Weekend break in Milan March 2014, activity suggestions

forgottenlife

Hi there,

I am planning a weekend break to Milan next March, any suggestions on what to do, where to eat, where to visit etc.

Looking forward to what you come back with.

richardw

Climb the Duomo and wander about on the roof.

opinions4u

Trip out to Lake Como.

forgottenlife

opinions4u wrote: »

Trip out to Lake Como.

As a fan of the water this piqued my interest.

Just found that you can hire a jet ski or motorboat for myself. Very exciting.

Also going to look into what lessons are available as I feel this may be the perfect location to learn to paraglide (if I can overcome my fear of heights).

What do you think?

lostinrates

I used to live in Milan.

Definitely plan and evening in Navigli taking appetitivi in different bars. I really like a bar called Bond, which happens to be next to an amazing restaurant called il gnoccho fritto (there did used to be two of them, one on each canalbut think there is only one now). Gnocchi fritti are AMazINg! But don't bother with dessert there, go ether to the patisserie on dares a, right at the bridge or grab an ice cream.


I have loads of restaurant recommendations, what sort of things are you after? .

rorylando45

I did Milan this March as a part of a football trip, was a good laugh.

totallybored

As others have suggested go to Lake Como for a day if the weather is good. You can take the fast train from Centrale or there is a slower and cheaper local train from one of the other stations.

Verona is also an easy day to do by train.

Pavia is a nice university city not far from Milan if you fancy somewhere not very touristy.

If you've not been to Italy before beware of the price of coffees etc when sitting outside a cafe as opposed to standing at the bar.