Italy

Milan

Italy's fashion and design capital

Italy's financial heart hides Da Vinci's Last Supper, a Gothic cathedral with 3,400 statues, and the world's most elegant shopping arcade.

When to go

April–June and September–October. August empties out.

Getting around

Metro M1–M5 covers everything; trams are charming alternatives.

Milan highlights

The top places to start with if you only have a day or two — the essentials before you go deeper.

No. 01 · Landmark

Duomo di Milano

Gothic cathedral with 135 spires

Six centuries in the making, the world's third-largest church bristles with sculptures and a golden Madonnina on top.

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No. 02 · Museum

The Last Supper

Leonardo's fresco at Santa Maria delle Grazie

Leonardo's 1498 mural in the refectory of a Dominican convent — only 30 visitors at a time, for 15 minutes.

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No. 03 · Landmark

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

The world's oldest shopping arcade

An 1877 iron-and-glass cathedral of commerce linking the Duomo to La Scala.

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Things to do in Milan

A curated mix of landmarks, neighborhoods, and museums worth your time in Milan, Italy — grouped by type below.