4 days Tour – Milan

The Tour starts in the Airport of your arrival. We will welcome you on board of our comfortable 56 seats Iveco Magelys bus. First stop at the Hotel in Milan or nearby, to drop off luggage and relax after the long trip. It may be possible to have a quick visit of the city during the night, before overnight stay.

The second day is dedicated to the visit of Milan. The main and more famous site is Milan Cathedral. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete. It is the largest church in Italy (the larger St. Peter’s Basilica is in the State of Vatican City), the third largest in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. From the Cathedral you will reach the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy’s oldest active shopping mall and major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the center of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. After the Galleria, you will see La Scala Theatre, opera house in Milan. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and the premiere performance was Antonio Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta. Most of Italy’s greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from around the world, have appeared at La Scala. The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world. In the afternoon the Tour of Milan will continue with the visit of the Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery), the main public gallery for paintings in Milan. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings, an outgrowth of the cultural program of the Brera Academy, which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera. It contains masterpieces of Andrea Mantegna, Raphael, Piero della Francesca, Hayez, Tintoretto, Van Dyck, Caravaggio and many others. After the visit of the museum, time to go shopping in Via Montenapoleone, an upscale shopping street in Milan, and Europe’s most expensive street. It is famous for its ready-to-wear fashion and jewelry shops, and for being the most important street of the Milan fashion district, where many well-known fashion designers have high-end boutiques.

On the third day you will have the chance to see one of the most iconic works of art of the entire world: “The Last Supper“. It is a late 15th-century mural painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci housed by the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. It is one of the Western world’s most recognizable paintings. Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the Twelve Apostles when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him. After that you will see Parco Sempione, Civic Aquarium of Milan and Sforza Castle, one of the most important attractions of the city.

Depending on the flight departure time, possibility to go for an extra excursion in the modern area of Milan, business district of Milan. Here you can visit the “Pirellone“, one of the symbols of the economic power of the city. You will also have the chance to visit “Bosco Verticale” (Vertical Forest), a pair of residential towers. They have a height of 111 metres (364 ft) and 76 metres (249 ft) and contain more than 900 trees (approximately 550 and 350 in the first and second towers, respectively) on 8,900 square metres (96,000 sq ft) of terraces. Bosco Verticale won the International Highrise Award, prestigious international competition, honouring excellence in recently constructed buildings that stand a minimum of 100 meters (328 feet) tall.
At the end of the visit, bus transfer to the Airport for the return flight.