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Milan guide
What you need to know before you arrive, written by people who live here.
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Rent a car with the guest discount
Rial Estate guests get a dedicated discount on Rial Rent’s city car. Send us your dates on WhatsApp.
Fiat 500 Cabrio
Black, with a burgundy soft top. Small and easy to park in the centre.
Ask for the 500 on WhatsApp — Fiat 500 CabrioNeighbourhoods
Where to stay, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
The Navigli
Milan's two canals, the Darsena and the Vicolo dei Lavandai: what is actually there, what time to go, and why by day they are a different thing.
3 min readStaying near Milano Centrale
The area around Milan's Central Station: what to actually expect, and why two metro stops away you sleep better and pay less.
3 min readStaying in Bicocca
What is actually around Bicocca, how to reach the centre on the M5, and why it is Milan's best value neighbourhood for a longer stay.
3 min readCittà Studi and Porpora
The Politecnico, the hospitals, the tree-lined avenues. Why Città Studi is Milan's most practical base for a stay of a few weeks.
3 min readTorre Diamante and viale Pirelli
The new towers on the edge of the Bicocca campus: high views, lifts, air conditioning. The right area for a business trip to Milan.
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Arriving and getting around
Airports, metro, driving and the trade fair.
Driving in Milan — Area B and Area C
Milan's two restricted-traffic zones explained for drivers: who may enter, when you pay, where to park and why leaving the car parked is usually right.
3 min readGetting to Rho Fiera
Metro, train or car to the Rho exhibition centre: real journey times from Milan's districts, and where it makes sense to set off from on a trade fair morning.
3 min readGetting around Milan
The four lines, opening hours, tickets and how to pay with a bank card. Everything you need to move around Milan without wasting time.
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Living in Milan
Short lets, check-in, costs and taxes.
Self check-in, how it works
No reception, no fixed hour: how self check-in works in a Milan short let, what you need, and what happens if your flight is delayed.
3 min readWhat Milan costs
Coffee, lunch, transport, accommodation: what you actually spend in Milan in a day, a week and a month, including the items that catch people out.
3 min readThe Milan city tax
How much it costs, who pays, who is exempt and how it is collected in Milan short-term rentals. Explained plainly.
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Eating and drinking
Trattorias, aperitivo and Milanese dishes.
Studying and working
Universities, housing and remote work.
Experience
Milan aboard a Ferrari
A ride around the city aboard a Ferrari, with Rial Rent. We’ll sort out the details together on WhatsApp.
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What to see
Itineraries, events, the stadium and free Milan.
Milan for free
What Milan does not charge for: contemporary art in a former factory, castle courtyards, parks, churches and a cemetery that is a sculpture museum.
3 min readMilan in August
The city empties, the heat is real and prices fall. What stays open in Milan in August, what closes, and why for some trips it is the right month.
3 min readSan Siro, concerts and matches
How to reach the Meazza stadium for a match or a concert, how to get home afterwards, and why the lilac line changes everything.
3 min readMilan with children
Museums that actually work with children, parks, manageable distances and why an apartment changes the trip when you travel as a family.
3 min readMilan in three days
A three-day itinerary for Milan that accounts for real distances, the bookings you must make in advance and the days things are closed.
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For owners
Rules and management for owners who let.
Picked the area? Now pick the home.
Short-let apartments in the neighbourhoods this guide talks about.
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