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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Milan (Travel Guide with Free Dictionary)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Milan (Travel Guide with Free Dictionary)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Milan (Travel Guide with Free Dictionary)
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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Milan (Travel Guide with Free Dictionary)

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    With an iconic style and a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to Milan - now with a bilingual dictionary

    Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Milan, from top tourist attractions like the Brera, La Scala, Castello Sforzesco, Milan Cathedrals and the Piazza del Duomo, to hidden gems, including the San Siro, the city gate at Porta Ticinese and the Navigli.

    - What to see: comprehensive coverage of the city's attractions, illustrated with striking photography
    - What to do: how to make the most of your leisure time, from local entertainment to the best activities and shopping
    - History and culture: giving you a deeper understanding of the city's heritage, people and contemporary life
    - Practical tips: where to stay, dining out and how to get around: reliable recommendations and expert travel advice
    - Dictionary: quick-reference bilingual language guide to help you with vocabulary on the ground
    - Covers: dining, sport, shopping, architecture and opera

    About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateAug 1, 2019
    ISBN9781785732485
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Milan (Travel Guide with Free Dictionary)

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      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Milan, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Milan, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Milan are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Milan. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Berlitz Pocket Guides

      The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

      Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

      Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

      © 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Milan’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day in Milan

      Introduction

      Work hard, play hard

      La bella figura

      Cultural confidence

      Location and quality of life

      A Brief History

      Ancient Mediolanum

      Huns, Goths and Lombards

      The commune of Milan

      Lords of Milan: the Visconti and Sforza

      Ludovico il Moro

      Foreign intervention

      From unification to today

      Historical Landmarks

      Where To Go

      Getting around

      The Duomo and Historic Centre

      Duomo

      Inside the cathedral

      Piazza del Duomo

      Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

      Teatro alla Scala

      Piazza Mercanti

      Ambrosiana Gallery and Library

      Santa Maria Presso San Satiro

      Castello Sforzesco and the Northwest

      Castello Sforzesco

      Castle museums

      Parco Sempione

      Cimitero Monumentale

      The Brera

      Pinacoteca di Brera

      Churches and cafés of the Brera

      Fashion District – Northeast of the Duomo

      Quadrilatero d’Oro

      Museo Bagatti Valsecchi

      Museo Poldi Pezzoli

      Giardini Pubblici

      West of the Centre

      The Last Supper

      Santa Maria delle Grazie

      Science Museum

      Museo Archeologico and San Maurizio

      Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio

      The South: the Canal Quarter and the Ticinese

      The Navigli

      The Navigli today

      The Ticinese district

      Excursions from Milan

      Chiaravalle Abbey

      Pavia

      Certosa di Pavia

      Monza

      What To Do

      Shopping

      Where to shop

      Factory outlets

      Interior design

      Department stores

      Books and multimedia

      Gastronomy

      Markets and antiques

      Entertainment

      Opera

      Concerts

      Nightlife

      Sport

      Children’s Milan

      Calendar of Events

      Eating Out

      Where To Eat

      What To Eat

      Antipasti

      Primi

      Secondi

      Dolci

      Wines and liqueurs

      Reading the Menu

      To Help You Order…

      …and Read the Menu

      Restaurants

      Historic Centre

      Castello Sforzesco and Northwest

      The Brera

      Northeast, East and Stazione Centrale

      South: Navigli, Ticinese, Zona Tortona

      Milanese Cafés and Ice Cream

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation (see also Hotels)

      Airports

      B

      Bicycle Hire

      Budgeting for Your Trip

      C

      Car Hire (See also Driving)

      Climate

      Crime and Safety

      D

      Disabled Travellers

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and Consulates

      Emergencies

      G

      Getting There

      Guides and Tours

      H

      Health and Medical Care

      L

      Language

      LGBTQ Travellers

      M

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening Times

      P

      Police

      Post Office

      Public Holidays

      R

      Religion

      S

      Smoking

      T

      Telephones

      Time Zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist Information

      Transport

      V

      Visas and Entry Requirements

      W

      Websites and Internet Access

      Recommended Hotels

      Historic Centre

      Castello Sforzesco

      Northwest and Brera

      Northeast, East and Stazione Centrale

      West of Centre

      South, Navigli and Ticinese

      Dictionary

      English–Italian

      Italian–English

      Milan’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

      Castello Sforzesco

      The impressive fortress is home to several museums. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Fotolia

      La Galleria Vittorio Emanuele

      Chic boutiques and cafés with elegant Belle Epoque facades. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

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      Basilica di Sant’Ambrogi

      Milan’s loveliest church. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Jerry Dennis/Apa Publications

      Pinacoteca di Brera

      Home to one of the finest collections of Italian art, including The Kiss. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

      Quadrilatero d’Oro

      All the big names in fashion have shops here. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

      The Duomo

      Walk among the spires and statues on the rooftop of the third-largest cathedral in Europe. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

      The Brera

      Bohemian yet quietly chic, this area of ‘old Milan’ conceals charming bars and cobblestoned corners. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      iStock

      The Last Supper

      Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece is the jewel in the crown of Milan’s many attractions. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

      The Navigli

      Restaurants and cafés line the banks in the quaint Canal Quarter, a nightlife centre. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      Fotolia

      La Scala

      Milan’s world-famous opera house has been carefully restored to its full opulence. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day in Milan

      9.00am

      Designer coffee

      Café Trussardi, set in the Trussardi designer store overlooking La Scala, offers a coffee-and-brioche fix.

      10.00am

      Chic shopping

      Stroll along Via Manzoni to the Quadrilatero, the ‘Golden Quadrangle’ designer district. Call in (or window shop) at the Armani superstore (Via Manzoni 31) before exploring the boutiques on Via della Spiga and Via Montenapoleone. If flagging, stop for coffee and cakes at the old-fashioned Caffè Cova (Via Montenapoleone 8).

      12 noon

      Culture fix

      Seek out the designer district’s intriguing ‘historic homes’ museums, beginning with the Museo Poldi Pezzoli. This art-encrusted palace is a testament to the passion of a 19th-century aristocrat. The neighbouring Museo Bagatti Valsecchi is a tribute to the Renaissance.

      2.00pm

      Lunch

      Indulge in a leisurely lunch of creamy risotto milanese in Bice (Via Borgospesso 12; book) or choose lunch on the run from the contemporary Van Bol & Feste (Largo Cairoli).

      4.00pm

      Park life

      Largo Cairoli leads to the Castello Sforzesco, surrounded by Milan’s most culture-studded park. See Michelangelo’s unfinished masterpiece, the Rondanini Pietà, in the castle before strolling through Parco Sempione to the Triennale (Design Museum) for a sense of contemporary Milan.

      6.30pm

      Duomo sunset

      Leave the park via the Cadorna exit and take the metro to the Duomo, Milan’s great cathedral. Take the lift up to the top to admire the view, bathed in the light of the setting sun. Facing the Duomo is the Museo del Novecento, a wonderful combination of 20th-century art and architectural games.

      8.00pm

      Cocktail hour

      Admire the cathedral spires over cocktails on the rooftop bars of La Rinascente store. Move on to the elegant Camparino, in the porticoes of the Galleria, a cocktail haunt since 1867.

      9.00pm

      Stylish dining

      Acanto (Piazza della Repubblica; book) is one of Milan’s most glamorous dining spots but, with its superb northern Italian cuisine, is far from being style over substance.

      10.30pm

      On the town

      Tear yourself away from the sleek Principe Bar attached to Acanto, then head west to Corso Como, a vibrant nightlife area. Corso Como 10 is a perennially stylish spot for after-dinner drinks.

      Introduction

      The old saying goes that for every church in Rome there’s a bank in Milan. As the economic powerhouse of Italy, the northern city prides itself on efficiency and energy, and regards the Romans as idle and unproductive, distracted by the southern sun and gagged by the Vatican. Understandably perhaps, Milan sees itself as the true capital of Italy. Not only is it the industrial and financial capital, but it has forged ahead to become the country’s most dynamic and influential city.

      For decades now, Milan has been the leading fashion centre, the capital of publishing, media and design, and home to two top football teams. But to the Romans it remains a misty grey city, populated by slick yet unscrupulous workaholics.

      Work hard, play hard

      Milan certainly has a strong work ethic, and is more in tune with a Northern European business centre than the typical Italian city of sunny piazzas and leisurely lunches. But it is by no means a city of all work and no play. La dolce vita is not played out in the same way as it is down south but for style and a contemporary buzz, no other Italian city comes close.

      As for cuisine, if you choose well, even fast food can be of Slow Food quality. Traditional inns offer hearty soups and stews, creamy risotto and stuffed pasta, as well as charcuterie ossobucco (veal shank) or gorgonzola and mascarpone cheeses. As for partying, the after-work aperitivo has become a Milanese way of life. Stylish bars serve sensational cocktails, with stuzzichini (snacks) and elegant canapés, while the old-fashioned pasticcerie (pastry shops) are equally enticing. Milanese nightlife revolves around the bar scene in the chic Quadrilatero fashion district, in the bohemian Brera, along trendy Corso Como, in the boisterous Navigli canal quarter, and in the cosmopolitan area around the Cathedral.

      La bella figura

      The city is synonymous with fashion, and the Milanese enjoy cutting-edge consumerism. Twice a year, at the opening of the world-famous fashion shows, the paparazzi descend on the city’s hip hotels and cocktail bars. The stylish restaurants and sushi bars are then packed with celebrities, supermodels and fashionistas.

      Milan’s fashion district Via Monte Napoleone

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      A leading city

      ‘What happens in Milan will happen tomorrow in Italy. What is thought in Milan will be thought in Italy tomorrow.’ – Italian historian Gaetano Savemini.

      But at any time of year the locals cut a bella figura, and in the chic Quadrilatero d’Oro (Golden Quadrangle), where the designer boutiques provide a non-stop fashion show, the stores are more like art galleries than shops, and range from one-off boutiques to Slow Food superstores and designer megastores. At the glamorous Dolce & Gabbana on Corso Venezia, men’s fashion comes with a barber and Martini bar. In the sleek Via Manzoni area now known as ‘Armani-hood’, the designer’s neighbourhood is colonised by Armani branded clothes, chocolates, flowers, home furnishings, a café, club, sushi bar, and even an Armani hotel. Prices at these snooty spots are not for the faint-hearted, but there are plenty of more

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