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Photo spot · Porta Nuova · Milan

Bosco Verticale

Glass towers softened by leaves, a new park and fountains below

‹ Milan
When it fits
Best in the afternoon · about 20 min
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Where it is

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Straight-line distances: Ratanà 211 m · Antica Trattoria della Pesa 664 m · Cimitero Monumentale 984 m. Not travel times.

Why Aura
The two residential towers planted with trees on every balcony; see them from the park at their feet, then walk on to Isola for dinner.
ViewGood with kids
Photo tip · Aura editorial

Late afternoon, when the low sun lights the planted façades · from From the Biblioteca degli Alberi park at their feet, both towers in frame

TodayHours to re-checkHours not in OpenStreetMap
Visit lengthAbout 20 min
WeatherOutdoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortEasy
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  • When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
  • Today: Hours not in OpenStreetMap
  • Visit length: Aura estimate
  • Effort: Aura estimate
  • Tags are Aura editorial judgement.

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If it rains

Museo del NovecentoPalazzo dell'Arengario, Piazza del Duomo · Twentieth-century Italian art in the Arengario, from the Futurists to Fontana, ending at a glass room that looks straight onto the cathedral's façade.
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Also in this area

Cimitero MonumentalePiazzale Cimitero Monumentale · An open-air gallery of family tombs by Milan's sculptors and architects, from Liberty to modernist; take the map at the entrance and go slowly.RatanàVia Gaetano de Castillia 28, Isola · Milanese and Lombard dishes in a modern key, in an early-1900s building next to the Porta Nuova park; the menu changes monthly around a few signatures. Book online and wait for the confirmation email.
Antica Trattoria della PesaViale Pasubio 10 · A Lombard trattoria since 1880, named after the weighbridge where goods were weighed for the city toll; traditional Lombard dishes. Book by phone or email; closed on Sundays.