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Italy
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Lombardy
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Metropolitan City of Milan
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Milan
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Tours & Activities
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E-Bike & Milan Architour
3h30
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Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Torre Velasca, Piazza Velasca 5, 20122 Milan Italy
It is a skyscraper built in Milan built between 1965 and 1958 by the BBPR architectural partnership. It is considered a flag of the Milanese contemporary architecture but it is still very controversial as an example of the brutalism. Text description provided by the architects: mixed in with the Gothic Cathedrals, buildings, sculptures and domes of Milan, the Torre Velasca stands out as one of the few modern buildings in the city’s ancient center.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza del Duomo, 20100 Milan Italy
It the real epicenter of the city centre. After a necessary mention to the astonishing Cathedral, we focus on the building designed by Griffini, Magistretti, Muzio, and Portaluppi and recently renovated by the Rota Group: Palazzo Arengario now Museo del Novecento (XX Century Museum). This stop give us also the permission to make a journey back in the beginning of XX century imagining us sipping our original Campari Seltz or Negroni at Camparino where professionals, artist and intellectuals, as the Futurist Marinetti e Boccioni, were used to stop and drink and have a small chat at the end of the day, in the magic hours of Aperitivo.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza del Liberty, 20121 Milan Italy
You admire the new life of Piazza del Liberty where the great work of Norman & Foster studio has combined commercial architecture (Apple store) and urban décor.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Villa Necchi Campiglio, Via Volfango Mozart 14, 20122 Milan Italy
You enter an icon of ’30s deco in the heart of Milan. It is a villa surrounded by a peaceful garden in the heart of the Lombard capital, housing sensational works of art, where you can still immerse yourself in the glamorous world of Milan’s interwar years. Here you have a break and a drink offered in the elegant caffè with dehors and swimming pool.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Grattacielo Pirelli, Piazza Duca d'Aosta 1, 20124 Milan Italy
The first skyscraper of the city the so called "Pirellone" by Gio Ponti for its innovative shape it was long compared to a luminous prism.
You see it from Piazza della Repubblica together with the Central Station building.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo Lombardia, Via Melchiorre Gioia, 20124 Milan Italy
Palazzo Lombardia was designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, winner of an international design competition in 2004, with Henry N. Cobb as design partner. The building won the 2012 International Architecture Award for the best new global design.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Bosco Verticale, Via Federico Confalonieri, 20124 Milan Italy
Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a pair of residential towers in the Porta Nuova district of Milan. They have a height of 111 metres (364 ft) and 76 metres (249 ft) and contain more than 900 trees.
The towers were designed by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra). It also involved input from horticulturalists and botanists.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Gae Aulenti Zona Garibaldi, 20124 Milan Italy
Piazza Gae Aulenti, symbol of contemporary Milan, is a circular elevated square designed by the Argentine architect César Pelli. As from the nearby Piazza Alvar Aalto, you can also enjoy the skyline of Milan: you can see the Garibaldi Towers and the adjacent skyscrapers of the Vertical Forest, the Lombard Regional Government building, the Galfa Tower, the Municipal Technical Services Tower, the Pirelli Skyscraper, the Solaria, Solea, Aria residential towers and a portion of the Diamante Tower. In addition, from the level of the square it is possible to have an impressive overview of the Unicredit Tower, which with its 231 meters is the tallest skyscraper in Italy.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Via Romagnosi, 3, Milan Italy
Known as glass pyramids by Herzog, is a complex of two buildings designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and built in the area of Porta Volta in Milan. They structurally present themselves as two pyramid-shaped buildings that develop horizontally, one next to the other, hosting one respectively the headquarters of the Feltrinelli Foundation and the other the offices of Microsoft Italy. The building is located near the Spanish walls of the 1500s. Aesthetically it is characterized by the pyramidal shape and the large external glazed surfaces with the presence of 1224 windows, characterized by a contemporary architectural style.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Torre Branca, Viale Alemagna Parco Sempione, 20121 Milan Italy
Torre Branca ("Branca Tower") is an iron panoramic tower designed by architect Gio Ponti and located in Parco Sempione (Simplon park behind Sforza Castel), the main city park of Milan, The top of the tower is a panoramic point whose view, on a clear day, may encompass the Milan cityline as well as the Alps, the Apennines, and part of the Po Valley.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: CityLife Shopping District, Piazza Tre Torri 1L, 20145 Milan Italy
A new neighborhood with commercial and residential architectures by Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Arata Isozaki.
Duration: 15 minutes
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Torre Velasca, Piazza Velasca 5, 20122 Milan Italy
It is a skyscraper built in Milan built between 1965 and 1958 by the BBPR architectural partnership. It is considered a flag of the Milanese contemporary architecture but it is still very controversial as an example of the brutalism. Text description provided by the architects: mixed in with the Gothic Cathedrals, buildings, sculptures and domes of Milan, the Torre Velasca stands out as one of the few modern buildings in the city’s ancient center.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza del Duomo, 20100 Milan Italy
It the real epicenter of the city centre. After a necessary mention to the astonishing Cathedral, we focus on the building designed by Griffini, Magistretti, Muzio, and Portaluppi and recently renovated by the Rota Group: Palazzo Arengario now Museo del Novecento (XX Century Museum). This stop give us also the permission to make a journey back in the beginning of XX century imagining us sipping our original Campari Seltz or Negroni at Camparino where professionals, artist and intellectuals, as the Futurist Marinetti e Boccioni, were used to stop and drink and have a small chat at the end of the day, in the magic hours of Aperitivo.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza del Liberty, 20121 Milan Italy
You admire the new life of Piazza del Liberty where the great work of Norman & Foster studio has combined commercial architecture (Apple store) and urban décor.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Villa Necchi Campiglio, Via Volfango Mozart 14, 20122 Milan Italy
You enter an icon of ’30s deco in the heart of Milan. It is a villa surrounded by a peaceful garden in the heart of the Lombard capital, housing sensational works of art, where you can still immerse yourself in the glamorous world of Milan’s interwar years. Here you have a break and a drink offered in the elegant caffè with dehors and swimming pool.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Grattacielo Pirelli, Piazza Duca d'Aosta 1, 20124 Milan Italy
The first skyscraper of the city the so called "Pirellone" by Gio Ponti for its innovative shape it was long compared to a luminous prism.
You see it from Piazza della Repubblica together with the Central Station building.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo Lombardia, Via Melchiorre Gioia, 20124 Milan Italy
Palazzo Lombardia was designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, winner of an international design competition in 2004, with Henry N. Cobb as design partner. The building won the 2012 International Architecture Award for the best new global design.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Bosco Verticale, Via Federico Confalonieri, 20124 Milan Italy
Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a pair of residential towers in the Porta Nuova district of Milan. They have a height of 111 metres (364 ft) and 76 metres (249 ft) and contain more than 900 trees.
The towers were designed by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra). It also involved input from horticulturalists and botanists.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Gae Aulenti Zona Garibaldi, 20124 Milan Italy
Piazza Gae Aulenti, symbol of contemporary Milan, is a circular elevated square designed by the Argentine architect César Pelli. As from the nearby Piazza Alvar Aalto, you can also enjoy the skyline of Milan: you can see the Garibaldi Towers and the adjacent skyscrapers of the Vertical Forest, the Lombard Regional Government building, the Galfa Tower, the Municipal Technical Services Tower, the Pirelli Skyscraper, the Solaria, Solea, Aria residential towers and a portion of the Diamante Tower. In addition, from the level of the square it is possible to have an impressive overview of the Unicredit Tower, which with its 231 meters is the tallest skyscraper in Italy.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Via Romagnosi, 3, Milan Italy
Known as glass pyramids by Herzog, is a complex of two buildings designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and built in the area of Porta Volta in Milan. They structurally present themselves as two pyramid-shaped buildings that develop horizontally, one next to the other, hosting one respectively the headquarters of the Feltrinelli Foundation and the other the offices of Microsoft Italy. The building is located near the Spanish walls of the 1500s. Aesthetically it is characterized by the pyramidal shape and the large external glazed surfaces with the presence of 1224 windows, characterized by a contemporary architectural style.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Torre Branca, Viale Alemagna Parco Sempione, 20121 Milan Italy
Torre Branca ("Branca Tower") is an iron panoramic tower designed by architect Gio Ponti and located in Parco Sempione (Simplon park behind Sforza Castel), the main city park of Milan, The top of the tower is a panoramic point whose view, on a clear day, may encompass the Milan cityline as well as the Alps, the Apennines, and part of the Po Valley.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: CityLife Shopping District, Piazza Tre Torri 1L, 20145 Milan Italy
A new neighborhood with commercial and residential architectures by Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Arata Isozaki.
Duration: 15 minutes
Included
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Use of bicycle
- Helmet and under helmet single use hat
- A little gift at the end of your bike experience
Not included
- Any admission to attractions, museums, buildings, churches
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
Features
Tourism
70%
Original
45%
Cultural
40%
Sport
35%
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