A nice walk can also be done in ... Milan
Town center
From Piazza del Duomo we offer three possible itineraries:
1. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Piazza della Scala, via Manzoni, Gardens of via Palestro, Quadrilatero della Moda, San Babila.
2. Piazza Mercanti, Piazza Cordusio, Via Broletto, Brera area, Sempione Park, Arco della Pace, Sforzesco Castle, Santa Maria delle Grazie and the Last Supper, Church of S. Maurizio at the Monastero Maggiore.
3. Via Torino, Church of Santa Maria at San Satiro, Columns of San Lorenzo and Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore, Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Arch of Porta Ticinese, Darsena
Porta Nuova
Porta Nuova was born from the urban redevelopment of three neighboring areas, north-east of Milan: the Garibaldi district, the Isola district, and the Varesine district. An extensive project has redesigned the entire area in architectural terms, creating a brand new economic and residential hub for the city of Milan.
The Bosco Verticale is the famous skyscraper designed by the architect Stefano Boeri , whose structure is made up of terraces inside which there are lush gardens.
The center of gravity of the entire area is the public park called Biblioteca degli Alberi,
From the pedestrian piazza Gae Aulenti you can go down to Corso Como, an area full of trendy clubs and chic restaurants; or, you can choose to take the Alvar Aalto footbridge, which rises above via Melchiorre Gioia.
CityLife - Portello
CityLife is a residential and commercial complex in the Portello district of Milan. It was designed by architects Arata Isozaki , Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid. With the transfer of a large part of the exhibition center to the new Fieramilano center in Rho-Pero, the freed area has an area of approximately 255,000 m².
The CityLife complex is characterized by a large pedestrian area, with circulation of cars and parking spaces exclusively in the basement and the construction of the second Milanese public park.
Other points of interest
The Naviglio Grande is flanked for its entire length by a cycle path that goes from the Darsena di Milano to Sesto Calende.
The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio is one of the oldest churches in Milan built between 379 and 386 at the behest of the same bishop Ambrogio, who dedicated it to the holy martyrs buried in it.
The Cim itero Monumentale is a complex of funerary art monuments made by great artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Prada Foundation is a cultural institution founded in 1993 dedicated to the realization of contemporary art, cinema, photography, philosophy, dance and architecture projects by recovering the space of an old distillery and adjacent buildings.
The Bicocca new state university center was born in 1993 from the redevelopment of abandoned industrial areas to decongest the state road in via Festa del Perdono.
Stations and public transport
Milano Centrale station is the second Italian station in terms of size and volume of traffic. Here 500 trains a day - regional, national and international - terminate two subway lines, the nearby Passante Ferroviario, the terminal of several urban bus and tram lines, as well as shuttles to the airports and is used every day by over 320,000 people.
Even today, more than eighty years after its inauguration, the architecture and the extraordinary spatiality of the Central Station present an image and an unaltered charm.
During the Second World War , in the years of the Italian Social Republic , track 21 was used to start the trains that deported Italian Jews to the concentration and extermination camps. On 27 January 2013, the Shoah Memorial was inaugurated near platform 21 .
Lambro Park
The Lambro Park is enclosed between the Rottole, Feltre and Cimiano districts, and is the largest park entirely within the city with an area of 773 thousand square meters. It is a very popular park, especially in the summer. Here too we move between nature and the water element, thanks to the Lambro river. The running route, just under 4 kilometers long, follows the perimeter of the park and is characterized by many climbs and descents. Since it is not fenced, it is possible to run at any time or train with the fitness trail equipment.
