Milan

Overview

Welcome to the heart of Italian wealth and style where the removal of sunglasses is a surgical procedure and popping to the shops without stilies is simply illegal. Go on, put your fashion foot forward!

Need to know
When to go

Restaurants are more about the scene, and although actual dress codes are non-existent, your outfit matters.

Apart from Aug, when everyone flees and the city pretty much shuts down, there’s no bad time to visit Milan, though during the multiple fashion weeks, Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile Furniture fair in April the city is a hectic (and pricey) signorina.