04.03.2018 THE LAST SUPPER BY LEONARDO IN MILAN. WHY TO SEE IT AND HOW TO BUY TICKETS?
What is Milan famous for? Fashion, shopping, magnificent Duomo cathedral, Sforzesco castle, but no doubt the most famous sightseeing attraction of Milan is the Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci – the most mystical work of the great genius drawing thousands and thousands of tourists from across the globe to Milan. The whole scientific investigations were devoted to the painting and after publication of the sensational book of the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and release of the same movie with Tom Hanks starring, the interest in the Last Supper rocketed just sky-high! And that is why I want to tell you about the painting details worth focusing on when visiting and, of course, how you can buy tickets
27.07.2015 MUSEUMS IN CENTRAL MILAN MOST CONVENIENT FOR VISITING AND AT MINIMUM EXPENSE!
Today I am going to tell you about five museums in the heart of Milan that don’t require high expenses (average entrance fee is €5) or a lot of time (all museums are located in the heart of Milan, a few meters apart from each other). And it’s up to you to choose ones to visit
01.06.2015 ANOTHER MILANCE SIGHTSEEING ATTRACTION FOR FREE – WITH A SECRET!
Today you will learn about another almost secret sightseeing attraction of Milan that is seldom mentioned in tourist guides and even not all Milanese know about it to say nothing about its secrets. Nevertheless it is situated in the heart of Milan and you can visit it absolutely free of charge, so what is this secret sightseeing attraction?
21.05.2015 DUOMO CATHEDRAL OPENING HOURS CHANGE
Some, I hope, pleasant and useful changes have been made to opening hours of the main Milanese sightseeing attraction – Duomo Cathedral and in this post I want to tell you about
24.03.2015 FIERA RHO MILANO EXHIBITION CENTER
Fiera Rho Milano exhibition center is mentioned in almost every post of mine about main events of next month in Milan. And there is a reason for it – this complex is a business engine of Milan, this is the venue for the most important international exhibitions and congresses, for example, yearly in April the biggest world furniture exhibition is held –Salone Internazionale del Mobile, very popular with the Russians, so I think more detailed information about Fiera Rho will be useful
06.02.2015 CITY TRAMS – CONVENIENT TRANSPORT AND SIGHTSEEING ATTRACTION OF MILAN
Milanese trams are not only a very convenient and inexpensive mode of transportation, the information on the most useful routes will be given later in the post, but also a true wheel-museum worth a separate story.
25.11.2014 MONUMENT - FASHION SYMBOL IN MILAN
As I have already written many times Milan is a global capital of fashion and design, because all fashion trends derive from here and new ideas emerge here much earlier than in other cities. Therefore Milan couldn’t, but have a monument devoted to Fashion. And today I’m going to tell you exactly about this monument - Fashion symbol in Milan.
20.11.2014 Castello Sforzesco visit – free!
How is that, there is no castle in Milan? Of course there is a castle and what a castle it is – Castello Sforzesco, flower and pride of Milan, one of its main symbols and sightseeing attractions, second in popularity to probably Duomo only.
25.09.2014 The Milanese and “Madonnina”
Putting the post together was inspired by an Italian website, where I saw how the Milanese “Madonnina”, Madonna statue, atop the main spire of Duomo Cathedral, was jokingly called “this yellow thing atop Duomo” and indignant responses of the townspeople
