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Sports and Outdoor Activities All the rinks have skates for rent.
During the Christmas season
Visitors to Milan who want to continue with a sports or (24 Dec–8 Jan) an ice-skating
exercise routine will find plenty of facilities in the city, rink is usually set up near the
including health clubs and gymnasiums, that are more Giardini Pubblica enabling
than suitable. These centres often offer a range of activities people to skate by starlight.
From 2–8pm performances,
under one roof so that you can make the most of your which range from ice hockey
free time. Visitors preferring to spectate rather than to figure skating, take place.
participate can go and see the local football (soccer),
basketball and hockey teams. All are in the first division Squash
and offer top-quality sport.
This sport is ideal for fitness,
and players usually head to
Spectator Sports Golf the Mediolanum Forum
Football (soccer) fans should There are several golf courses Club, where there are nine
go to a match at the Meazza in the Milan area. The closest courts. Private and group
(or San Siro) Stadium (see one to the city is Le Rovedine lessons are available, and
p201) at least once in their Golf Club – Sporting Mirasole, equipment can be hired.
lifetime. Called the “Scala of which is about 7 km (4 miles) The centre is open every
football”, this stadium has a from the city centre. There is day, including the evening.
seating capacity of over 80,000. also a restaurant for the use Although this is a private
One particularly popular of players at the club. club, visitors are welcome.
competition from both the
sporting and the theatrical
point of view is the local derby Swimming Tennis
between the city’s two teams, For a relaxing swim, one good Tennis players can play in
Inter and AC Milan. However, swimming pool is the Piscina an ideal setting at the
it is best to plan attendance Solari, which has five lanes. A Associazione Sporting Club 225 224 222 221 219 217 216 2 1
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in advance as tickets sell out good alternative is the Piscina Corvetto. The Club does not 2 2 7 4
pretty quickly. Giovanni da Procida, which operate a membership card 2 2 6 223 220 218 2 1 5 3 1
For horse-racing fans there is boasts a half-size Olympic pool scheme, and there are 13 indoor 2 0 3 3 2 2 8 22 20 18 16 14 12 2 1 2 2 2 3
the Ippodromo, where races are with six lanes. There is also a courts as well as a gymnasium, 1 0 3 19 17 15 13 11 2 1
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held all year long, except for gym at this site which is ideal bar and restaurant and parking 0 2 62 61 60 9 0 1 2 1 2 3
December. Night races are held for warming up. space reserved for customers. 2 2 21 0 1 0
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from June to September. The Lido is the city’s most The Centro Sportivo Mario 3 7 9 0 2 1 2
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The Mediolanum Forum popular outdoor swimming Saini has 12 courts, either 2 2 0 8 0
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arena at Assago (see p197) is the pool. Visitors who are not covered or open to the air, 2 2 8 0 2
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home of the local basketball daunted by large crowds and depending on the season. 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 6 9 0
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(Pallacanestro Olimpia) and enjoy slides can come here It is best to book ahead by 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 6 0 7 0 1 3 2 3
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volleyball (Gonzaga) teams. to swim during the heat of telephone. Another place 3 2 2
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The arena also plays host to the Milanese summer. where it is possible to play 2 2 2 2 3 0 4 0
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various tennis tournaments, first in peace and quiet, in a 3 35 5 0
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and foremost the Internazionale Skating sporting club reserved 3 2 Y X W K 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 2
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di Milano, which takes place exclusively for this sport, is 3 2 2 Z V T S R P O N M L 3 7
in spring. Those keen on roller skating the Tennis Club 5 Pioppi, 3 5 7 3 1 2 0 3 1 8
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Ice-hockey buffs can follow will enjoy themselves at in Fieramilanocity. There are 6 2 2 I H G F VIP PRESS C B A 2 0 1 3
the matches of the Vipers, who the multi-purpose Quanta four courts that can be used 3 4 0 242 244 247 2 4 9 0 2
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play at the PalAgorà arena. They Village, which has rinks for both in summer and winter. 241 243 245 246 2 4 8 2
have won the Italian champi- roller-skating, roller-hockey and 3 5
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onship for the last four years. aerobic roller-skating. They also 30 7 309 311 313 3 1
offer facilities for many other Jogging 4 3 0 8 310 312 314 3 1 6
sporting activities, including The best and healthiest 9
Five-a-Side Football
tennis, basketball, swimming place for running is the
One of the most popular sports and mountain biking. Ice- Monte Stella park (also known 1 1
at the moment in Milan is skaters can go to the PalAgorà, as the “Montagnetta”), near the
calcetto – five-a-side football which has an indoor rink where San Siro Stadium. This large area
(soccer). Those wishing to people can skate at their leisure of greenery is a good place to
play should go to the Centro on Friday and Saturday nights jog, following marked paths,
Peppino Vismara, where (9:30pm–12:30am, from or even for cycling around on
they play 11-, 7- and 5-a-side 10:30pm Sat) and Sunday mountain bikes. In the summer
games. Another good leisure mornings (10am–noon). It is the park is often filled with
facility is the Palauno, where also open in the afternoon at numbers of apartment-dwelling
there are five pitches. the weekends from 3 to 6pm. Milanese, catching some sun.
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