Italy's capital of fashion, design, and aperitivo: with da Vinci, La Scala, and Lake Como at its doorstep.
Duomo • The Last Supper • La Scala • Navigli • Lake Como
Explore Milan → Get Early AccessMilan is Italy in a tailored suit: the Gothic Duomo's marble forest, Leonardo's Last Supper, La Scala's velvet, and aperitivo culture perfected. It's the Italy of ambition — fashion weeks, design fairs, and a skyline that actually changes.
A Roman capital (Mediolanum) before Rome fell, seat of the Visconti and Sforza dynasties who hired Leonardo, then the engine of Italian industry and fashion — Milan has always been where Italy does business with the future.
The Duomo took nearly six centuries to finish — begun 1386, façade completed under Napoleon's orders in the 1800s — and Milanese still say 'la fabbrica del Duomo' for any never-ending project. The golden Madonnina on top was, by decree, the city's highest point until 1960.
Climb to the rooftop terraces of the world's largest Gothic cathedral for views to the Alps
See da Vinci's masterpiece in person — timed tickets sell out weeks ahead
The world's most elegant shopping arcade, connecting the Duomo to La Scala
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