Milan Hotels

Milan is synonymous to a lifestyle par excellence, with all worldly pleasures in plenty; fine arts, music, fashion, theatre, cinema and of course shopping. Milan hotels range from 5 star luxury properties to reasonable and affordable hotels. A Milan hotel accommodation starts from US $ 70 dollars per room a night to over US $ 200 dollars per room a night, if you stay in one of the luxury Milan hotels. Hotels in Milan have attractive discounts during the year and a hotel in Milan availability can be checked online and booked securely and easily online.

Milan is the economic centre of Italy being home to both the country's stock market and major business centres. Milanese are hardworking and efficient people and also very stylish. Milan is popularly known as the world's design capital competing with Paris as a leading fashion centre.

Milan is all about lifestyle, a sprawling metropolis, with most of its attractions located in the city centre. Popular places to visit are Brera, where you'll find posh galleries and fashionable shopping streets, and Navigli. Automobile enthusiasts must visit the Monza Autodrome, which hosts the Italian Grand Prix and where you'll find leading automobile companies showing off their Formula One racing cars.

Some of the many places to see while you're in Milan include the Castello Sforzesco, which houses an impressive collection including Michelangelo's beautiful sculpture - Pietá Rondanini as well as paintings by Bellini, Tiepolo, Mantegna, Correggio, Titian and Van Dyckas and not to mention some interesting Egyption artefacts. You won't want to miss the Convento di Santa Maria where Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Last Supper has been restored and displayed and Milan's Duomo, the world's fourth-largest church where a copper statue of the Madonna stands tall among most of the buildings.

Milan is chilly in winter with the temperatures dipping below freezing point and hot and humid in summer, most people head for the beaches to escape heat. Around Milan there popular getaways Lago Maggiore, the resort town of Stresa , the Borromean Islands, Parco Nazionale della Incicioni Rupestre, Incicioni Rupestre, and Pavia.

The Malpensa airport is the main gateway to the city for most international flights, nearly all domestic and a few European flights land at the Linate airport. Milan has an efficient public transportation system with four underground lines as well as buses and trams.