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126  MILAN AREA B Y AREA

TWO GUIDED WALKS IN MILAN

Most visitors travel around by Metro and Milan’s 19th-century elite. The second walk
come away with the impression that Milan examines the ages of Milan, from its Roman
offers little more than the Gothic-spired roots to Palaeochristian basilicas rich in
Duomo, the famed Last Supper and some mosaics and frescoes, and from the medieval
chillingly expensive fashion boutiques. But Castello Sforzesco to Renaissance master-
by strolling around at a slower pace, you pieces by the likes of Bellini, Mantegna and
can find a Milan of great art, deep history Leonardo da Vinci. In fact, Leonardo pops up
and glorious monuments. The first walk frequently on this walk in all his guises, from
investigates the hidden heart of Milan’s artist to inventor to engineer. The walk ends
historic centre, from church gems to at the Navigli, a thriving restaurant and
fantastical façades tucked just off busy nightlife district based around the remnants
modern thoroughfares, and from designer of a canal system that the multi-talented
boutiques to the elegant townhouses of Leonardo helped design.

CHOOSING A WALK
The Two Walks
This map shows the location of the two guided
walks in relation to the main sightseeing areas
of Milan (pp16–17).
Milan’s Hidden
Glories (p127)

Northeast
Milan
Northwest
Milan

Historic
Centre
Southeast
Milan
Southwest
Milan

Cova, a historic café in the heart of the
fashion district (p127)

Milan’s Historic Past
0 metres 800 (pp128–9)
0 yards 800

Key The main nave of the Sant’Ambrogio
Walk route basilica (p128)

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Date 30th September 2013
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