contemporary art.
14 via Palestro
+ 39 02 7602 0400
comune.milano.it/pac

03 Pinacoteca di Brera and Botanical Garden
28 via Brera
Paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio and Tintoretto grace the walls inside while outside you can walk around gardens dating from 1774 and restored in 1998.


Limousine/car

Auto Servizi Mariani
8 via Antonio Pollaiuolo
+ 39 02 697 101
autoservizimariani.com


Transport

Buy a pass
A giornaliero ticket (€3) works for 24 hours from the moment it’s validated. Valid on all trams, buses and metros.
 

Fitness

Good gym
Downtown
(Piazza Diaz branch)
6 Piazza Diaz
+ 39 02 863 1181