Things to do in Milan this week – February 20-27
The best things to do in Milan this week, including Music, Art, Museums, Shopping and Restaurants, chosen by Bella Milano Tours.
VINTAGE MARKET – On Friday 22, in the streets around the ancient Basilica of Saint’Ambrogio, the bi-monthly Little Market will welcome you with stalls full of quality handmade Art and Craft: antiques and vintage furniture, handmade accessories, fancy jewels. A treasure trove for everybody. From 9 am to 7 pm.
ART LIGHT – The American minimalistic artist Dan Flavin is famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from fluorescent light fixtures. Galleria Cardi, in corso di Porta Romana 38, is hosting an exhibition of 14 of his works, spanning the arc of his career. Milan also houses a very emotional installation by Flavin, Untitled, which is in the little church of Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa. It was completed two days before Flavin’s death on November 26, 1996 and installed a year later, and it is made with green and blue neon lights for the main nave, red in the transept and yellow for the apse.
TOP WINES – The Science and Technology Museum is going to house Simply the Best, a wine show which boasts to host only the best wines from all over Italy. The selection is actually strict: only wines included in at least 3 of the 7 most important Italian wine guides will be admitted to the show. Guides are: Vitae, Bibenda, Veronelli, DoctorWine, L’Espresso, Gambero Rosso and Slow Wine. A great chance to taste products from the finest wineries in Italy. Monday 25 from 5.30 to 8.30, registration on the website is required.
GOURMET FOOD – Famous Peck, “the Tiffany of groceries”, has given birth to a little child: Peck CityLife, at the foot of the three new skyscrapers sorrounding the brand new piazza Tre Torri. It has three roles in one venue: a gourmet food store, an elegant restaurant, and a cocktail-bistrot. Valerio M. Visintin, chief food journalist at Corriere della Sera, awarded the new Peck a flattering mark: 7. We recommend it also for the design, with details reminding of landmarks in Milan such as Torre Velasca.
MUST DO – A private guided walking tour in Milan with us! This week we recommend the Aperitivo Tour: the perfect way to enjoy the unusually mild weather of these last February days.
