The Naviglio quarter
This is now one of the city’s liveliest quarters. The network of small canals, including the famous Naviglio canal, now have barges and a bustling commercial scene, with the opening of shops, antiques workshops and nightclubs that thrive during the day and, above all, part of the night.
Life on the two canals (Naviglio Grande and Naviglio Pavese) still goes on.
It is still possible to find typical apartment blocks in Milan yellow, with continuous balconies in bottle green around the courtyards. Enjoy a visit to the church of San Cristoforo al Naviglio (the patron saint of ferrymen) or the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio, which gives on to the canal. Also of interest is the antiquarians market, which is held on the last Sunday of every month in summer.
There are bars, ice cream parlours and trattorias where you can take a break and try one of the delights of Milan. If you want to stay in this area, we suggest the Hotel NHow, probably one of the trendiest Hotels in Milano. You can find a very designed rooms and a sparkling atmosphere.
Largo Augusto
This area lies between the church of San Názaro and Largo Augusto in the southeast of the city and is home to historic buildings, the university, cafés and a great number of artisan shops on the Via Festa del Perdono, as well as the Casa Grande (a magnificent hospital built during the time of the Sforzas and the present site of the university) and the Verziere column, one of the few surviving late eighteenth-century votive columns commemorating the end of the plague in 1576.
There are houses, palaces and churches in a number of different styles and from different ages and several reminders of the fact that this quarter had a long tradition of hospitals. The city’s largest library, Palazzo Sormani Andreani, the Velasca Tower (106 metres high) and Milan’s oldest public garden (Giardino della Guastalla) are some of this quarter’s other gems.
About Hotels near Largo Augusto, we suggest Hotel The Gray, Hotel Straf and the Hotel Park Hyatt. All of these are located on the Duomo district: you are in the center of Milano. From Largo Augusto it’s about 1 km by walk. The nice thing is that in this Hotels in Milano, you can go out for dinner at walkable distance and everything you need is there.
The Brera quarter
The name of this quarter, situated in the northeast of Milan, means the grassy quarter. This quarter, where you could spend all day getting to know it, hides among its winding streets a whole number of boutiques, antiques shops, curiosity and décor shops, attractions that have made it the fa- vourite quarter for bohemians.
The façades and streets of Brera project an image of an old yet charming city.
The Via Brera leads to the Palazzo Brera, where the Academy of Fine Arts is located (which brings in a great number of students) and the city’s most important art gallery. Summer sees many street stalls (you can have your cards read at some of them) and through- out the year some of the bars and cafés give the best they have to offer, earning a great reputation throughout the city.
Brera is in the centre of Milano. So you have difference options to choose the right Hotel. Basically you have three 5 Stars Hotels: The Gray, Park Hyatt and the Exedra, one 4 Star the Hotel Straf and one of the two 7 Stars Hotels in the world: the Town House in the amazing Galleria Vittorio Emanuele.
From all of them you can reach Brera district by walk.
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