Milan itinerary: 1 to 7 days
Plans for one to seven days in Milan, day by day: the Duomo, the Galleria and Sforza Castle first, then Leonardo's Last Supper, Sant'Ambrogio and the Roman columns of San Lorenzo, La Scala, and museums, the fashion district and San Siro as you add days. Every stop has a typical visit length.
How long do you have?
Map: 3 days
Milan in 1 day
Day 1
Milan Cathedral
The vast Gothic Duomo, built over six centuries, with a forest of spires and walkable rooftop terraces.
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Milan's main square, dominated by the cathedral and framed by the Galleria and the Royal Palace.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A 19th-century glass-roofed shopping arcade between the Duomo and La Scala, with cafés and luxury shops.
Sforza Castle
The Sforza dukes' brick fortress, now home to civic museums including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Milan in 2 days
Day 1
Milan Cathedral
The vast Gothic Duomo, built over six centuries, with a forest of spires and walkable rooftop terraces.
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Milan's main square, dominated by the cathedral and framed by the Galleria and the Royal Palace.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A 19th-century glass-roofed shopping arcade between the Duomo and La Scala, with cafés and luxury shops.
Sforza Castle
The Sforza dukes' brick fortress, now home to civic museums including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Day 2
San Bernardino alle Ossa
A church with an ossuary chapel whose walls are decorated with human skulls and bones.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
A row of 16 Roman columns in front of San Lorenzo, a popular evening meeting spot.
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
A Romanesque basilica founded by St. Ambrose in the 4th century, with an atrium and a golden altar.
Santa Maria delle Grazie
A Renaissance church and convent whose refectory holds Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, home of AC Milan and Inter, with a museum and stadium tours.
Milan in 3 days
Day 1
Milan Cathedral
The vast Gothic Duomo, built over six centuries, with a forest of spires and walkable rooftop terraces.
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Milan's main square, dominated by the cathedral and framed by the Galleria and the Royal Palace.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A 19th-century glass-roofed shopping arcade between the Duomo and La Scala, with cafés and luxury shops.
Sforza Castle
The Sforza dukes' brick fortress, now home to civic museums including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Day 2
San Bernardino alle Ossa
A church with an ossuary chapel whose walls are decorated with human skulls and bones.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
A row of 16 Roman columns in front of San Lorenzo, a popular evening meeting spot.
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
A Romanesque basilica founded by St. Ambrose in the 4th century, with an atrium and a golden altar.
Santa Maria delle Grazie
A Renaissance church and convent whose refectory holds Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, home of AC Milan and Inter, with a museum and stadium tours.
Day 3
Teatro alla Scala
One of the world's most famous opera houses, opened in 1778, on Piazza della Scala.
Piazza della Scala
The square between La Scala and Palazzo Marino, with a statue of Leonardo da Vinci at its centre.
Quadrilatero della moda
Milan's luxury fashion district around Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga.
Milan in 4 days
Day 1
Milan Cathedral
The vast Gothic Duomo, built over six centuries, with a forest of spires and walkable rooftop terraces.
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Milan's main square, dominated by the cathedral and framed by the Galleria and the Royal Palace.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A 19th-century glass-roofed shopping arcade between the Duomo and La Scala, with cafés and luxury shops.
Sforza Castle
The Sforza dukes' brick fortress, now home to civic museums including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Day 2
San Bernardino alle Ossa
A church with an ossuary chapel whose walls are decorated with human skulls and bones.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
A row of 16 Roman columns in front of San Lorenzo, a popular evening meeting spot.
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
A Romanesque basilica founded by St. Ambrose in the 4th century, with an atrium and a golden altar.
Santa Maria delle Grazie
A Renaissance church and convent whose refectory holds Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, home of AC Milan and Inter, with a museum and stadium tours.
Day 3
Teatro alla Scala
One of the world's most famous opera houses, opened in 1778, on Piazza della Scala.
Piazza della Scala
The square between La Scala and Palazzo Marino, with a statue of Leonardo da Vinci at its centre.
Quadrilatero della moda
Milan's luxury fashion district around Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga.
Day 4
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
A museum of 19th-century Italian art in the neoclassical Villa Reale, with a garden.
Corso Buenos Aires
One of Europe's longest shopping streets, lined with high-street fashion shops between Porta Venezia and Piazzale Loreto.
Piazzale Loreto
A busy square in north-east Milan, known for the events of April 1945 at the end of the war.
Milan in 5 days
Day 1
Milan Cathedral
The vast Gothic Duomo, built over six centuries, with a forest of spires and walkable rooftop terraces.
Museo del Novecento
A museum of 20th-century Italian art in the Palazzo dell'Arengario, with a window looking onto the Duomo.
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Milan's main square, dominated by the cathedral and framed by the Galleria and the Royal Palace.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A 19th-century glass-roofed shopping arcade between the Duomo and La Scala, with cafés and luxury shops.
Santa Maria delle Grazie
A Renaissance church and convent whose refectory holds Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
Day 2
Sforza Castle
The Sforza dukes' brick fortress, now home to civic museums including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Arena Civica
A Napoleonic-era stadium in Parco Sempione, built in 1807 in the style of a Roman amphitheatre and still used for athletics.
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
A vast 19th-century cemetery of elaborate tombs and sculpture, an open-air museum of Milanese art and architecture.
Day 3
Piazza San Fedele
A small square behind Palazzo Marino with the Jesuit church of San Fedele and a statue of Alessandro Manzoni.
Torre Branca
A steel lattice tower in Parco Sempione designed by Gio Ponti in 1933, with a lift to a viewing platform.
Teatro alla Scala
One of the world's most famous opera houses, opened in 1778, on Piazza della Scala.
Day 4
Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan
One of Milan's oldest churches, from the late Roman period, with a Roman chapel of early mosaics.
Museo Diocesano
A museum of religious art from the Milan diocese, housed in the cloisters of Sant'Eustorgio.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
A row of 16 Roman columns in front of San Lorenzo, a popular evening meeting spot.
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
A Romanesque basilica founded by St. Ambrose in the 4th century, with an atrium and a golden altar.
Palazzo dei Giureconsulti
A 16th-century palace on Piazza dei Mercanti, once the seat of the city's college of lawyers.
Day 5
Piazza della Scala
The square between La Scala and Palazzo Marino, with a statue of Leonardo da Vinci at its centre.
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, home of AC Milan and Inter, with a museum and stadium tours.
Milan in 6 days
Day 1
Milan Cathedral
The vast Gothic Duomo, built over six centuries, with a forest of spires and walkable rooftop terraces.
Museo del Novecento
A museum of 20th-century Italian art in the Palazzo dell'Arengario, with a window looking onto the Duomo.
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Milan's main square, dominated by the cathedral and framed by the Galleria and the Royal Palace.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A 19th-century glass-roofed shopping arcade between the Duomo and La Scala, with cafés and luxury shops.
Santa Maria delle Grazie
A Renaissance church and convent whose refectory holds Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
Day 2
Sforza Castle
The Sforza dukes' brick fortress, now home to civic museums including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Arena Civica
A Napoleonic-era stadium in Parco Sempione, built in 1807 in the style of a Roman amphitheatre and still used for athletics.
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
A vast 19th-century cemetery of elaborate tombs and sculpture, an open-air museum of Milanese art and architecture.
Day 3
Piazza San Fedele
A small square behind Palazzo Marino with the Jesuit church of San Fedele and a statue of Alessandro Manzoni.
Torre Branca
A steel lattice tower in Parco Sempione designed by Gio Ponti in 1933, with a lift to a viewing platform.
Teatro alla Scala
One of the world's most famous opera houses, opened in 1778, on Piazza della Scala.
Day 4
Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan
One of Milan's oldest churches, from the late Roman period, with a Roman chapel of early mosaics.
Museo Diocesano
A museum of religious art from the Milan diocese, housed in the cloisters of Sant'Eustorgio.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
A row of 16 Roman columns in front of San Lorenzo, a popular evening meeting spot.
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
A Romanesque basilica founded by St. Ambrose in the 4th century, with an atrium and a golden altar.
Palazzo dei Giureconsulti
A 16th-century palace on Piazza dei Mercanti, once the seat of the city's college of lawyers.
Day 5
Piazza della Scala
The square between La Scala and Palazzo Marino, with a statue of Leonardo da Vinci at its centre.
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, home of AC Milan and Inter, with a museum and stadium tours.
Day 6
Quadrilatero della moda
Milan's luxury fashion district around Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga.
Corso Buenos Aires
One of Europe's longest shopping streets, lined with high-street fashion shops between Porta Venezia and Piazzale Loreto.
Piazzale Loreto
A busy square in north-east Milan, known for the events of April 1945 at the end of the war.
Teatro degli Arcimboldi
A large modern theatre in the Bicocca district, built to stand in for La Scala during its restoration.
Milan in 7 days
Day 1
Milan Cathedral
The vast Gothic Duomo, built over six centuries, with a forest of spires and walkable rooftop terraces.
Palazzo dei Giureconsulti
A 16th-century palace on Piazza dei Mercanti, once the seat of the city's college of lawyers.
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Milan's main square, dominated by the cathedral and framed by the Galleria and the Royal Palace.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A 19th-century glass-roofed shopping arcade between the Duomo and La Scala, with cafés and luxury shops.
Navigli
The old canal district, with the Naviglio Grande and the Darsena basin, lined with bars and restaurants that fill up at aperitivo time.
Day 2
Sforza Castle
The Sforza dukes' brick fortress, now home to civic museums including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Parco Sempione
The large park behind Sforza Castle, with lawns, a pond and the Arco della Pace at its far end, where Milanese come to relax.
Arena Civica
A Napoleonic-era stadium in Parco Sempione, built in 1807 in the style of a Roman amphitheatre and still used for athletics.
Arco della Pace
A neoclassical triumphal arch of white marble at the edge of Parco Sempione, begun for Napoleon and finished under Austrian rule, with sculpted horses on top.
Torre Branca
A steel lattice tower in Parco Sempione designed by Gio Ponti in 1933, with a lift to a viewing platform.
Day 3
Piazza San Fedele
A small square behind Palazzo Marino with the Jesuit church of San Fedele and a statue of Alessandro Manzoni.
Piazza della Scala
The square between La Scala and Palazzo Marino, with a statue of Leonardo da Vinci at its centre.
Teatro alla Scala
One of the world's most famous opera houses, opened in 1778, on Piazza della Scala.
Pinacoteca di Brera
Milan's main painting gallery, with Raphael's Marriage of the Virgin, Mantegna's Dead Christ, Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus and works by Piero della Francesca.
Brera district
A quarter of cobbled lanes, galleries, antique shops and cafés around the Brera art gallery, one of the most atmospheric corners of old Milan.
Day 4
Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan
One of Milan's oldest churches, from the late Roman period, with a Roman chapel of early mosaics.
Museo Diocesano
A museum of religious art from the Milan diocese, housed in the cloisters of Sant'Eustorgio.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
A row of 16 Roman columns in front of San Lorenzo, a popular evening meeting spot.
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
A Romanesque basilica founded by St. Ambrose in the 4th century, with an atrium and a golden altar.
Santa Maria delle Grazie
A Renaissance church and convent whose refectory holds Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
Museo del Novecento
A museum of 20th-century Italian art in the Palazzo dell'Arengario, with a window looking onto the Duomo.
Day 5
Quadrilatero della moda
Milan's luxury fashion district around Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga.
Bosco Verticale
Two residential towers in Porta Nuova planted with hundreds of trees and thousands of shrubs on their balconies, a landmark of modern Milan best seen from the street.
Corso Buenos Aires
One of Europe's longest shopping streets, lined with high-street fashion shops between Porta Venezia and Piazzale Loreto.
Piazzale Loreto
A busy square in north-east Milan, known for the events of April 1945 at the end of the war.
Teatro degli Arcimboldi
A large modern theatre in the Bicocca district, built to stand in for La Scala during its restoration.
Day 6
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
A vast 19th-century cemetery of elaborate tombs and sculpture, an open-air museum of Milanese art and architecture.
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, home of AC Milan and Inter, with a museum and stadium tours.
Day 7
San Bernardino alle Ossa
A church with an ossuary chapel whose walls are decorated with human skulls and bones.
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
A collector's house museum near La Scala, with Renaissance paintings, armour and decorative arts.
Museum of the Risorgimento
A museum of the Italian unification in the 18th-century Palazzo Moriggia in the Brera area.
Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli
Milan's oldest public park, an English-style garden with ponds and shaded paths, home to the Natural History Museum and the Planetarium.
Watch: Milan in 3 days
A one-minute look at the plan: every stop, day by day, with the map.
When to go to Milan
April to June and September to October are the best months in Milan, with mild weather and a full calendar of exhibitions. July and August are hot and humid, and in August many shops and restaurants close as locals leave on holiday. Winters are cold and often foggy, and Fashion Week and the Salone del Mobile design fair in April make hotels scarce.
Plan the rest of your trip
- Where to stay: hotels in Milan on Booking.com or Trip.com
- Skip-the-line tickets: museums and sights in Milan on Tiqets
- Tours and day trips: things to do in Milan on GetYourGuide or on Viator
- From the airport: a private transfer in Milan with Kiwitaxi
- Data on arrival: an eSIM for Italy from Airalo
- Last day: leave your bags in Milan with Radical Storage and keep sightseeing
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Tips for Milan
- Book Leonardo's Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie well ahead; visits are timed, groups are small and tickets go fast.
- The Duomo has a dress code: shoulders and knees covered. The rooftop terraces need a separate ticket, by stairs or lift.
- Many civic museums, including those in Sforza Castle and the Museo del Novecento, close on Mondays.
- The metro is quick between the centre, Santa Maria delle Grazie and San Siro; a day ticket covers the metro, trams and buses.
- Visit the Duomo early in the morning, before the queues and tour groups build up.
Make it your own
Open the guide in Andiamo Places to see every stop on a map with walking directions, move places between days, check opening hours for your dates, and add your own finds. After the trip, your photos become a journal and, if you like, a printed photo book.
Guides are made with the help of AI and public sources such as Wikipedia, and may contain errors. Opening hours and prices change, so check before you go. Spotted a wrong photo, a pin in the wrong place, a missing stop or a better one? Write to andiamotravelapp@gmail.com: the e-mail opens with this guide filled in.
Photo credits
- Arco della Pace: Filip Maljković from Pancevo, Serbia, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Arena Civica: Vale93b, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0 it
- Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio: Novellón, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cimitero Monumentale di Milano: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Colonne di San Lorenzo: FlavMi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Corso Buenos Aires: G.dallorto, Attribution
- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II: Marco Pagani, CC BY 3.0
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan: Stefano Stabile, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli: Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Milan Cathedral: Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo Diocesano: Marco d'Oggiono, Public domain
- Museo Poldi Pezzoli: G.dallorto, Attribution
- Museo del Novecento: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museum of the Risorgimento: G.dallorto, Attribution
- Navigli: Flavmi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo dei Giureconsulti: G.dallorto, Attribution
- Parco Sempione: Alessandro Perazzoli, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazza San Fedele: Stefano Stabile, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo, Milan: Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazza della Scala: scanned by Albertomos, Public domain
- Piazzale Loreto: Bramfab, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pinacoteca di Brera: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0
- Quadrilatero della moda: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Bernardino alle Ossa: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0
- San Siro: Prelvini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie: Marcin Białek, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sforza Castle: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Teatro alla Scala: John Picken, CC BY 2.0
- Teatro degli Arcimboldi: Bruno Cordioli, CC BY 2.0
- Torre Branca: Arbalete, CC BY-SA 4.0
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