Hotels in Milan, Italy

A little about Milan...

Milan is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy, and is one of the most highly developed urban centres in Europe.

Landmarks: Milan is one of the major artistic centres of northern Italy. Its chief landmarks include:
The Duomo, the second largest church in Italy, the world's second largest gothic church (after the Cathedral in Seville) and the world's largest collection of marble statues with the widely visible golden Madonna statue on top of the spire, la Madunina (little Madonna), the symbol of Milan.
Teatro alla Scala. Milan is also one of the most important centres in the world for Opera lirica, with his famous Teatro alla Scala (La Scala).
The Castello Sforzesco, The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, The Palaeo-Christian Basilica of San Lorenzo
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana, containing drawings and notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci among its vast holdings of books, manuscripts, and drawings, and is one of the main repositories of European culture. The city is also the home of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.
The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, housing one of the most famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper (L'ultima cena or Il cenacolo)
The church of Santa Maria presso San Satiro, with a famous trompe l'œil traditionally ascribed to Bramante, The Pinacoteca di Brera, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Poldi Pezzoli, the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum and the Musei del Castello galleries, which host a great number of pictorial masterpieces.

Foods: Like most cities in Italy, Milan and its surrounding area has its own regional cuisine. Milanese cuisine includes "cotoletta alla milanese", a fried veal (pork and turkey are used, though) fillet in bread crumbs (which some say is of Austrian origin, calling it "Wienerschnitzel"). Other typical dishes are cassœula (stewed pork rib chops and sausage with Savoy cabbage and tomato sauce), ossobuco (stewed marrow-bone with tomato or lemon sauce), risotto alla milanese (with saffron, white wine and beef marrow), busecca (stewed tripe with beans and tomato sauce), and brasato (stewed beef or pork with wine and potatœs). Season-related pastries include chiacchiere (fried flat cookies) and tortelli (fried spherical cookies) for Carnival, colomba (glazed cake shaped as a dove) for Easter, pane dei morti ("Bread of the Dead", cookies aromatized with cinnamon) for All Soul's Day and panettone for Christmas. The salame milanese, a salami with a very thin grain, is widespread throughout Italy. The best known Milanese cheese is gorgonzola.

Universities: Milan is home to many universities and other institutions of higher learning. This is a list of institutions of higher learning in Milan:
Politecnico di Milano, Università Statale, Università Statale Milano-Bicocca, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Università Bocconi, Scuola Superiore di Direzione Aziendale - Bocconi, Università I.U.L.M., Università C. Cattaneo L.I.U.C., Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, L.U.C. Beato Angelico
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Conservatorio Superiore "G. Verdi" di Milano, Istituto Europeo di Design, I.S.E.F., and Scuola Politecnica Di Design.

Transportation: Subways, Tramways, Trolleybuses and buses, and Railways.