Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Discothèques
The dance scene changes all the time in Milan, but at whatever club is popular
(or in business) at the moment, expect to pay a cover of
€
5 to
€
20, depending
on how good-looking and/or female you are. Models, actors, sports stars, and the
attendant fashion set favor
Hollywood
(Corso Como, 15;
%
02-6598996; www.
discotecahollywood.com; closed July 23-Sept 7; Metro: Moscova),
which is small,
chic, and centrally located in La Brera.
Grand Café Fashion
(Corso di Porta Ticinese, 60, at Via Vetere;
%
02-
89400709 or 0336-347333; Metro: Porta Genova)
is a multipurpose nightspot
halfway to the Navigli with a restaurant open from 9pm and a disco nightly from
11:30pm. It brings a beautiful crowd to the Ticinese neighborhood, where they
dance the night away, sometimes to thematic evenings like Latino Mondays and,
er, lap-dance Sundays.
Milan's most venerable disco/live music club is
Rolling Stone
(Corso XXII
Marzo, 32, just east of Piazza Emilia;
%
02-733172; www.rollingstone.it; closed
Sun-Mon; tram: 12, 27, 45, 60, 66, 73, or 92),
in business since 1982. Most of
the performers these days are of a rock bent, and the club is as popular as ever.
The ABCs of Milan
Consulates
The
U.S. Consulate
at Via
Principe Amadeo, 2/10 (
%
02-290351;
Metro: Turati), is open Monday to Friday 9
to 11am and 2 to 4pm. The
Canadian
Consulate
at Via Vittor Pisani, 19 (
%
02-
67581; Metro: F.S. Centrale or Repubblica),
is open Monday to Friday 9am to noon.
The
British Consulate
at Via San Paolo, 7
(
%
02-723001; Metro: Duomo), is open
Monday to Friday 9:15am to 12:15pm
and 2:30 to 4:30pm. The
Australian
Consulate
at Via Borgogna, 2 (
%
02-
77704217; Metro: San Babila), is open
Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday
9am to 4:15pm. The
New Zealand
Consulate
at Via Guido d'Arezzo, 6 (
%
02-
48012544; Metro: Pagano), is open
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm.
Crime
For police emergencies dial
%
113.
There is a
police station
in
Stazione Centrale. The main Questura
(police station) is just west of the
Giardini Pubblici (
Via Fatebenefratelli, 11;
%
02-62261; Metro: Turati), though the
entrance for the office for foreigners and
passport problems is at Via Montebello,
26 (
%
02-62265777; Metro: Turati). Milan
is generally safe, with some notable
exceptions, especially at night, including
the public gardens, Parco Sempione, and
the area to the west of Stazione Centrale.
The train station is notorious for pick-
pockets, whose favorite victims are
distracted passengers lining up for the
airport buses at the east side of the build-
ing. You should likewise be vigilant for
pickpockets on all public transportation
and in street markets.
Drugstores
Pharmacies rotate 24-hour
shifts; look for signs posted in most phar-
macies announcing which shops are open
all night on any given day. The
Farmacia
Stazione Centrale
(
%
02-6690935),
in
the main train station,
is open 24 hours
daily and some of the staff members
speak English. There are also
night
pharmacies
at
Piazza del Duomo, 21
(
%
02-86464832),
Corso Buenos Aires, 4
(
%
02-29513320),
Via Boccaccio,
26
(
%
02-4695281),
Viale Lucania, 10
(
%
02-57404805),
Piazza V Giornate,
6
(
%
02-55194867), and
Via Stradivari, 1
(
%
02-29526966).
Emergencies
The general number for
emergencies is
%
113.
For the Carabinieri
police, call
%
112.
For first aid or an
ambulance, dial
%
118.
For a fire, call
%
115.
