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TOURIST TOUR AROUND MILAN,
MONZA, LAKES COMO, MAGGIORE AND ORTA
PART 1
From Thursday 3rd May to Thursday 10th May 2012
Day 1: Thursday, May 3rd
- Paris - Milan flight:
 Departure: 5.25 pm
 Arrival : 6.55 pm
- Express train from the airport to the city centre
- Taxi from the central station to the guest house
or two-minute walk to the hotel
- Check in at the guest house or hotel
- Dinner with your Italian friends.
Paris to Milan Flight
Departing : Thursday 3 May
Returning : Thursday 10 May
Date
Departure
Arrival
Flight
Duration
Company
Thurs 3 May
5.25 pm
Paris,
Charles De
Gaulle
6.55 pm
Milan Malpensa
2786
1 h 30
Easy Jet
Thurs 10 May
5.25 pm
Milan Malpensa
6.55 pm
Paris,
Charles De
Gaulle
2791
1 h 30
Easy Jet
Total Price
Taxes included
1 adult
87€
Express train
(From Malpensa Airport to the centre of Milan)
• Departure : 7.47 pm Malpensa Airport
• Arrival : 8.35 pm Milan Stazione Centrale
Cost: 11 €
Taxi to go to the « Guest House » in Via Torino
or a two-minute walk to the Hotel Monopole
in Via Fabio Filzi
You will take the taxi at the central station in Milan.
You have 4.5 kms to go to the “B&B” and a cost of
1.03 € per km for the taxi plus 3 euros minimum for a
standard charge.
So, for example, you will have to pay 7.64 € for that
journey.
the Monopole Hotel, instead, is just 100 metres from
Milan central station.
Guest house in Milan
• The guest house in “Via Torino” is located in
the heart of the historic centre : it’s a 10minute walk from Milan's cathedral, the
Duomo. It offers rooms with free mini-bars
and free Wi-Fi.
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The guest house has excellent public
transport links with a tram that stops right
outside, and “Missori” underground Station is
only 400 metres away.
Guest house Via Torino, 51
Price for 3 nights : € 450 (buffet breakfast included)
Hotel “Monopole Milano”
• The Milan Hotel Monopole is strategically located just
100 metres from the Milan central railway station and
within easy reach of shuttle buses leaving every 10
minutes for Linate, Malpensa and Orio al Serio Airports.
• The recently renovated Monopole Milano offers guests a
comfortable and relaxing stay whether for pleasure or
for business. Located on Via Fabio Filzi 43 in the
commercial district of Milan the Hotel Monopole Milan
is ideally located for business clients with ideal
accessibility to both Fiere – Fiera Milano and Fiera
Milano City and the centre of town can be easily
reached on foot in 15 minutes.
Hotel “Monopole Milano”
Via Fabio Filzi 43
Price for 3
nights :
189 €
(Bed and
breakfast)
Restaurants for the evenings
with our Italian friends from Muggiò
Near the guest house :
« Cracco Peck »
Via Victor Hugo 4
Open from 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm
The kitchen is run by the chef
Carlo Cracco, and offers
innovative cuisine combining
the Milanese tradition with
today’s tastes for
more
simplistic and light food.
Restaurants for the evenings
with our Italian friends from Muggiò
Near the guest house :
« Trattoria milanese »
Via Santa Marta 11
You will eat typical dishes from Milan (Risotto alla
milanese, Cotella alla milanese, Osso buco …)
Day 2 : Friday 4th May 2012
• To go from the hotel or the guest
house to the centre of Milan by
tube, you will pay 1€
Friday 4th May 2012
MILAN
• Visit to the Sforza Castle and its museums;
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Visit to «La Scala» opera house;
A look around the Galleria « Vittorio Emanuele II » and its shops;
Visit to the Duomo;
Visit to « San Siro » Stadium.
Visit to the Sforza Castle
(ancient military forteress under Visconti family)
• You can visit the castle and see its art and
scuplture collections. The visit lasts 2 hours.
Admission : 3 €
• You can have a tour of the courtyards and of
the “Sempione Park”. You can take the
street “Via Dante”, which is pedestrianized,
then, on the left, the street “Via San
Dalmazio” to go to the “Scala”.
The « Teatro alla Scala »
La Scala, as the Teatro alla Scala is locally
known, is the most famous opera house in the
world. It was inaugurated in 1778.
The museum is open from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm
and from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm.
Admission : 5 €
The « Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II »
Just a few steps from the Duomo is the« Galleria
Vittorio Emanuele II » which was completed in 1877.
According to local tradition, if you put the heel on the
testicles of the bull mosaic and turn three times on
yourself, your wish will be fulfilled!
The « Duomo » of Milan
It is made of pink marble and contains 3,000 statues.
It’s the third largest cathedral in the world.
It is open from 7.00 am to 7.00 pm.
Take the lift and visit the roofs of the «Duomo»,
the « baptistry» of San Giovanni and its «Treasure» :
Admission : 13 €
« San Siro »
By underground to Lotto(M1) and then by n°49 bus
The visit lasts about : h 2.30
Open every day from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (departure every 20
minutes)
The “San Siro” Stadium was built in 1926 and has been renewed
many times. Today it can hold about 85.000 people. The
museum, opened in 1996, is the first and the only one in Italy
located in a stadium.
Admission for the museum and tour : 12.50 €.
Day 3 : Saturday 5th May 2012
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MILAN
Visit to « Santa Maria delle Grazie »
Visit to the « National Museum of Science
and Technology »
Visit to the « Pinacoteca di Brera »
Shopping in the « Quadrilatero d’oro »
« Santa Maria delle Grazie »
Founded in 1463 by the
Dominicans, the church, contains
the mural painting of the Last
Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci,
which is in the refectory of the
convent of the Dominicans.
Leonardo da Vinci created this
masterpiece between 1494 and
1498
the Last Supper
Information about the Church
Address : Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie 2
Phone : Last Supper: 02-8942-1146
Church: 02-467-6111
Opening hours :
Church : Monday to Saturday : 7.00 am- 12.00 pm and 3.00 pm to
7.00 pm. Sunday : 7.30 am to 12.15 pm and 3.30 pm to 9.00 pm
Last supper : Tuesday to Sunday : 8.15 am to 7.00 pm
Admission :
Church : free. Last Supper: €6.50 plus €1.50 booking fee.
Public transport : Tube M2 : Cadorna
Website : www.cenacolovinciano.org
National Museum of Science and Technology
“Leonardo da Vinci”
It became, quickly, one of the most visited in Milan.
The museum opened its doors in 1947 and it´s
located in three different buildings. The most
important of them is the Olivetan monastery that was
built in the 16th century. Another presents an old art
nouveau train station atmosphere and, the last one, is
located in the building of the Aerial and Maritime
Transport museum.
Information about the Museum
Opening hours :
Tuesday to Friday 9.30 am - 5.00 pm
Saturday and holidays 9.30 am - 6.30 pm
Public transport : Tube M2 : San Ambrogio
Admisssion: 10,00 €
7,00 € (visitors under 25)
“National Gallery of Modern Art”
The “Pinacoteca di Brera” is located in the “Brera” Palace. Here are also
located other cultural institutions, such as the Library, the Astronomic
Observatory, the Botanic gardens, the Lombard Institute of Sciences and
Letters, and the Fine Arts Academy.
The “Pinacoteca” is the main museum of Milan, and one of the most
important in the world for its prestigious collections of ancient and
modern painting.
Information about
«BRERA ART GALLERY»
Address : Via Brera, 28
Phone : 02 722631
Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday
from 8.30 am to 7.15 pm, with last admission at 6.30 pm.
Admission : 6 euros
Website : http://www.brera.beniculturali.it
« Brera District »
« Brera » is the latin district of Milan. It extends from the
north of the « Duomo » to the old town centre, between the
« Castello Sforzeco » and the centre of the fashion district.
Shopping (« Via della Spiga »)
It’s one of the most prestigious shopping streets in Milan
with famous designers’ shops.
Shopping (« Via Monte Napoleone »,
« Via Sant’Andrea », « Corso Venezia »,
« Via Manzoni »)
The « quadrilatero d’oro »
The most prestigious shopping district in Milan. You
can find the most famous designers’ shops such as
Dolce & Gabbana, Cerruti, Roberto Cavalli, Prada ,
etc…