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Berlitz Pocket Guide Milan is a concise, full-colour travel guide that gives you reliable, user-friendly information, alongside vivid photography, on Italy's fashion capital. Milan has been Italy's leading fashion centre for years, not to mention its economic powerhouse, but today it's much more - for style and contemporary buzz, no other city comes close. From the sumptuous Gothic cathedral, a magnificent architectural wedding cake in the main piazza, to the chic shops and regenerated canal quarter with its hip bars and cafes, we guide you to the best places to visit and things to do in the city. Green initiatives have improved the city's parks, and on experimental 'no-traffic' days, the city centre is awash with bicycles, and birdsong can be heard coming from palatial secret
gardens. To inspire you, we start with a rundown of Milan's Top 10 Attractions, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Day. The What to Do chapter offers a selection of ways to spend your spare time, from the buzzing nightlife and inimitable shopping to where to get the best coffee.All the essential background information is here, including an overview of the city's history, and how to book the opera or visit Leonardo's Last Supper. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels and restaurants in Milan and an A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.

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Berlitz Pocket Guide Milan is a concise, full-colour travel guide that gives you reliable, user-friendly information, alongside vivid photography, on Italy's fashion capital. Milan has been Italy's leading fashion centre for years, not to mention its economic powerhouse, but today it's much more
- for style & contemporary buzz, no other city comes close. From the sumptuous Gothic cathedral, a magnificent architectural wedding cake in the main piazza, to the chic shops & regenerated canal quarter with its hip bars & cafes, we guide you to the best places to visit & things to do in the city. Green initiatives have enhanced the city's parks, & on experimental 'no-traffic' days, the city centre is awash with bicycles, & birdsong can be heard coming from palatial secret gardens. To inspire you, we start with a rundown of Milan's Top 10 Attractions, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Day. The What to Do chapter offers a selection of ways to spend your spare time, from the buzzing nightlife & inimitable shopping to where to get the best coffee. All the essential background information is here, including an overview of the city's history, & how to book the opera or visit Leonardo's Last Supper. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels & restaurants in Milan & an A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.

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Contemporary - Modern era design

Contemporary - A design reference to indicate post war modern design

Chic - A design term meaning smart or stylish

Milan - A city in Italy

Coffee - A popular brewed drink using roasted coffee beans

History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.

Colour - The categorised spectrum of light visable to humans

Day - The time it takes a planet or other space objects to complete one rotation.

Italy - a country in Europe.

Contemporary - An object that is living in the same time.

Reliable - Something that is consistently good and can be trusted.

Practical - Weather a task is easy to carry out and realistically succeed.

Pocket - A bag shaped insert in clothing used to carry items

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Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.

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