Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 02 7634 0121;
www.casemuseo.it
;
Via Mozart 14; adult/child €8/4; 10am-6pm Wed-Sun; San
Babila)
Set in a beautiful garden with tall magnolia trees, this villa is a symbol of Milan's
modernist imaginings in the early 1930s. Designed by Rationalist architect Piero Porta-
luppi for Pavian heiresses Nedda and Gigina Necchi, the house blends Art Deco and Ra-
tionalist styles. Quotidian details are as enthralling as the sleek architectural lines and big
ticket artworks by Morandi and de Chirico.
Activities
Navigli Lombardi
BOAT TOUR
(
02 9227 3118;
www.naviglilombardi.it
; Alzaia Naviglio Grande 4; adult/concession €12/10;
Porta
Genova, 3)
From April to mid-October you can take a boat tour along the Naviglio
Grande for views of the churches, farms and villas that line its banks.
Spiga 8 Spa at Hotel Baglioni
( 02 4547 3111;
www.baglionihotels.com
;
Via della Spiga 8; San Babila)
Spiga 8 Spa has a
minimalist all-white aesthetic and a menu of treatments that seem good enough to eat,
such as the chocolate facial.
SPA
NAVIGLI MARKETS
Overlooking the Darsena, once the city's main port, is the
Mercato Comunale
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(Food Market; ; Piazza XXIV Maggio; 8.30am-1pm Mon, 8.30am-1pm &
4-7.30pm Tue-Fri, 8.30am-1.30pm & 3.30-6.30pm Sat; Porta Genova, 3) , this is the city's
main covered market, selling fresh fruit, vegetables and fish. Northwest, Viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
Papiniano; 8am-2pm Tue, to 5pm Sat) operates. It's at its best on Saturday morning.
The city's most scenic market, the
Mercatore Antiquario di Navigli
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.naviglilive.it
; 9am-6pm last Sun of month; Porta Genova) , sets up
along a 2km stretch of the Naviglio Grande. With more than 400 well-vetted antique and secondhand
traders, it provides hours of treasure-hunting pleasure.
Tours
