Lombardy · Italy
Where to stay in Milan
Milan is a city in Lombardy, Italy, home to about 1,354,000 people. This guide covers 5 hotels, 3 aparthotels and 1 apartment building in Milan, with about 789 rooms between them. 2 of them carry a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 9
- Best months
- April and June
- Nearest airport
- LIN7 km · Milano Linate Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Rome
- Language
- Italian
About
About Milan
Milan is the capital and largest city of the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy, and the seat of the Metropolitan City of Milan. It is the second-largest city in Italy after the country’s capital, Rome, with a population of 1,362,863 in 2026.
Milan is often described as representing "modern" Italy. The differences between Rome and Milan are evident from several proverbs, such as an Italian saying about the differences between the two cities which roughly translates, "Rome is a voluptuous woman whose gifts are very apparent, while Milan is the shy, demure girl whose treasures are plentiful, but discovered in time." Milan is the most modern of all Italian cities, yet it keeps most of its history intact.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Milan
See
See the Districts articles for more listings. There are many things to see in Milan - from fine churches, old palaces, excellent museums, world class theatres and opera houses, cultural gems, striking buildings, sleek modern architectural works and lovely streets and squares. Milan has some of the oldest churches in Italy, older than the ones in Rome because Milan was the capital of the Northern part of the late Roman Empire. The cathedral, Duomo is the symbol and the heart of Milan. Santa Maria delle Grazie in the Western part of the city is the home for Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Last Supper and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Do
- Corteo dei Re Magi
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Milan
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYX Hotel Milan hotel | 299 | 90/100 7,154 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Milan City Center hotel | 130 | 88/100 1,832 reviews |
7 more places to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Bob W Milan Crocetta hotel | 43 |
| Bob W Milan Ticinese apartment building | 41 |
| MEININGER Milano Garibaldi hotel | 80 |
| MEININGER Milano Lambrate hotel | 131 |
| Milan Navigli aparthotel | 33 |
| Milan Park Towers aparthotel | 15 |
| Milan Via Stresa aparthotel | 17 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Milan to stay in
See the Districts articles for more listings. In the area just south of the Central railway station you can find a dense concentration of hotels. This is a rather shabby part of the city where you can run into dubious individuals especially at nighttime. On the other hand, the hotels are clean and safe, for the most part streets are lit and the metro station isn't far away. If you are arriving by car, save on accommodation expenses by staying at a hotel further away from the centre, preferably close to a metro station.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Milan
141 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| TownHouse Galleria | 2007 | 0.1 km |
| Principe di Savoia | 1927 | 1.5 km |
| Grand Hotel et de Milan | 1863 | 0.4 km |
| Hotel Gallia | 2.3 km | |
| Palazzo del Touring Club Italiano | 1915 | 0.9 km |
| Hotel Florida Milan | 1949 | 2.3 km |
| Kursaal Diana Sheraton Hotels and Resorts | 1908 | 1.5 km |
| Starhotels Anderson | 2.4 km | |
| Casa Baglioni Milan | 0.7 km | |
| Hotel Barcelò Milan | 7.1 km | |
| Hotel Diana Sheraton Hotels and Resorts | 1.5 km | |
| Rosa Grand | 0.5 km | |
| unfinished hotel in Ponte Lambro | 6.1 km | |
| voco Milan-Fiere IHG Hotels & Resorts | 7.2 km | |
| Affittacamere Scacco Matto | 2.7 km | |
| AHD Rooms | 0.3 km | |
| Albergo Gallia Excelsior | 2.3 km | |
| Andreola Central Hotel | 2.3 km | |
| Antares Hotel Rubens | 3.7 km | |
| Antica Locanda Dei Mercanti | 0.4 km | |
| Antica Osteria di Canzo | 8.2 km | |
| ApArt Hotel Lupetta 5 | 0.6 km | |
| Aparthotel Casa MIA | 1.4 km | |
| Aparthotel Duomo | 0.3 km | |
| Aparthotel Isola | 3.3 km | |
| Armani Hotel Milano | 0.5 km | |
| Art Hotel Navigli | 2.4 km | |
| B&B Hotel Milano La Spezia | 3.2 km | |
| B&B I Am Here | 2.6 km | |
| Be Mate Via Tivoli | 0.8 km | |
| Bed&Bed Milan | 3.4 km | |
| Best Western Air Hotel Linate | 7.1 km | |
| Best Western Madison Hotel | 2.5 km | |
| Best Western Plus Hotel Galles | 2.3 km | |
| Bulgari Hotel Milano | 0.4 km | |
| Bvlgari Hotel & Resort Milano | 2004 | 0.4 km |
| Camperio House Suites & Apartments | 0.6 km | |
| Château Monfort - Relais & Châteaux | 1.4 km | |
| Chiesa Rossa | 4.4 km | |
| City Life Hotel Poliziano, by R Collection Hotels | 2.7 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Milan
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Milan are April and June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; October is the wettest, with about 121 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Milan: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Milano Linate Airport (LIN), about 7.2 km from the city centre in a straight line; Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP, 40 km) and Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY, 46 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Milan's (MIL) two main international airports are Malpensa (the biggest, and 40 km away) MXP and Linate (7 km from the city center). Orio al Serio airport near Bergamo (45 km east) and Parma airport (100 km south), sometimes referred to as Milan's additional airports, mostly host budget airlines. To get to and from the airports and Milan, buses are a cheap and popular option.
Getting around
Milan has a similar implant to many Italian cities: an old medieval core (though of medieval times essentially only the street layout remains, as Milan was continuously tore down and rebuilt over the ages), and the city forming a circle around it (the Duomo cathedral sits at the very hearth of this circle). Milan in particular has a very distinctive implant: circonvallazioni, viali/corsi and vie.
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LIN · Milano Linate Airport
MXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport
BGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Milan
Eat
See the Districts articles for more listings. Although Milan is a city that changes its mind as quickly as fashion trends come and go, it remains one of the strongest bastions of traditional Italian cooking, where homemade elements are still very much praised and appreciated. There are trattorias, enoteche (wine bars) and restaurants (including luxury ones) everywhere that offer traditional Milanese and Italian dishes to eat. This city's traditional cooking is based on filling dishes like osso buco (braised veal shanks) and risotto alla milanese (chicken-broth risotto made with saffron).
Drink
See the Districts articles for more listings. There are plenty of bars and cafés in Milan of all kinds - from fancy old-fashioned ones, where you can enjoy a formal hot drink, to avant-garde modern places, and youthful spots for a happy hour/late-night drink. Some also offer some food too. Milan has a great variety of places where you can have fun. A great starting point is Corso Como, near Garibaldi Station, full of bars and glamorous clubs. In the summertime, this street is packed with young and attractive people.
Stay safe
Unless you venture into the dangerous suburbs, Milan is a rather safe city. Certain areas near Loreto, the central railway station, and Porto di Mare (Southern end of the yellow metro line) can be unsafe at night. At the station, do not seek help from any random person offering to help with the booking machines or ATMs or under any other pretext. After they have helped, they will pursue you to get as much money as possible for their "help". Or they can pretend to be helpful, cheating instead.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Milan
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Questions
Milan: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Milan?
By published guest score: NYX Hotel Milan (90 / 100 · 7,154 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Milan City Center (88 / 100 · 1,832 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Milan?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Milan are April and June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; October is the wettest, with about 121 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Milan?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Milano Linate Airport (LIN), about 7.2 km from the city centre in a straight line; Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP, 40 km) and Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY, 46 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Milan?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Milan?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Milan
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.