The Navigli of Leonardo da Vinci

 

The trails of the idea to make Milan accessible from the see are lost in the chronicles of times that date before the times of the design and construction of the first artificial navigable canal.

 

Since the antique times many of the water courses that encircled the city had deviations to take the water straight to the city but none of the rivers or torrents were of the sufficiently big to become what the city desperately needed.

 

The Navigli of Milan are the artificial canals constructed between 1179 (Naviglio Grande) and the 16th century (Naviglio Martesana) with the purpose of making Milan accessible from Ticino and Adda.

GIRO DELLA CITTA' IN BUS "AUTOSTRADALE"

This tour starts at Piazza Duomo and offers a bilingual tour.

 

There are two types of this tour: a tour in the morning where you can see the Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the Sforzesco Castle, the Parco Sempione with the Arch of peace and the Arena and the Monumental Cemetery. In the tour is also a visit of the “Last Supper” of Leonardo da Vinci included, where you have to make reservations at least a month before when you would like to go by yourself. Or you take the afternoon tour with the Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Piazz della Scala (opera), Brera with the art works, the Sforzesco Castle and of course, the “last Supper” of Leonardo da Vinci.

 

TRAM TURISTICO CIAO MILANO

Scendi...scopri...riparti (Get off, discover and let’s go on).

 

With this tour you can discover the beauty of Milan while you are on board of a characteristic tram of the 20s. You can choose what you want to see. The tram is going in a circle and you just get off when you want to see something and then get back on the tram and discover new places of Milan. There is also a audio tape in different languages available: Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, English and French.

 

€ 20.00 day ticket – tickets available c/o I.A.T. via Marconi corner Piazza Duomo or c/o Autostradale, terminal bus Garibaldi, Piazza Freud

1 January – 31 March, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 and 13:00 (except New Year’s)
1 April – 31 October, every day at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 (except 1 May, 2nd and 3rd week of August)
1 November – 31 December, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 and 13:00 (except Christmas and 31 December)

 

GIRO DEL LAGO DI COMO

Mini cruise at the first basin of the lake. During the navigation you can see beautiful mansions most famous of the lake: Villa Olmo, Villa Erba, Villa D’Este etc

 

CENTRO GUIDE TURISTICHE DI MILANO

It is an association which was founded in 1960 and organizes tours to museums, classical and personal trips and shows all popular and less popular sides of Milan and its territory.

 

The Standard City Tour

It has a duration of approximately 3 hours. Some of the places / stops during the visit are:

• the Cathedral;
• the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery;
• the Scala Opera House and its square;
• the Sforza Castle and/or the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci;
• the Monumental Cemetery.

Special Tours

Some of the places / stops during the visit are

• Milan and its patron saint: the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio;
• Beyond the façade: courtyards of old fashioned Milan;
• Santa Maria delle Grazie and Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper;
• The Monumental Cemetery;
• The Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, the Portinari Chapel and the canal area;
• The Church of San Maurizio;
• The Basilica of San Satiro.

Out of town

Some of the places / stops during the visit are

• Art and culture in the Longobard town of Monza;
• The Abbeys of Chiaravalle, Morimondo and Viboldone;
• Villas and farmhouses along the Naviglio Grande.

It can provide also guided tours in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi and Pavia and suggests or plans itineraries specifically tailored to the needs of clients in the following languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Chinese, Polish and Japanese.

Centro Guide Turistiche Milano
Address: Via Marconi, 1
Phone: +39.02.86.45.04.33
Fax: +39.02.863.210

Website: http://www.centroguidemilano.net