Metropolitan City of Milan

Worth seeing in and around Metropolitan City of Milan

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Milan Cathedral

   Milan Cathedral, or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St.

   0 m · cathedral church of Milan, Italy · Wikipedia
2. 02
   La Scala

   La Scala is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as il Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala.

   400 m · opera house in Milan, Italy · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Santa Maria delle Grazie

   Santa Maria delle Grazie is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, northern Italy, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The convent contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory.

   1.5 km · church in Milan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   University of Milan

   The University of Milan, officially abbreviated as UniMi, or colloquially referred to as La Statale, is a public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with 64,878 students and a permanent teaching and research staff of 2,566 as of 2025.

   600 m · university in Milan, Italy · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

   The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, colloquially known as Catholic University of Milan or Cattolica, is a private Catholic research university based in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1921.

   1.1 km · Italian university · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Sforza Castle

   The Sforza Castle is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification.

   1.1 km · castle in Milan, Italy · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bocconi University

   Bocconi University or Università Bocconi is a non-profit private university located in Milan, Italy. The university offers courses in social sciences, with programs in economics, management, finance, law, political science, data and computer science, and an increasing focus on artificial intelligence.

   1.5 km · private university in Milan, Italy · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

   The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy.

   200 m · shopping mall in Milan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Biblioteca Ambrosiana

   The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts.

   400 m · conservation library in Italy · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Pinacoteca di Brera

    The Pinacoteca di Brera is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of the Brera Academy, which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera.

    900 m · art museum in Milan, Italy · Wikipedia

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Getting to Metropolitan City of Milan

Airports

Milano Linate (LIN), 7 km · Milan Malpensa (MXP), 40 km · Il Caravaggio (BGY), 46 km

Stations

Linate Airport, 7 km · Milano Centrale railway station, 2.6 km · 2001 Linate Airport runway collision, 7 km · Milano Cadorna railway station, 1.3 km

• Ferno (VA) → Metropolitan City of Milan

  33 km · quickest by road, 55 min · €4.5–6
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• Orio al Serio (BG) → Metropolitan City of Milan

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · €6–8
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• Genova (GE) → Metropolitan City of Milan

  117 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · €14–20
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