Top Experiences in Piazza Gae Aulenti

Join a Local Expert for a two-hour exclusive journey through Milan's architecture, a can't-miss experience where historic heritage meets modern design, and every building tells a story of style and time.

• Enjoy a private and intimate tour, exclusively for your group.
• Discover Milan’s iconic architecture with the guidance of a Local Expert.
• Uncover how Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) has shaped Milan's skyline.
• Experience a personalised tour, tailored to your interests.
• Get curated recommendations for further city discovery.

Experience the evolving face of Milan's horizon, a visual journey of its historical evolution and modern growth.

Milan is by far the most cosmopolitan of Italian cities, being since ever the financial and fashion capital. Its growth has produced a virtuous mixture of architectural forms, types and languages, allowing the visitors to see a traditional balcony building face the most modern skyscraper.
This private guided tour will lead you from the Central Station, addressed by its designer as the "cathedral of movement", to the business centre of Porta Nuova, including the tallest building in Italy. Giò Ponti, a revered master of Italian design, once wrote that "Architecture is a crystal"; well, in a few hours you will discover all its shining faces. Finally, a typical lunch at a particular restaurant, to enjoy the well-known risotto "alla milanese" with saffron.

This Experience is provided by a private local.
Each LocalBini Experience is conducted in a small group of up to 6 people.

Find out the different cultural and artistic characteristics that makes this city unique, and enjoy the buzzing community and city ambience!
Whether you are visiting Milan as a returning tourist who wants to get to know the city a bit better, or if this is your first time, this Experience is for you! While walking the streets of Milan and looking at the amazing, unique street art, or getting to know more about the city’s galleries and museums, you will hear about street-art artists as well as contemporary artists and their close connection to Milan.

I will share with you the art and cultural world of my city, where you will see, hear, and experience how colorful and multifaceted Milan is!

Milan is the world center for fashion, art and design, characteristics that are worth a trip for many tourists from all over the world. My studio is in the center of the Tortona Fashion District, famous for fashion and design. As a fashion and portrait photographer, I offer tourists the experience of a high quality portrait in the studio and/or outdoors, in the charm of the most beautiful places in Milan. During the shooting I will entertain the client with a small photography workshop on portraiture, fashion, and art seen as one. My studio in via Forcella is an art gallery, where portraits and personal fashion photos are on display. The works had the honor of being exhibited together with those of the most important Italian fashion and portrait photographers, including the famous artist and photographer Giovanni Gastel. The experience is also enriched by a small library that ranges from the history of fashion and art photography to updated copies of the most important fashion and fashion magazines.

Enjoy an exclusive shopping tour with a glimpse at the best contemporary architecture in Milan.

Meet your local personal shopper and guide in one of the most vibrant districts of the city: Brera. Then, start to explore typical Milanese style shops visiting also a historic handicraft shoe shop, then head towards the street of some alternative shops fully characterized by Italian taste. From this area, head towards Corso Como to admire other great fashion shops and small art galleries with a very Milanese trendy taste. 

Then, let you be guided in the new architecture complex of the city: Unicredit skyscrapers and Gae Aulenti’s square. Take a look at the “Bosco verticale” building that won many International rewards and admire this new fantastic area. 

Meet your local insider in the city center, choose your eBike and start this relaxing urban exploration to discover many souls of the city, fashion and design Made in Italy, the ancient and iconic monuments, the elegant palaces, the artistic movements and much more.
Start this tour with one of the most authentic places in Milan: San Lorenzo columns, one of the last archaeological Roman sites of the city.
Continue the tour following your local insider riding through the secret and tiny streets of the city, going from the Milan Stock Exchange, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, to the Duomo di Milano, the Sforzesco Castle, through the luxuriant Sempione Park, the elegant Vittorio Emanuele Gallery.
Finally reach the stunning and new city districts including Piazza Gae Aulenti, the Vertical Wood building and Biblioteca degli Alberi. Follow your expert local guide and discover the curiosities and the beauties Milan has to offer.
Please note that the minimum height for this tour is 155 cm / 5ft.

Do you want to explore Milan and its history in the fastest, most comfortable and fun way ever?
Then you can't miss the opportunity to be guided by a local.

I will pick you up at your hotel (if it is in Milan) and I will take you to visit the most iconic, important and fascinating places in Milan. You will feel like a local Italian and have an overview of the whole city in just 2 hours to enjoy the ride with your personal driver.

We will travel on my electric scooter which will give us preferential access to any place in the city, without the noise, smog and heat generated by a normal petrol engine.

I will make you many offers. You will only have to decide according to your tastes and interests.

During the tour I will help you take many photos to share on your social profiles. I have a lot of patience and aesthetic taste. You will appreciate my photos.

Enjoy a cycling adventure in Milan’s Old Town, including top attractions as well as quiet nature spots. See the iconic Duomo di Milano, Fashion District, and more. Extended options: see also the Sforza Castle, La Scala, Columns of St. Lawrence, and more.

Choose one of our excellent tour options tailored to your needs and interests.

2-hour: Old Town Highlights by Bike
Choose this option to explore highlights of Milan's Old Town on a bike. See the Duomo di Milano, Royal Palace, the Fashion District, and more.

4-hour: Old Town & Sforza Castle by Bike
Choose this option to see more highlights of Milan's Old Town on a bike. See the Sforza Castle, La Scala, Duomo di Milano, Royal Palace, the Fashion District, and more.

6-hour: Old Town, Sforza Castle & Roman Columns by Bike
Choose this option to explore highlights of Milan's Old Town on a bike. See the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, Columns of St Lawrance, Sforza Castle, La Scala, Duomo, and more.

Enjoy a walking tour of the skyscrapers and modern infrastructure of the ambitious urban revitalisation scheme in the Porta Nuova area before an authentic Italian food tasting at Eataly.

How nice would it be to have a friend in every city you visit?

How nice would it be to see all the coolest places without stumbling upon the commercial and what the pages of the tourist guides have already told and said several times?

This tour is made up by 10 great food stops and a lot of curiosities about Milano

I would love to walk you around those places that really mean something to me and let you taste the best Italian flavors!

Have you do the right shopping, letting you buy from real artisans who put passion into their work

I want you to have the best aperitivo in town and to be treated like an old friend by everyone we meet.

What are you waiting for??

Let's discover the new buildiings of Milan!

A licensed guide expert in architecture will show you the most beautfiul building in the World the vertical farm Skyscraper, the reconstructed Piazza Gae Aulenti with the Unicredit bank tower, the famous Corso Como and Isola area!

3 hours guided tour discovering the typical houses of Milan and the new buildings designed by the most renowned contemporary architects in the world!

Receive a warm welcome to Milan on a private walking tour that will kick off your time in the city in the best way possible! In only 90 minutes, a local guide will get you acquainted with Milan to help you enjoy the rest of your stay to the fullest.

Discover where to find main attractions like Bosco Verticale and Pinacoteca di Brera, and how to explore them away from the crowds. And what about that unique family-owned restaurant or that amazing local hotspot? We got you covered; the local guides are experts in the subject! Forget about touristy traps; on this city kickstart tour, your guide will point you in the right direction.

Withlocals City Kickstart Tour is one of Withlocals' signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local produce and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.