A FOOD TOUR AMONG THE OLD PROFESSIONS AND MARKET PLACES IN MILAN

h. 9.00 AM; 2.00, 2.30 or 3.00 PM Meeting with a private guide in Milan for a tour that, walking through the historical center, will stop first at a historic confectioner's for your breakfast, based either on an espresso or a cappuccino, fruit juice and a slice of the traditional Panettone. Walking along Via Dante, you will stop at Piazza degli Affari, which was the seat of the Mint and the so-called 'shouted market' in high medieval times. The name of some places (Via Spadari, Via Orefici...) will give the cue to tell about professions and jobs of the past and its highlight will be one of Milan historic delicatessens to taste Salame Milano and some Gorgonzola cheese. Then on to Piazza dei Mercanti, the medieval core of economic exchanges among traders. Step by step you will get to Piazza Duomo and, after referring to the shining advertising signs of Palazzo Carminati and admiring the spires of the Cathedral, you will sip a glass of Campari, the famous aperitif, and walk through Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, livened up by elegant cafés and restaurants. From Piazza della Scala and its homonymous Opera House, you will take a short walk to Brera district, in the past a 'small Venice', where some goods reached their final destination thanks to Naviglio Martesana. The last stop will be a pleasant walk inside Sempione Park, the 'green lung of Milan' listening to the anecdotes of the 'rotten water' fountain, which has become famous for the sulfurous properties of its water.