Self-guided walking tour
Milan Walking Tour: Modern Milan – Porta Nuova and Platform 21 (about 2 hours, 4 stops)
4 stops in walking order through Milan, from Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano to Memoriale della Shoah: 4.8 km on foot, about 57 min of walking, 2 h 5 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 “Modern Milan: Porta Nuova and Platform 21”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 2 h 5 min
- Distance
- 4.8 km
- Walking
- 57 min
- Stops
- 4
The stops, in walking order
Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano
A public urban park where plants are organised into themed areas inspired by a library.
2 min walk · 210 m
Piazza Gae Aulenti
A raised circular pedestrian square designed by César Pelli beside Milan’s contemporary towers.
17 min walk · 1.4 km
Cimitero Monumentale
A Milan cemetery known for its artistic tombs, memorials, temples, obelisks, and monumental entrance hall.
38 min walk · 3.2 km
Memoriale della Shoah
A Holocaust memorial beneath Milano Centrale, preserving the concealed loading area known as Platform 21.
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