1. GIARDINI DELLA GUASTALLA
Enclustered among San Babila, Porta Romana and Missori, this place is known as a garden, but it can be considered at its own right a small park in the heart of the city. This garden was the site of a College, so it has been closed and not accessible to the public for centuries. It is now open and it is a peaceful and relaxing place for the Milanese: during the warm seasons it’s not uncommon to see workers having their lunch- break here on the benches when it’s sunny, or students on the grass after university in the afternoon, while if it snows in winter it turns into an incredible white expanse for snowballs. Anyway, the Giardini della Guastalla have not lost their original aristocratic semblance: in the centre there is a noteworthy baroque pull of water with a big pond, surrounded by two staircases of white granit, and an elegant series of little classical statues. The vast majority of those who usually attend this garden have found it absolutely by chance and are now in love with this secret gem. Make sure you become one of them!
ADDRESS: Via Francesco Sforza, 20122 Milano
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