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Activities in Milan + the Lakes Region

  • Agape

    The white-and-wood design store sells sleek housewares (bright orange showerheads; stainless-steel wall lights). More
  • Anna Fabiano

    The only place where one can purchase women's clothes by Anna Fabiano, the former Fiorucci designer's store is located in Milan's trendy Porta Tici... More
  • Bar Braulio

  • Bellagio Water Taxis

    The company offers boating services on Lake Como. More
  • Birrificio Italiano

  • Cavalli e Nastri

    A treasure trove for vintage Gucci bags and other Italian designer goods, in the trendy Porta Ticinese district. More
  • Hanbury Botanical Gardens

    The 49-acre gardens just three miles west of Ventimiglia on the French- Italian border was built by Thomas Hanbury, a wealthy Englishman who made h... More
  • Isola Bella

    Perhaps the finest example of 17th-century Italian Baroque garden art. When seen from the town of Stresa, the island looks like a giant ship: the B... More
  • La Rinascente

    The century-old shop has unveiled a futuristic Design Supermarket with a whimsical collection of stylish tech toys, tableware, and more by the like... More
  • Marni

    Founded by Italian designer Consuelo Castiglioni and her husband Gianni in 1994, this avant-garde clothing company now has almost 100 stores in fas... More
  • Maurizio Corraini

    This exceptional publisher of design books runs a shop and art gallery. Look for titles by Enzo Mari and Bruno Munari. More
  • Nottingham Forest

    The most expensive cocktail in Milan can be found at Nottingham Forest just outside Porta Monforte. At €3,500, the diamond cocktail is thankfully t... More
  • Palazzo Te

    Inside a colonnaded 16th-century palace, you'll find Mannerist frescoes by Giulio Romano, a pupil of Raphael's. More
  • Pasticceria Marchesi

    Little seems to have changed in this coffee and cake shop on Via Santa Maria alla Porta since opening in 1824. Baristas still wear white shirts und... More
  • Peck

    An emporium of all things gastronomic, including white truffles from Alba, 40 single-origin coffees, and 3,000 wines. More
  • Spazio Rossana Orlandi

    Rossana Orlandi took a 19th-century tie factory in the Magenta District and converted it into one of the premier venues for interior design. Fueled... More
  • Teatro alla Scala

    When it comes to opera, there’s no more respectable venue than “La Scala,” located a block north of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping mall... More
  • Villa Carlotta

  • Villa del Balbianello

    Balbianello is owned and maintained by the Fondo Ambiente Italiano—the Italian National Trust. In addition to the gardens, a magnificent 18th-centu... More
  • Villa Melzi

    In May the garden is aglow with azaleas and rhododendrons. A Moorish pavilion placed right at the water’s edge, a well-manicured allée of pollarded... More
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