Milan's Tourist Signage

Milan has a long history. It has often been at the center of national events and different historical periods have left important traces throughout the city. This explains the richness of Milan’s heritage and the abundance of monuments, precious works of art and impressive architecture.

Milan was built over time, increasingly taking on a more important role at the national and international level. In recent years, it has also grown as a tourist destination.

But how many tourists, not to mention residents, know the city really well? How many have been wondering what else they should visit apart from the major obvious attractions, like the Sforza Castle, La Scala, the Duomo, Palazzo Reale ? Is there anything else as interesting and valuable?

Milan hides its beauties carefully, only to reveal them to those who are really interested and passionate about it. And it is almost impossible to have enough time for a comprehensive search.

So the City of Milan has decided to make it easier for all those who are interested in exploring the city, better if on foot, tracking down the less well-known attractions, which are often but just as significant and rewarding.

Those who have visited Milan in the past will now easily run into tall dark grey metal panels, slightly bent backwards, with a red vertical stripe on the left side and the city’s logo. In the official, elegant typeface they will read a description in Italian and in English of whatever it is that they are in front of: churches, buildings, monuments, museums, city districts. Almost 300 tourist information panels have been placed all over the city, describing all the significant attractions.

Bridging tradition and technology, the panels are equipped with a QR code. You can scan it with tablets and smartphones and access the translation of the descriptive text in 7 additional languages ​​(Arabic-French-Japanese-Chinese-Russian-Spanish and German). You will sometimes browse through further information and detail in Italian and English as well.
 

You can find the list of the panels at the link here below:

https://goo.gl/hSeZaF
 

So you are now free to create an itinerary of your own, following your personal interests. Discover your Milan, and have fun while doing it!