18 min
60 min
M4 · tram 3 · tram 9 · tram 15
28.8 / km²
6
1
964
City average
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Staying in Ticinese
Corso di Porta Ticinese runs from the edge of the centre down to the Darsena, and the district is essentially that street and the blocks either side of it. It is the compromise most people are actually looking for in Milan: eighteen minutes on foot from the Duomo, five minutes from the canals, and rooms priced below both.
It has more of interest than its length suggests - Sant'Eustorgio and the Basilicas Park at one end, the Porta Ticinese gate and the Darsena at the other, and the second-hand and independent shops along the corso in between. The aperitivo route that Milan is known for starts at the Colonne di San Lorenzo and works south into this district before it reaches the canals.
The weakness is transport. No metro station falls inside the district; Vetra and Santa Sofia on the new M4 sit on its northern edge, and everything else is trams 3, 9, 10 and 15, which are frequent but slow in traffic. The other weakness is the same as its strength: you are on the drinking route, so a room over the corso will hear it until the small hours on a Saturday.
What works
- Eighteen minutes on foot to the Duomo and five to the Darsena
- Cheaper than Duomo or Brera for a comparable walk into the centre
- Sant'Eustorgio, the Basilicas Park and the Porta Ticinese gate are all here
- Trams 3, 9, 10 and 15 run through it, and M4 Vetra is on the northern edge
What does not
- No metro station inside the district, only trams and the M4 edge
- Rooms over Corso di Porta Ticinese hear the aperitivo crowd until late
- Hotel stock is thin - mostly apartments and a handful of small hotels
- The Darsena end fills with drinking crowds every warm weekend
A concentration of aperitivo bars are located in the area near the Colonne di san Lorenzo and Corso di porta Ticinese, or close by in the Navigli area (subway: Porta Genova M2 Station).