What to do near Milan, MI

Palazzina Pusterla, Cascina Ca' Granda, Zibido San Giacomo

The Palazzina Pusterla is a rare and delightful example of a late 14th-century hunting lodge. It is leaning against an irrigation ditch in which the mill wheel fishes. Around it is a beautiful park, well and bakery.

Villa Borri Manzoli

One of the oldest and most majestic Villas of Delight in Corbetta

Villa Necchi-Campiglio, Milan

A chance to peek into the life of the early 20th century bourgeoisie

Rocca Brivio Sforza, San Giuliano Milanese

Fascinating 17th-century brick villa of sober Baroque style, rising on a slight isolated rise in the countryside. From the monumental gate there is a glimpse of the garden with an elegant loggia.

St. Ambrose Castle

A surprising park and a mysterious angel in the center of Corbetta

The shelter of San Colombano al Lambro

In St. Columba there is still a rare example of a 13th-century shelter, a place intended to protect the inhabitants and food supplies from outside threats.

Brentano Palace

A majestic mansion that became a still-functioning educational institution

Villa Frisiani Olivares Ferrario

Eighteenth-century villa, now home to the town hall

Villa Pagani della Torre

Villa of delight

Mirasole Abbey, an oasis of peace and silence

A fortified complex in the Milanese countryside chronicles the spirituality experienced by the monastic order of the Humiliati

Robecco sul Naviglio and its villas of delight

Along the Naviglio Grande for vacationing, in the footsteps of Milanese nobility

The Gothic frescoes of Viboldone Abbey

In a remnant of irrigated countryside in the Milanese hinterland, a 14th-century abbey holds splendid frescoes