Milan - Shopping

Red, mauve, zebra-striped armchairs and blue-lit glass bottles: welcome to Gray, the benchmark boutique hotel. 21 modern rooms, a stone's throw from the Duomo and the Galleria Victor-Emmanuel II.
Via San Raffaele 6 - Tel: + 39 02 720 8951

Internet: www.hotelthegray.com

 

You don't have to go far to find a competitor to The Gray in the "boutiquehotelThe Straf is just across the road. Affiliated with Design Hotels, this establishment does not fail to live up to the label's aesthetic promise, developed over 64 rooms, including some suites with terraces and views of the Duomo's spires. The bar is particularly hip.
Via San Raffaele 3 - Tel: + 39 02 805081

Internet: www.straf.it

 

Via Manzoni, via della Spiga, via Sant'Andrea and via Montenapoleone: these are the four main roads that delimit the area. "Quadrilatero d'oro which is to Milan what the "Golden Triangle is in Paris.

 

Design and, above all, fashion are the mainstays of the shopping offer in this legendary district, but those looking for local delicacies will also find plenty to tempt them, notably at the very chic patisserie-confiserie Cova (via Montenapoleone 8).

 

A journey through the mouth-watering corridors of Peck (Via Spadari 9). But if you want to admire the very best of Milan's upmarket shopping, you'll need to visit the 10 Corso Comowhich the New York Times described at the time as "best shop in the free world.