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Must-see Milan: from Brera to the Navigli

This route crosses the centre from north to south: it starts among the painters of Brera, passes La Scala, the Galleria and the Duomo, and ends by the water, on the canals that carried the cathedral's marble. Milan's highlights, at your own pace.

  • 6 stops
  • 3.2 km
  • 2 h
  • Free
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Entrance arch of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II seen from the cathedral square

The route

Stop by stop

  1. 1 Palazzo di BreraA former Jesuit college turned temple of art, with a naked bronze Napoleon in the middle of the courtyard.
  2. 2 Teatro alla ScalaA modest façade for the world's most famous opera house, born in 1778 on the ruins of a church.
  3. 3 Galleria Vittorio Emanuele IIMilan's «drawing room»: a glass-and-iron covered street with a bull in the floor that everyone treads on for luck.
  4. 4 Milan Cathedral (Duomo)Almost six centuries of building, a forest of pinkish marble spires and a golden Madonna watching over the city.
  5. 5 The Columns of San Lorenzo and the TicineseRoman columns, a basilica with a huge dome and the square where Milan sits down to chat at dusk.
  6. 6 The Navigli and Vicolo dei LavandaiThe canal that brought the Duomo's marble, a century-old stone washhouse and Milan's favourite bank for an aperitivo.

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What you’ll discover

Must-see Milan: from Brera to the Navigli

The great icons

La Scala, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the Duomo, just a few steps from one another.

Art and opera

Brera's courtyard with its naked Napoleon, and the theatre where Nabucco and Otello premiered.

Milan on the water

The Navigli, canals that kept the city moving for centuries and are now the heart of its nightlife.

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