This 2.5 hours outdoor walking tour takes you through two famous and opposing area of Milan. Brera is one of the mostely lovely district of Milan! Flowers on the balconies, narrow alleys are very charming as the antiques and vintage shops, Brera is also home of one of the most important italian Gallery. In the company of your local guide you will walk along Via Fiori Chiari and Via Madonnina, two of the most caractheristic streets of the area. You will see the courtyard of Brera Art Gallery and amazing hidden corners of this wonderful neighborhhod! You will be astonished by the Early Christian church of San Simpliciano dating back to the third century A.C., that still preserve the original c...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Brera Palace collection is not included
Meeting Points
Departure
Largo Antonio Greppi
Meet the guide in front of Piccolo Teatro Strehler, on the stairs where you see the sign "Teatro Strehler"
Return
Milan Brera District and Moscova Walking Tour with Local Guide
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Milano
About
This 2.5 hours outdoor walking tour takes you through two famous and opposing area of Milan. Brera is one of the mostely lovely district of Milan! Flowers on the balconies, narrow alleys are very charming as the antiques and vintage shops, Brera is also home of one of the most important italian Gallery. In the company of your local guide you will walk along Via Fiori Chiari and Via Madonnina, two of the most caractheristic streets of the area. You will see the courtyard of Brera Art Gallery and amazing hidden corners of this wonderful neighborhhod! You will be astonished by the Early Christian church of San Simpliciano dating back to the third century A.C., that still preserve the original c...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Brera Palace collection is not included
Meeting Points
Departure
Largo Antonio Greppi
Meet the guide in front of Piccolo Teatro Strehler, on the stairs where you see the sign "Teatro Strehler"
Return
Itinerary
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Raphael Tours in Milan
The tour is offered by Raphael Tours
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Brera District
If you wish to see something different of Milan, this 2.5 hours walking tour is perfect for you!
Brera, one of the most evocative area in Milan, takes its name from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, which highly contributed to the development of Brera as an artistic district and a place of bohemian atmosphere.
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Pinacoteca di Brera
A fleeting glance to the courtyard of Brera Palace, to admire a bronze copy of Antonio Canova's statue of Napoleon as Mars Peacemaker.
Enjoy walking down the streets of the one time lively red light district, whit buildings that were well known brothels, Via Fiori Chiari, via Formentini and via San Carpoforo are now full of antique, vintage and art shops.
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Basilica di San Simpliciano
Keep on you will see some historical palaces and the ancient San Simpliciano Basilica, one of the oldest church of the city.
You will then walk to Moscova square and pass from the famous via Solferino and via San Marco reaching Conca dell’ Incoronata, the basin that links water of Martesana canal with the Canals of the city center projected by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Corso Como
You will just get to the newer area of Milan, where you’ll see Eataly, the famous Italian market-hall located the building of the old Teatro Smeraldo.
An unavoidable stop is at 10 Corso Como, the so called “concept shop” that become a reference point of design and lifestyle from 1990, when it was founded by the gallerist and publisher Carla Sozzani, the shopping complex combines outlets that show and sell works of art, fashion, music, furniture and books.
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Porta Nuova
Last stop at the area called Porta Nuova, the futuristic urban-renewal project devised by a team of internationally renowned architects, who redesigned the area creating buildings with different functions: offices, commercial and residential luxury palaces united by a pedestrian system of gardens, squares, footbridges and bike paths.
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Piazza Gae Aulenti
The Porta Nuova complex looms over Piazza Gae Aulenti, incorporated inside the Unicredit bank tower designed by Cesar Pelli, the highest skyscraper in Italy.
