Location: Zona Magenta
Top Things to do in Zona Magenta
The 10 Best Things to do in Zona Magenta, Lombardy
One of the world’s fashion capitals, Milan offers endless opportunities for chic shopping. Hit the artsy neighborhood of Brera for leather goods and Via Monte Napoleone for exclusive, expensive boutiques. The enchanting mosaics and glass vaults of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II make shoppers feel like they’re wandering inside a painting. Take break from your spree to gape at the iconic Duomo, then grab tickets to a performance at La Scala. Post-opera, the Navigli district pulses with late-night activity.
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1. Santa Maria delle Grazie
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4.5 based on 3,314 reviews
One of the world's most famous paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" (1495-97), is displayed here.
Reviewed By SammyLuli
This beautiful church built 1497, by the same architect designed the St Peter's Basilica in Rome, commissioned what would become one of the greatest artists of humanity, paint a fresco, that would in turn become the most coped image of the last 5 centuries of Western civilization and a defining image of Christianity. Inside the church itself is beautiful detail, gorgeous craftsmanship without being ostentatious, the grounds are lovely as well. I would recommend getting a tour, wealth of information and puts into perspective the 600 year history of what you're looking and allows access to lovely gardened grounds, especially that this almsot all disappeared in WW2.
2. Il Cenacolo
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4.5 based on 13,500 reviews
Reviewed By Canadianstraveling - Oakville, Canada
We were fortunate to be able to see Leonardo da Vinci’s late 15th Century painting of “The Last Supper” (Cenacolo Vinciano) when we visited Milan as part of a trip to Italy in May 2019. Getting tickets to do so was an adventure the details of which may be useful to others. While doing some background reading on Milan to get us through a long Canadian winter, we learned that: you needed tickets to see the painting; that tickets were very limited (30 persons per time slot); that tickets could be purchased on-line; and that monthly blocks of tickets were released several months in advance on specific dates and a specific times. According to the Cenacolo Vinciano website, tickets for when we were going to be in Milan would be available on-line at 9:30 A.M (Milan time) on March 12. It was to obtain those tickets that I was delegated to awaken just before 3:30 A.M. E.S.T. one snowy day in March (corresponding to the 9:30 A.M. time in Milan on March 12). Despite some technical hurdles (like having to activate your Viva account via an email message sent mid-way through the purchase process), I was successful in obtaining two tickets with an English tour (only available twice a day) for a 9:30 A.M. admission two months later on a date in early May at a cost of 31 Euros. The third email received about this transaction had the subject line “Thank You for Your Order” and included a link to print your receipt which was labeled “Viva Ticket” but is really a voucher to get a ticket on site. On that day and as instructed in the receipt for our on-line purchase, we showed up at the entrance door for the Cenacolo Vinciano (adjacent to the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church which was not that easy to find from the nearest Metro station) 20 minutes prior to our admission time to check-in with reception and to receive the actual tickets (one for admission and one for the English tour). A group of about 30 of us were met just on time by our English-speaking guide who gave us a useful introduction to the building and the painting as we moved from the entrance area to what might have been a dehumidification area. Our time in the former dining hall of the Dominican Monastery of Santa Maria was 15 minutes, during which our guide provided useful information about the painting and as you were in a small group you had more than enough time to gaze at the enormous painting (and another of “The Crucifixion” by Donato da Montorfano at the other end of the dining hall) from various perspectives. We were then quickly ushered out of the former dining area to make way for the next group. Was it worth it? Definitely!
3. Palazzo Litta
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4.5 based on 68 reviews
Reviewed By alessandrofL127YD - Milan, Italy
Baroque architecture Beautiful seventeenth-century building in the center of Milan, the State Railways have finally left (although they remain the owners) to give way to a more appropriate regional headquarters for Cultural Heritage and tourism in Lombardy. The palace has an important portal with two giants, in the style of the Omenoni palace, which support the convex balcony. Corinthian-style columns run from the first floor to the third floor. Above, the attic gable (completion wall element) with two statues supporting the coat of arms of the Litta family, one of the illustrious families of the Milanese aristocracy The inner courtyard is also beautiful
4. Museo Martinitt e Stelline
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4.5 based on 39 reviews
The Museum is located in the wing originally used for the workshops and dormitories of the Stelline orphanage. The building was let to private citizens because of the needfor lodgings after the bombings in 1943 which destroyed the building of San Pietro in Gessate. In 2009, l’Azienda di Servizi alla Persona Istituti Milanesi Martinitt e Stelline and Pio Albergo Trivulzio decided to use the building as a showcase fortheir artistic and historical heritage, with the official opening of the Martinitt e Stelline Museum: this is a historical museum whose cultural heritage is displayed through the use of multimedia systems that provide excellent interaction witharchival sources.
5. The Bramante Sacristy
6. Pinacoteca Castello Sforzesco
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4.5 based on 238 reviews
Reviewed By Razorfish - Little Rock, United States
The Pinacotheque de Castello Sforzesco in Milan is a beautiful garden area on the grounds of the castle. The colonnades are part of the building that encloses the courtyard area. Notice the sunburst insignia on the wall which reminds you of Medusa.
7. New Age City Tours
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4.5 based on 181 reviews
New Age is a certified Milanese Tour Operator. The company, young and dynamic, is specialized in offering guided tours in most major Italian holiday destinations. Some of the strategic agreements we made allow us to provide our customers exclusive privileges like: No-Wait Entry Skip-the-Line Access Priority Acess Early admission. Our team is made exclusively of officially licensed guides who are not only professional, experts and knowledgeable, but also friendly and amazing storytellers who will surely make our tours the highlight of your trip. Our job is our passion: nothing makes us happier than sharing the love for our homeland with our customers and provide them with travel experiences they would otherwise miss out on; thanks to meticulous research, detailed planning and a real passion for what we do, New Age City Tours always reaches this goal.
8. Residenza Vignale
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
