Visit Milan

A walled medieval upper town above modern Bergamo — Venetian ramparts, funiculars and Lombard charm

See opera where Verdi premiered — Milan's Teatro alla Scala, the most storied opera house in the world

Catch a 15-minute audience with Leonardo's fading masterpiece on a Milan refectory wall

Try Milan’s golden saffron risotto — creamy, rich, and traditionally served with ossobuco

Dig into braised veal shank with gremolata — Milanese comfort food, marrow and all

Tear into a tall, airy Milanese Christmas cake studded with candied fruit and raisins

A city built on water with no cars — gondolas, Byzantine mosaics, and getting happily lost in the back canals

The "Florence of the South" — honey-coloured Baroque churches carved from soft Lecce stone