Giardini pubblici Indro Montanelli
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Ready-made walk · Milan

House Museums and Art Nouveau Palaces

5 stops · ~2 hr 35 min · 1.9 km

Art & Museums

Step inside Milan’s private worlds: the Poldi Pezzoli and Bagatti Valsecchi collections, each conceived as a home where rooms and art belong together. Then admire Sommaruga’s Art Nouveau Palazzo Castiglioni, the neoclassical Villa Reale with its English-style garden and the city’s oldest public park.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Giardini pubblici Indro Montanelli
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    Stop 1: Giardini pubblici Indro Montanelli

    ~3 min here

    Giardini pubblici Indro Montanelli is a historic public park, established in 1784 and regarded as Milan’s oldest city park.

  2. Villa Reale
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    Stop 2: Villa Reale

    ~3 min here

    Villa Reale is a palace designed by Leopoldo Pollack, built between 1790 and 1796 for Count Ludovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso.

  3. Palazzo Castiglioni
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    Stop 3: Palazzo Castiglioni

    ~3 min here

    Palazzo Castiglioni is an Art Nouveau palace designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga, and its construction ran from 1901 to 1903.

  4. Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
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    Stop 4: Museo Bagatti Valsecchi

    ~1 hr here

    Museo Bagatti Valsecchi is a historic house museum housed in Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi on Via Gesù.

  5. Museo Poldi Pezzoli
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    Stop 5: Museo Poldi Pezzoli

    ~1 hr here

    Museo Poldi Pezzoli is an art museum housed on Via Manzoni near Teatro alla Scala.

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