{"id":1424,"date":"2011-03-01T08:42:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T08:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyestylist.wpengine.com\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2015-11-30T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:41:07","slug":"milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyestylist.com\/2011\/03\/milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"
With this edition of Eyestylist<\/em>, we launch our City Guides section – highlights taking\u00a0place in various European cities each month that include art, music, and\u00a0auctions, as well as restaurant and hotel recommendations and other news. This month, we\u00a0journey to Milan.\u00a0 Often labelled as a bustling industrial metropolis, this\u00a0doesn\u2019t really do justice to this city and its fascinating history.\u00a0Throughout the centuries, Milan has experienced great heights, and sunk to\u00a0ruins, always rising again.<\/p>\n Milan has certainly risen to a major fashion capital, and Italian names are\u00a0equated with state-of-the art designs in clothing and accessories. Explore\u00a0the style and shopping delights of Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga,\u00a0Galleria Vittorio Emanuele 11, and Corso Como (noted in Design<\/em> &\u00a0Inspiration<\/em>). For a relaxing break, enjoy a drink or lunch in the charming\u00a0Corso Como Caf\u00e9, with a menu that offers delicious choices.<\/p>\n Milan Attractions<\/strong><\/p>\n Three splendid structures are intricately linked with Milan: The Duomo,\u00a0Teatro alla Scala and Villa Reale. Milan and The Duomo are inseparable \u2013\u00a0their histories entwined since 1386, the date when construction began.\u00a0However, it took until the early 19th century to finish this Gothic\u00a0splendour, when under Napol\u00e9on\u2019s dictate, they completed what is now the world\u2019s\u00a0third largest cathedral. Another exquisite church to visit is Santa Maria\u00a0delle Grazie, where Leonardo de Vinci\u2019s masterpiece Last Supper is on\u00a0display.<\/p>\n La Scala<\/strong><\/p>\n Music and Milan are also synonymous. Teatro alla Scala<\/strong> rose from the site of\u00a0Santa Maria della Scala, a church built in 1381, and how La Scala was named.\u00a0The opera house opened in 1778, and for over two hundred years, has\u00a0attracted the grandest names in operatic voices and conductors, including\u00a0Arturo Toscanini, to the present Principal Conductor, Daniel Barenboim. This\u00a0month, the operas performed include Puccini\u2019s Tosca, with Welshman Bryn\u00a0Terfel singing Scarpia on 6 March. Nab a ticket if you can!\u00a0 Other Tosca\u00a0dates are 2, 4, 23 and 25 March. Death in Venice, by English composer\u00a0Benjamin Britten is performed on 27, 29 and 31 March. The Theatre Museum,\u00a0part of the La Scala building, has a wonderful array of paintings and\u00a0costumes connected to La Scala\u2019s history, a grand source of information for\u00a0fashion historians, as well as music lovers. www.teatroallascala.org<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Villa Reale,<\/p>\n Art aficionados will revel in the Neo-Classical beauty of Villa Reale, built\u00a0in 1790, and where Napoleon lived in 1802.\u00a0 Nowadays, this magnificent\u00a0villa, houses Milan\u2019s Modern Art Gallery. The stunning collection includes\u00a0superb paintings and sculptures from Canova, Cremona, Ranzoni and others, on\u00a0display in this beautifully preserved building. The Grassi Art Collection<\/strong> can also be seen here, with paintings by 19th and 20th century artists,\u00a0including Gauguin, Corot, Van Gogh and C\u00e9zanne. The gardens are delightful\u00a0and well worth a stroll. www.gam-milano.com<\/a><\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\n Osteria Stendhal, Via Ancona, 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Clodagh introduced me to this restaurant, and it was an immediate favourite.\u00a0Now each time that we are in Milan, we have dinner there, joyously throwing\u00a0caution and calories to the wind, and indulging in tempting Italian\u00a0specialities. The name is a tribute to Marie-Henri Beyle, better known for\u00a0his pen name, Stendhal, the writer. Although French born, Stendhal lived in\u00a0the city and was Milanese at heart. So in a spirited, convivial environment,\u00a0you can feast on Italian specialities, often with a twist, like pasta with\u00a0prawns, blue cheese and black truffle. Meat and seafood dishes are lovingly\u00a0prepared; one of the best is Sicilian swordfish with taggiashe olives. The\u00a0wine selection offers Italian delights, including the smooth Tuscan wine Col\u00a0di Sasso.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The garden is the place to lunch or dine during spring and summer. Be sure\u00a0to book!\u00a0 www.osteriastendhal.it<\/a><\/p>\n Hotel Diana Majestic, Viale Piave, 42<\/strong><\/p>\n The Diana Majestic <\/strong>(pictured at top under title) is my Italian home-away-from-home.\u00a0 I first stayed in the\u00a0hotel more than twenty years ago, and first impressions are lasting. Sipping\u00a0a smooth caf\u00e9<\/em> macchiato<\/em> in the wisteria-scented garden certainly had much\u00a0to do with that favourable assessment.\u00a0 However, so did the pleasant rooms, (some overlooking the garden) the very friendly and helpful staff, and the\u00a0superb service. In 1998, the Diana Majestic was totally renovated, and the\u00a0good news is that everything that was already great, just got better \u2013\u00a0rooms with high-speed internet service, a CD player and other gracious\u00a0amenities. The h club>diana<\/em> bar is where style setters gather every evening, and\u00a0the restaurant has, for me, the best, melt-in-the-mouth risotto in Milan. The beds\u00a0and pillows are sumptuous, so sweet dreams are assured. JG <\/span><\/a>www.sheraton.com\/dianamajestic<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My favourite haunts in the fashion capital With this edition of Eyestylist, we launch our City Guides section – highlights taking\u00a0place in various European cities each month that include art, music, and\u00a0auctions, as well as restaurant and hotel recommendations and other news. This month, we\u00a0journey to Milan.\u00a0 Often labelled as a bustling industrial metropolis, this\u00a0doesn\u2019t … Continue reading<\/a> →<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-travel","category-city-guides","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>
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