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Milan / Italy

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Milan Cathedral seen from the southwest across the Piazza del Duomo, with the triumphal arch entrance to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II arcade to its left — Photo: Steffen Schmitz, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Author Steffen Schmitz · CC BY-SA 4.0 File source

When to visit 1

When should I visit Milan, Italy, for the best experience?Whenever you can get a Last Supper ticket — which means booking the quarter before you travel — the Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano sells admissions in quarterly releases…

Things to do 1

What are the most worthwhile things to do in Milan on a first visit?The Last Supper, on the terms the painting sets — the refectory allows a maximum of 15 minutes inside, visitors may enter only 10 minutes before their booked time, and…

Food and drink 1

Where should I eat in Milan, and which local food or drink is worth trying?Eat the saffron-and-butter end of Italian cooking — risotto alla milanese, cotoletta alla milanese, cassoeula and ossobuco with gremolata are the city's own dishes, and…

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