Hotel Find: Casa Degli Atellani Milan

Situated metres away from Leonardo da Vinciʼs Last Supper, the Casa Degli Atellani invites guests into a 15th-century building whose grounds play host to a museum, the Atellani Apartment private residencies and La Vigna di Leonardo, a luscious vineyard planted and treasured by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Food Find: Mercato Metropolitano Milan

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While opinions about Expo keep dividing the Milanese, one place born out of this occasion has them absolutely head over heels. Mercato Metropolitano is everything this city needed in summer: an outdoor space to chill out after a long day with quality food and drinks, a farmers market full of sustainable food products (Made in […]

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Art Find: Fondazione Prada Milan

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The brand new Fondazione Prada has been in the works for years, but after only weeks since opening it has already become a hotspot for culture in Milan. The long-awaited institution located in a former distillery, re-thought by Rem Koolhaas, is – as the architect explains – “not a preservation project and not a new […]

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Restaurant Find: Piccola Cucina Milan

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Piccola Cucina Milan is a charming restaurant that is exactly as its name suggests. A tiny culinary gem accommodating only a handful of in the know Milanese who come with a robust appetite for traditional Italian cuisine cooked with a charismatic, contemporary twist and a good dose of finesse. Inside the sepia-toned restaurant, the romantic […]

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Restaurant Find: Carlo e Camilla in Segheria Milan

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Housed beneath the cathedral-like ceilings of a 1930s sawmill is Carlo e Camilla in Segheria, Milan’s most glamorous dining destination. The restaurant/bar’s dramatic interiors have been left raw and mostly untouched giving it a decidedly industrial flavor. But part-owner/art director Tanja Solci’s contemporary Italian style breathes sophistication and restraint into the space through imposing vintage […]

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Fashion Forward Boutique Find: Excelsior Milan

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Inside the former Cinema Excelsior lives an immense concept store for Milan’s fashion minded. Excelsior, the super-sized destination boutique for the aesthetically inclined is a place to spend hours thumbing through a remarkable collection of hot, up and coming and aspirational designer fashion pieces that sourced from around the world. Shoppers will find an expert […]

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Fashion Forward Boutique Find: Antonia Milan

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Antonia is where the directional, fashion conscious Milanese go to find inspiration in the boutique’s well- researched selection of men’s and women’s pieces from designers like Balmain, Maison Martin Margiela, Saint Laurent to Band of Outsiders. The impressive architect designed space has a rustic, industrial character with interior features that create a feeling of elegance […]

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Concept Store Find: 10 Corso Como Milan

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10 Corso Como is where Milan’s fashion, art and design illuminati go to shop, eat, drink and get inspired. The Milanese concept store has been a shopping icon since the early 90’s when its original industrial space was transformed into what is arguably one of the coolest concept stores in the world – up there […]

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Contemporary Art Find: Hangar Bicocca Milan

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Milan and industry go ”˜mano a mano’. Nowhere is this more evident than in the city’s Bicocca district, which was redeveloped by iconic Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli in the Eighties. In 2004, Pirelli introduced a cultural centre focused on research and experimentation for contemporary art. For a decade Hangar Bicocca has emerged as a leading […]

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Restaurant Find: Erba Brusca Milan

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In a tranquil, canal-side setting just on the edge of Milan’s bustling city centre is Erba Brusca a restaurant offering farm to table food, done in the Italian style (namely: better ingredients). The chef at Erba Brusca crafts the menu based on seasonal herbs and vegetables grown on site in the restaurant’s garden (where diners […]

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