Tourist attraction in Milan

Prada's contemporary art museum featuring a nine-floor tower where each level offers distinct avant-garde exhibitions. Don't miss Bar Luce, the on-site café designed by Wes Anderson that feels like stepping into one of his films.

Milan's twin architectural icons. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II dazzles with its soaring glass-vaulted arcade, frescoed walls, and luxury boutiques from Prada to Dior. Steps away, the Duomo di Milano stands as one of Europe's most magnificent Gothic cathedrals. Skip these and you've missed the heart of Milan.

Polished galleries inside a grand palazzo. Italian art presented with space to breathe—best enjoyed at an unhurried pace.

This 18th-century palazzo holds Italy's answer to the Louvre - except smaller, quieter, and honestly more enjoyable. The collection started when Napoleon raided churches across northern Italy and needed somewhere to stash the art. Now it's 38 rooms of heavy-hitters: Mantegna's dead Christ, Caravaggio being moody, and that kiss painting that's on every Italian chocolate box. Glass restoration labs let you watch paintings get their facelifts. Pro tip: the tiny botanical garden behind the museum is perfect for decompressing after all that Renaissance drama.