Milan, and everything an hour north.

A cathedral roof, a flaking wall painting, a lake forty minutes north and a drink that arrives with dinner. Five or six bookings carry most Milan trips — here is how each one works.

★★★★★★★★★★4.6· 61,054 travellers on the busiest Last Supper slot

The cathedral, the terraces and the archaeological area underneath are sold separately, and the cheapest ticket is the one that stops at the door. These three carry the most travellers.

• 1Cathedral and Duomo’s Terraces Entrance Ticketfrom $30
• 2Milan Cathedral: Duomo Terraces Ticket (No Church Access)from $22
• 3Milan Cathedral Direct Entrance – Terrace Excludedfrom $13

Ticket one

Inside the cathedral, no roof

Timed entry· nave and crypt· no terrace access

The nave, the stained glass and the treasury below. It is the cheapest way through the door and the one booked by mistake most often, because the terraces are a separate line on the ticket.

Ticket two

Up among the spires

Stairs or lift· timed entry· the marble up close

The roof is the reason to come: 135 spires, flying buttresses at arm’s length and the city laid out underneath. Choosing stairs or lift is a separate decision, and the stairs are shorter than they sound.

With a guide

The Duomo and the Last Supper, one morning

Half a day· small groups· both tickets included

The two hardest tickets in Milan, bought as one booking and walked between. It solves the Last Supper problem for anybody who left it late, which is nearly everybody.

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Cathedral and Duomo’s Terraces Entrance Ticket

Access Milan’s Duomo terraces, cathedral, museum, plus Church of St. Gottardo in Corte on a 48-hour ticket valid 2 days.

From · $30

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2 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 9,788 reviews Como & Bellagio with Private Lake Como Cruise from $112 3 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 6,635 reviews Como, Lugano and Bellagio Exclusive Boat Cruise from $95 4 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 · 6,256 reviews City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus with Audio Guide from $26 5 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 6,111 reviews Milan Cathedral: Duomo Terraces Ticket (No Church Access) from $22 6 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 5,782 reviews Milan Cathedral Direct Entrance – Terrace Excluded from $13 7 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 5,648 reviews Lake Como Cruise, St. Moritz & Bernina Red Train from $159 8 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 5,409 reviews Guided Walking Tour & Last Supper Visit with Ticket from $101

Milan is the best-connected base in northern Italy, and most of the famous day trips are a train ticket rather than a tour bus. Rough door-to-door times from the central station.

Lake Como40 minBergamo50 minStresaabout 1 hrSirmione1 hr 20Tirano2 hr 30Venice2 hr 30Cinque Terre3 hr

Every reviewed tour on the site, sorted by price. A very good Milan morning starts at about the price of two coffees and a tram ticket.

Under $50

136 tours

Entry tickets, canal cruises, walking tours and the museum passes. Most of the city’s landmarks live in this band.

• 1Cathedral and Duomo’s Terraces Entrance Ticketfrom $30
• 2City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus with Audio Guidefrom $26
• 3Milan Cathedral: Duomo Terraces Ticket (No Church Access)from $22

$50–150

316 tours

The full day out: lake cruises with a guide, cooking classes with lunch, the Last Supper with a slot booked for you.

• 1Como & Bellagio with Private Lake Como Cruisefrom $112
• 2Como, Lugano and Bellagio Exclusive Boat Cruisefrom $95
• 3Guided Walking Tour & Last Supper Visit with Ticketfrom $101

$150 and up

278 tours

Private boats on Como, chauffeured day trips and the small-group Alpine trains that make the day themselves.

• 1Lake Como Cruise, St. Moritz & Bernina Red Trainfrom $159
• 2Bernina Red Train, Swiss Alps & St Moritz From Milanfrom $168
• 3Swiss Alps Bernina Red Train and St.Moritz Tour from Milanfrom $179

Cathedrals and lakes, northern Italy has plenty. A fifteen-minute audience with a wall, an opera house that opens on a saint’s day and the drink that invented the Milanese evening belong to this city and nowhere else.

One wall

The Last Supper

Leonardo painted it straight onto the refectory wall in the 1490s and it began deteriorating almost immediately. Visits run in timed slots — a few dozen people, fifteen minutes, sealed doors either side to hold the humidity steady. Tickets are released in batches and vanish; nobody walks up on the day and gets in.

1. 1Guided Walking Tour & Last Supper Visit with Ticket★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 5,409 reviews
2. 2Milan’s Must See: Half-Day Tour of Last Supper, Duomo & La Scala★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 · 4,193 reviews
3. 3Last Supper Guided Visit★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 2,854 reviews

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Opening night

La Scala

The season opens on 7 December every year, the feast of Sant’Ambrogio, and the whole city treats it as a public occasion. The rest of the year the museum and the boxes are open to visitors, though whether you see the auditorium itself depends on what the stage is doing that morning.

1. 1Milan’s Must See: Half-Day Tour of Last Supper, Duomo & La Scala★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 · 4,193 reviews
2. 2La Scala Theater & Museum Guided Experience★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 · 2,931 reviews
3. 3La Scala Theater and Museum Tour with Entry Tickets★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 1,722 reviews

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Six in the evening

The Navigli aperitivo

Milan invented the drink that comes with food. From about six, the bars along the Naviglio Grande put out a buffet and charge you for the glass; Campari has been a Milanese habit since the 1860s. A cruise along the canal first is the local running order.

1. 1Navigli Canal Boat Cruise★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 · 4,502 reviews
2. 2Navigli District Canal Boat Tour with Aperitivo★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 · 3,253 reviews
3. 3Sunset Navigli Food & Drinks Tour by Do Eat Better★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 517 reviews

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