MILAN
INTRODUCTION TO MILAN ( 3 hours)
Visit the Duomo,the Galleria , La Scala, the Last Supper (with
pre-set admission times) at the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
HIGHLIGHTS OF MILAN FULL DAY
The Duomo, the Gallery, the Teatro della Scala, the Last Supper, the Castello
Sforzesco and the Naviglio (old Canal area)
HISTORIC AND CULTURAL MILAN--A LOOK AT SOME OF
MILAN'S LESSER KNOWN ARTISTIC TREASURES: FULL DAY
Visits to the Church of San Eustorgio with the Capella of the Tre Magi
and the Capella Portinari, the Church of San Lorenzo, Milan's major Romanesque
Church with its famous Columns and Chapel of San Aquilino, the Church
of San Maurizio at the Monastero Maggiore and the Pinacoteca Brera, Milan's
major Art Museum.
MILAN'S PRIVATE MUSEUMS ( 3 HOURS )
A special visit to Milan's three highly unusual private Museums--the Bagatti
Valsecchi ( the home of a wealthy 18th century Milanese family restored
to its original beauty), the Poldi Pezzoli Museum , a wonderful mixture
of art, furniture, arms and armour and textiles right in Milan's center
and the newly renovated Biblioteca Ambrosiana, whose picture gallery is
replete with masterpieces by Leonardo, Caravaggio, Brueghel and Raphael.
It also contains Leonardo's original drawings for the Codex Atlantis.
Sophisticated Italy can also arrange special tours(car and driver normaly required) of Como and the Villas of Lake Como ( particularly the Villa Balbaniello and the Villa Carlotta) and Bergamo--particularly the Citta Alta'(Upper Town) with the oldest town square in Europe.