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Hotel Principe
di Savoia
Torre Branca
WHERE
PARCO SEMPIONE
WHO
THOSE IN THE KNOW
PRICE TAG
€3
At 108m, the Torre Branca – a towering
crisscross of steel tubes – is Milan’s
highest panoramic viewpoint that’s open
to the general public. It was designed by
famed Milanese architect Gio Ponti in
honour of Milan’s fifth Triennale Design
Fair in 1933. Today, groups of up to six at
a time can rocket skywards in the tower’s
great, glass elevator. At the top, a dizzying
360° terrace provides vistas as far as the
snow-cappedAlps.
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Duomo
WHERE
PIAZZA DUOMO
WHO
EVERYONE SHOULD
PRICE TAG
FROM €6
Milan’s crowning showpiece – and on
of the largest cathedrals in the world
the Duomo emerged from an eight-ye
facelift late last year. It costs just €6 t
ascend to the spire-lined terrace on f
but there are 250 claustrophobic ste
on the way up. Thankfully, a €10 eleva
now completes the same journey in
grander style. The summit provides a
vertiginous thrill. Guardrails are for le
cities. The narrow defiles are tailor-m
for that buttock-clenching, lean-right-
over photo opportunity. Milan’s most
popular viewing platform is made mo
intimidating still by the stone saints a
Old Testament figures that admonish
fromon high.
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WHERE
PIAZZA DELLA
REPUBBLICA
WHO
STRICTLYA-LISTERS
PRICE TAG
€150-€17,000
Since 1927, visiting A-listers from
Aristotle Onassis to George
Clooney have enjoyed stays here.
Mere mortals can take one of
the Principe’s four gold elevators
to the 10th-floor Club 10 Spa
where, from€150 for a massa
and use of the facilities, includ
swimming pool and Turkish
baths, you can also enjoy the
wraparound balcony with a 2
panorama. One view is off limi
to all but royalty and serious
money though. A secret eleva
leads to the 500m
2
Presidenti
Suite. The €17,000 per night
tag includes private pool and
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