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[JJ 10 Easy Wishes]

any recommended hotels? what areas are nice? what should i go and see? what should i stay away from? is there a certain part of milan i should try and get a hotel in?

tell me

[Spoonie]

just use hostelworld or hostelbookers. anywhere near the cathedral is good - you have to see that place
and if u go to the san siro (which is the worlds least organised tour) make sure and nick the champions league water bottles from the AC changies cos i was too honest and my woman got in my business about it!

enjoy!!

[Tam o' Shantie]

look on the internet you cunt, then don't steal my fucking christmas present. of all the places?! can't you go to paris or something?

[jackson]

when are you going to milan? i suggest you find out if there are any football games on, get a hold of danny dyer and you and him can run with the AC Milan Ultras and get into some propa naughtee mash-ups

[calum]

Avoid trams.

Originally Posted by Spoonie

anywhere near the cathedral is good - you have to see that place

totally agree! I was there in july and it was stunning.

[JJ 10 Easy Wishes]

tom i think its still legal to copyright the idea of going to visit a city in europe when someone you know has also been

[Tam o' Shantie]

i would try a google search, then i would book hotel roxy and walk to the duomo, then walk around with a good map for as long as your legs can stand it, then eat. dont just eat spaghetti, try the risotto and stuff too, and all the food I ate was great there.

[Larsen B]

Dammit this just reminded me of my horrible dream last in which a church in Milan was bombed and my grandma was inside it and died.

[Slipp0r]

I did a tour of Lombardy in June this year.
When in Milan be sure to get a tourist map. They are only 4 Euros from most newsagent stands.
The Dumo (Cathedral), "lounge" (huge arched building next to the Dumo) and the Fortress are all must sees. There is a museum inside the Fortress, so be sure to make time to go round it (I didn't and now regret it).
A word of caution: If you want to see the "Last Supper" mural you may have to book your ticket a day in advance. Again I didn't build this delay into my tour and so missed out.

As for places to stay, I used Booking.com online hotel reservations for all the hotels on my little tour. I stayed in Hotel New York, which is close to the Huge railway station. It is around a 20 minute walk from the city centre and you can see some of the sights on the way there. There are a few good restaurants near by to it too.

Oh, and as Calum said, watch out for the Trams (and the tramps and the gypsies and the drunks and the Mopeds and the beggars and the roadside salesmen).

If you are in Milan for more at least a week you should consider a day trip out to Bergamo and/or Lecco (on lake Como). Both are around an hour and half train journey from Milan, (the trains are really quite cheap compared to here).
Here is the website for the trains:
National HomePage - Trenitalia

Have fun.