Self-guided walking tour

Milan Walking Tour: Ancient Basilicas to the Navigli (about 2 hours, 7 stops)

7 stops in walking order through Milan, from Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore to Biblioteca Ambrosiana: 4.9 km on foot, about 58 min of walking, 2 h 10 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Ancient Basilicas to the Navigli”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 2 h 10 min
Distance: 4.9 km
Walking: 58 min
Stops: 7

The stops, in walking order

Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore
A Roman Catholic church with a bold centrally planned design and a square interior shaped by four apses.
7 min walk · 590 m
Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Sant’Eustorgio is a Milan basilica associated with Eustorgio of Milan and the traditional resting place of the Magi.
9 min walk · 780 m
Vicolo Lavandai
A preserved Milan lane whose public washhouse served generations of laundry workers.
11 min walk · 910 m
Darsena
An artificial water basin beside Porta Ticinese, created by transforming the earlier Sant’Eustorgio lake into a proper port.
14 min walk · 1.1 km
Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
Sant'Ambrogio is a Roman Catholic basilica with a Romanesque character and a history reaching back to Bishop Ambrose.
8 min walk · 680 m
San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore
A church famed for its extensive Renaissance frescoes and its division between the worshippers’ space and the former nuns’ hall.
9 min walk · 750 m
Biblioteca Ambrosiana
A historic library with an art gallery, created through Cardinal Federico Borromeo’s ambitious search for manuscripts and printed works.