Explore Milan, Italy’s business and fashion capital, where centuries of history and heritage blend seamlessly with cutting edge styles and fashions, with our Great Milan tour.
Great Milan Tour
The Great Milan Tour is a great way for first time visitors and new arrivals to find their orientation within Milan.
Milan is different from Rome, Venice or Florence. Milan is industrious, forward-looking and businesslike. It’s the richest city of Italy’s richest region (Lombardy) and is one of the world’s biggest financial and commercial centres. It also is one of the world fashion capitals. Milan firms include Alfa Romeo, Prada, Pirelli, Dolce e Gabbana, Mediaset, Telecom Italia and Versace.
But Milan is also an ancient city of art and culture, as its top monuments, buildings, museums, galleries, cultural attractions remind.
Milan has lots to offer to art, architecture, history, food, fashion and design lovers!
Our half-day Milan tour will allow art and architecture lovers to discover the impressive Duomo, Castello Sforzesco, Royal Palace, La Scala Theatre, and The Last Supper, da Vinci’s masterpiece.
Fashion and design lovers will enjoy the shopper’s paradise – Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, a highlight of Italy’s fashion capital – and the Quadrilatero, Milan’s most famed and fabled shopping district, which displays luxurious shops, courtyards, and palaces.
Discover the beauty of Milan on this 5 hours tour.
Trip Details
- Half day tour of Milan
- Entrance tickets to Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper
- Duration: 5 hours
- Departure from your hotel in Milan at 2,30 pm. Arrival in hotel in Milan at 7,30 pm
- code: 021713
Price
- Total price € 280,00 for a trip by minivan within 7 people.
- This is a personal trip by private car with driver for one group of clients only.
Highlights
- 5-hours tour of Milan with admission to see da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’
- Visit Santa Maria delle Grazie, UNESCO World Heritage site
- Admire Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, ‘The Last Supper’, skipping the long entrance queue
- Explore Sforza Castle and La Scala, the world-famous theatre
- Visit the luxurious shops, courtyards, and palaces in the Quadrilatero, Milan’s most famed and fabled shopping district
- Explore the distinctive and fascinating Brera art borough
Itinerary
The guide will pick you up at your hotel at 2,30 pm.
First, head to the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. In this UNESCO World Heritage site admire Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper, in the sacristy nearby.
Demand for the painting is high and the queues get long to see this masterpiece, but our tour includes the entrance tickets to avoid the long queue.
The Last Supper (L’Ultima Cena), considered by many to be among the most famous paintings ever made, is thought to have been completed toward the end of the 15th century.
Admire the intricate detailing and aged splendor of this depiction of Jesus’ final meal with his Disciples. The painting is a remarkable work, dramatically occupying a whole wall of the church, almost overpowering you with its lifesize figures.
After The Last Supper, head to the city centre.
Explore the medieval Sforza Castle, an imposing citadel built in the 15th century by the family which once ruled the city to accommodate Milan’s lords, ladies and landed gentry.
La Scala opera house will be your next stop. La Scala is the most famous opera house in the world. If you decide to visit it, you will admire the theater’s ornate stage, crystal chandelier and orchestra pit from your vantage point in one of the public boxes.
After La Scala, marvel at the scale and beauty of the famous Duomo di Milano (Milan Cathedral) and learn of its long history.
The Duomo is the world’s second largest cathedral (only bested by St Peter’s in Rome) and is the world’s largest Gothic church.
Built in a striking, Gothic architecture, it hosts 135 spires and 3,200 statues! If you decide to climb the Duomo to the external top you will appreciate the amazing city panorama and the external church architecture.
The glamorous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele shopping arcade, in Piazza Duomo, has chic boutiques and luxury stores, but for shopping lovers the tour includes also a visit of the Milan’s most famed and fabled shopping district: the Quadrilatero d’Oro (Golden Quadrilateral), where the greatest fashion designers of the world have their boutiques.
Milano is really a mecca for fashion shoppers, drawn by the superb designer stores of the Quadrilatero, home to Milan’s most expensive designer items. You will visit the quaint, cobbled streets of Via della Spiga, Via Sant’Andrea, and Via Montenapoleone, the most important street of the Milan Shopping District.
Here you’ll find the most exclusive Italian shoemakers and world famous brands such as Chanel, Gucci, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Hermes and more!
Last, you will visit Brera art borough, one of the oldest in Milan. This area, rich in history, art and culture makes it one of the most distinctive and fascinating places to visit in the city. There are many art galleries and historic bars with outdoor tables which were once “literary cafes” frequented by artists and students of the famous Art Academy.
At the end of your tour, you will be returned to your hotel in Milan.
What’s Included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Milan
- Transfers by car or air-conditioned minivan
What’s Not Included
- Tour guide (on demand)
- Last Supper tickets
- Gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks
- Entrance fees to attractions
- The visits of the museums of the La Scala theater, of the Sforzesco castle and the climb up to the top of the Duomo cathedral are optional, on demand and the ticket is not included.
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