Location: Zone 8
Top Things to do in Zone 8
What to do and see in Zone 8, Lombardy: The Best Sights & Landmarks
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.
Restaurants in Milan
1. Monumental Cemetery
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4.5 based on 3,755 reviews
Why visit a cemetery when you’re on vacation, you ask? The tombs at this Milan burial ground offer a great glimpse of Italian artistic styles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Reviewed By DonnaandCraig - Doylestown, United States
The tombs of Milans famous and wealthy citizens from the 19th and early 20th centuries are large and extravagant. It's like walking around a huge, intriguing sculpture garden, it's fascinating. Well worth the visit. The China Town section of Milan is within walking distance if you want Asian food later.
2. Casa di Riposo per Musicisti Giuseppe Verdi
3. Certosa di Milano
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4.5 based on 367 reviews
The Charterhouse was founded by notarial deed on September 19th, 1349 by Giovanni Visconti, archbishop and lord of Milan, who donated it to the Carthusian order, together with other personal belongings. Petrarca's account is what is left of the primary Charterhouse. In 1388 Giovanni's nephew, Luchino Novello Visconti, regarded as the second founder, donated, on his death, all his belongings to the Carthusian monks. In the XVth century the Charterhouse look was completely modified.
4. Torre Hadid
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4.5 based on 54 reviews
Reviewed By stinkwink - Sydney, Australia
The edifice - which is a perfect example of the remodeling of the CityLife - is the work of Zaha Hadid, an Anglo-Iraqi architect. The large building strangely and aggressively soars to the sky. It is as if giants were playing, building a tower, and twisting it afterward. A 192-meter-tall skyscraper can be spotted from afar, with its glossy glass surfaces glittering across the horizon, and almost inviting the famous beautiful old monumental buildings to compete. Two eras, two designs are clashing, and both proudly bear the finest features of their own style.
5. Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista in Trenno
6. Monumento а Giuseppe Verdi
7. Villa Simonetta
8. Villa Faccanoni-Romeo
9. Velodromo Vigorelli
10. Santuario di Sant'Antonio di Padova
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4.0 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By hameshaIndia - New Delhi, India
This is a beautiful silent church in dark tones and the figure of St. Anthony is everywhere, on top of the tower on the church, in front of the church in an absolutely beautiful gentle fountain and inside in the main altar spotlighted and on the sides also. He is a very inspiring figure when you read his story. So it is nice to see his gentle face all over. We found the church very enjoyable. It is near the M2 Metro Station and directly opposite to the Monumental Cemetery and both can be combined in a single day and we did so. What the net says about St. Anthony is that he lived and dressed like poor people. So when he preached to them, they listen. They learned more from his life than from his words. Otherwise the preachers of those days from the richer class and did not have much an impact on the poor.
