Hotel in Milan

[anonymous-user]

Ok planning my annual ski trip, new year in the Italian Alps, hotel booked, but we are flying into Milan and plan to spend a few days over Christmas in Milan, can any one recommend a good hotel in an area with a few things to see?
Last year we stayed in Rome in a hotel recommended on PH which was great, I spend 3 to 4 nights a week in a hotel so not bothered by big stares or a fancy restaurant as I don't use the facilities and hate hotel restaurants would prefer a family run hotel with nice places to eat in the area.

[NewNameNeeded]

Berw said:

Ok planning my annual ski trip, new year in the Italian Alps, hotel booked, but we are flying into Milan and plan to spend a few days over Christmas in Milan, can any one recommend a good hotel in an area with a few things to see?
Last year we stayed in Rome in a hotel recommended on PH which was great, I spend 3 to 4 nights a week in a hotel so not bothered by big stares or a fancy restaurant as I don't use the facilities and hate hotel restaurants would prefer a family run hotel with nice places to eat in the area.

Have you been to Milan before? I don't rate the place at all. It is absolutely nothing like Rome, for instance. My recommendation would be to land in Milan and hop on a train for Lake Como (I recall about 40 minutes away). Lake Como is stunning.

[willmcc]

We stayed here do the same last new year, uptown hotel pretty close to the Duamo and the Christmas market as well as a canal side street (Navagli?) which was jumping until NYE after which everything shut.
We got a sale rate and it was pretty reasonable. Not sure if same would apply before Christmas.

[matsoc]

I don't think that is ideal period to visit city, the weather will probably be cold and foggy in Christmas days, nothing like Rome. And quite deserted at night, Milan is a business city in which a lot of Italians are there just for work or study, so at Christmas they get back home. The positive side of that period is that many good business hotels in very central zone may offer interesting discount rates, there are many near to central rail station, from which you can walk to the Duomo square that is like the heart of the center, in 15 minutes. Watch out for the parking costs at the hotel, they are generally high. Book a flight to Turin (where I live) next time, it is less expensive and mountains are closer!

[anonymous-user]

Yes I understand the problems with Milan, but it fits into other requirements, like there is a good connection to Asia with Qatar, weather not a problem we see loads of sun, my research was leading me to the area around the station.