With it's fashionable reputation and glitzy nightlife, there's hardly room for site-seeing, and some serious shopping to do...

Milan is as heppening as Italy gets. A couture capital that's home to so many famous brands it's become a brand itself. And just like fashion it's continually changing and renewing its inimitable style. This city, rather than Rome, is Italy's financial capital, its wealth built on banking and the stock exchange. Visually its a grey old place but not without cultural attractions including an enormous cathedral (Milan Duomo) and the world's most famous opera house, La Scala
Milan's Nightlife is cool and relaxed and the liveliest area after dark is the once-humble district around the canals (Navigli) to the south west of the center.

Lay Of The Land

The consumer delights of Milan shape this stylish city. With modern shops nestling in anciente edifices, however there are also several stunning cultural and historical treats to help you brush up on italian culture.

What To Do in Milan | Top 5 things to do in Milan

1. Take the lift to the top of the Duomo Cathedral, Milan's inspiring Gothic cathedral. It's roof offers the ultimate panorama of the city and the Alps to the north.

2. Visit Leonardo Da Vinci'spriceless painting of The Last Supper at the church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie.

3. Visit the San Siro Staium, you can take a noltalgic guided tourof this gigantic stadium daily.

4. While you're at San Siro check out Milan's most unusual attraction, Leonardo's Horse a 7 metre bronze giant.

5. Antique lovers and bargain hunters should head to the Navigli district, every sunday for the Naviglio Grande Antique Fair, a huge flea market stetching along the canal with all manners of memorabilia on offer.