Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DON'T MISS
HISTORIC CAFES
Few cafes have seen or heard as much as these fabulous old Milanese beauties.
8.30am-8pm
Mon-Sat;
Montenapoleone) Milan's oldest cafe, opened in 1817 by Antonio Cova, a soldier of Napoleon.
8am-8pm
Tue-Sat, to 1pm Sun;
Cairoli, Cordusio) Baking since 1824, Marchesi's window displays have the wonky lo-
gic of a Hitchcock dream.
7am-8.30pm; ; Conciliazione) Proud keepers of a
panetùn
(panettone) recipe that once pleased Pope
Pius X, Biffi has changed little since its 1847 opening.
7am-9pm Sep-Jul; ; 3, 9) Hailing from that great southern baking town Ruvo di Puglia, Joseph Gat-
tullo's retro bakery serves artisanal pastries.
Entertainment
The tourist office stocks several entertainment guides in English: Milano Mese,
Hello Mil-
ano
(
www.hellomilano.it
)
and
Easy Milano
(
www.easymilano.it
)
. For club listings, check
out ViviMilano (
http://vivimilano.corriere.it
)
, which comes out with the
Corriere della
Sera
newspaper on Wednesday;
La Repubblica
(
www.repubblica.it
)
is also good on
Thursday. Another source of inspiration is Milano-2night (
http://2night.it
)
.
OPERA
Teatro alla Scala
( 02 8 87 91;
www.teatroallascala.org
;
Piazza della Scala; Duomo)
You'll need perseverance and
luck to secure opera tickets at La Scala (€13 to €210, up to €2000 for opening night).
About two months before the first performance, tickets can be bought by telephone and
online. One month before the first performance, remaining tickets are sold at the
box office
days, 140 tickets for the gallery are sold two hours before the show (one ticket per cus-
tomer) - queue early.
San Siro Stadium
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