ABOUT MILAN

Milan is a beautiful, modern city that combines the best of Italy's yesterday and today. It's the country's business, design, fashion and music capital, and is also rich in art, history and culture.

This Northern Italian city of one and a half million people is home to the world-renowned La Scala Opera house, the enormous Gothic Cathedral Duomo, and Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper - just to name a few of its most captivating attractions.

Italy's most important fashion designers have concentrated their shops, boutiques, and showrooms in Milan's famous "quadrangle of fashion" district near the city's center. Milan also has the nation's most important design schools, world-class music conservatories, top companies and financial institutions, and Italy's leading Stock Exchange. The most important conventions and trade fairs in Southern Europe are held at Milan's Fiera trade fair center.

Milan is located in the plains just south of the Italian Alps mountain chain, close to a multitude of other interesting cities and attractions. Venice and Florence are just a few short hours away by train. Skiing and the snow-capped mountains are just an hour north. The seaside and quaint villages of Liguria and "Cinque Terre" are also only a couple hours away.

• Sightseeing
• Museums
• Emergency numbers
   

USEFUL LINKS

Virtourist.com
Welcome to Milano
http://www.hellomilano.it/ 
Lonely Planet
ATM - Azienda trasporti milanesi