Travel Man: Milan
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If Richard Ayoade and Morgana Robinson’s weekend in Milan on Travel Man made you want to see the city for yourself, this bookable three-day itinerary is built to get you there. It puts you in a hotel by the Duomo, on a private tour of the cathedral and its terraces, and on a boat through the Navigli canals, with a few of Milan’s smallest and strangest stops in between. The link below opens the full trip, where you can change, edit, or lengthen any part of it.
A Base by the Duomo
Milan is a northern Italian city known for fashion, design, and food, and its Gothic cathedral sits at the center of it all. Hotel Spadari al Duomo is the itinerary hotel, so you are close to the action from the moment you arrive.
The Duomo is the sight to start with. A private tour takes you through the cathedral and up onto its terraces, where you walk among the stone spires and look out over the city. Because the tour is private, you can take your time and ask your guide what you want to know.
Small Bars and Strange Corners
Milan is full of small pleasures, and the itinerary points you to a few. BackDoor 43 is billed as the smallest bar in the world, with room for four customers at a time, so a drink there is a story in itself. Vintage Delirium is another stop for a drink, a place to settle in after a day of walking.
For something unexpected, find Voices and Sounds of the City, a public art installation by Alberto Garutti with acoustic trumpets that carry the sounds of the city. And when you want a snack, Luini panzerotti is the stop for fried, filled pockets of dough, hot and made for eating on the go.
The Navigli Canals
Milan has a waterside side that surprises most visitors. The itinerary includes a boat tour on the Navigli canals, the old canal district where the city’s waterways still run. You glide past old buildings and bridges at an easy pace, and it is a calm way to see a different Milan from the one around the cathedral. Afterward, the cafes along the water are a good place to linger.
Add the Episode’s Highlights
A few moments from the episode drop easily into your own days. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a glass-vaulted shopping arcade steps from the Duomo, a lovely place to wander even if you only window-shop. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is the painting to see in Milan, and adding a visit puts one of the great works of Italian art in front of you. For something playful, try a game of bocce, the Italian cousin of bowling, or sign up for a pasta-making lesson and bring a new skill home.
Open the trip below to see the full itinerary, then adjust the days, stops, and extras to fit the way you want to travel.
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