Milano is a European metropolis that is not at all difficult to discover in all its aspects. Getting around Milan between the center, the suburbs, and the neighboring municipalities is becoming less and less complicated thanks to a dense network of public transport (buses, trams, trolleybuses, metro, trains…) and private means, and a road system (four ring roads) and railway system (Central Station, Porta Garibaldi, Lambrate, Cadorna-Ferrovie Nord, Porta Genova) among the most advanced in Europe.
To discover the historic center of Milan, which is not huge, the best solution is certainly to move on foot, thoroughly exploring streets and squares without haste, and passing through the “family jewels”: the Duomo with its magnificent square; the Royal Palace; the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the Teatro alla Scala; the Brera Art Gallery; the Sforzesco Castle; the Basilicas of Sant’Ambrogio and Santa Maria delle Grazie…
When fatigue sets in, you can always take the first bus, tram, trolleybus, or metro departing for the desired area. A single ticket valid for 75 minutes grants access to all means of ATM, the local urban transport company, on which Milanese people usually travel. Particularly comfortable and fast is the metro, with its three lines (green, red, and yellow), which connect all cardinal points of the city, extending even to neighboring municipalities. Besides the standard urban ticket (cost 1 euro), there are other types, especially convenient for tourists, such as, for example, the daily ticket (3 euros), also valid on urban railway routes managed by Trenitalia-Le Nord, including the Passante railway.
