The back story
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Neighbourhood guide
The Quadrilatero della Moda: the back story
The fashion streets of Montenapoleone and della Spiga, the house museums and the palazzo hotels.
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The Quadrilatero della Moda: Our Favourites
Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga, the house museums, Cova and the grand hotels.
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What to see and do
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A collector’s palazzo
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
A 19th-century collector’s house, with Pollaiolo’s Portrait of a Young Woman.
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A Renaissance dream
Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
Two brothers’ 19th-century house furnished as a Renaissance palace, on the Via Gesù.
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A 1930s villa (FAI)
Villa Necchi Campiglio
A 1930s villa with garden, tennis court and swimming pool, run by the FAI.
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In the Villa Reale
GAM: Galleria d’Arte Moderna
19th-century art in the neoclassical Villa Reale, facing its English garden.
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The city’s oldest public park
Giardini Indro Montanelli
The public gardens of Porta Venezia, with the Natural History Museum and the Planetarium.
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Behind the GAM
The English garden of the Villa Reale
The romantic English garden behind the Villa Reale and its gallery of modern art.
Where to eat
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Two MICHELIN Stars
Andrea Aprea
On the Corso Venezia. Two MICHELIN Stars in the 2026 guide.
Corso Venezia 52, 20122 MilanoExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
Armani/Ristorante
Contemporary Italian cooking at the Armani Hotel Milano.
Via Manzoni 31, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
ZELO
The restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel Milano.
Via Gesù 6/8, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
Don Carlos
The restaurant of the Grand Hotel et de Milan, close to La Scala.
Via Manzoni 29, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
DaV by Da Vittorio Louis Vuitton
Da Vittorio’s restaurant at Louis Vuitton, on the Via Bagutta.
Via Bagutta 1, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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Since 1824
Marchesi 1824
Milan’s historic pastry house, with its original shop on the Via Santa Maria alla Porta and salons in the Galleria and on the Via Monte Napoleone.
Via Santa Maria alla Porta 11/a, 20123 MilanoExplore View on map
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Bars
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Cocktails with theatre
Nottingham Forest
A small cocktail bar on the Viale Piave, known for its inventive drinks.
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For the stars of La Scala
Gerry’s Bar
The bar of the Grand Hotel et de Milan, “the opening act for stars of La Scala”, just 674 steps away.
Via Manzoni 29, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
Shopping
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Montenapoleone, della Spiga, Sant’Andrea, Manzoni
The Quadrilatero della Moda
The four streets of the fashion district: the Via Montenapoleone, the Via della Spiga, the Via Sant’Andrea and the Via Manzoni.
Where to stay
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A 15th-century convent
Four Seasons Hotel Milano
A former 15th-century convent off the Via Montenapoleone, with cloister and garden.
Via Gesù 6/8, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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Giorgio Armani’s hotel
Armani Hotel Milano
Giorgio Armani’s own hotel on the Via Manzoni, with Armani/Ristorante high above the Quadrilatero.
Via Manzoni 31, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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Since 1863
Grand Hotel et de Milan
The Via Manzoni grand hotel of opera singers and couturiers, “historically fashionable since 1863”.
Via Manzoni 29, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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New in 2025
The Carlton, a Rocco Forte Hotel
Rocco Forte’s new Milan hotel, between the Via Senato and the Via della Spiga.
Via Senato 5, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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A former seminary
Portrait Milano
The Lungarno Collection’s hotel in the former archiepiscopal seminary on the Corso Venezia.
Corso Venezia 11, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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Facing the Giardini
Casa Cipriani Milano
The Cipriani family’s hotel and club facing the Giardini Indro Montanelli.
Via Palestro 24, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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A garden of art
Senato Hotel Milano
A boutique hotel on the Via Senato whose courtyard garden hosts installations during Design Week.
Via Senato 22, 20121 MilanoExplore View on map
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