Quiet villas, flamingos, a 1930s modernist house, Milan's oldest park and a free apartment full of modern art, ending with coffee or falafel.
Best time: Morning or afternoon on a Wed-Sun (Villa Necchi opening days)
The route, stop by stop
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Villa Necchi CampiglioGuided visit; 60-75 min.
A 1930s Rationalist villa with garden, pool and tennis court, preserved as the industrialist Necchi family left it (the set of the film I Am Love).
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Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Villa Reale)Villa Reale; 60 min, or just the facade.
19th-century art (Canova, Hayez, the Divisionists) in Napoleon's Neoclassical Villa Reale, with an English garden behind.
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Giardini Indro MontanelliGardens and Natural History Museum; 20 min.
Milan's oldest public gardens, where local families bring children to the playgrounds, the pond and the Natural History Museum.
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Casa Museo Boschi Di StefanoFree house museum; 45 min.
A collector couple's apartment hung floor to ceiling with Italian 20th-century art; free, and tourists rarely find the doorbell.
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Orsonero CoffeeSpecialty coffee; 15 min.
A small specialty coffee bar (filter and espresso from light roasts) with a devoted local following, very different from the classic Italian bar.
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Nun Taste of Middle EastFalafel or shawarma; 20 min.
Falafel, shawarma and wraps done fresh in Porta Venezia, Milan's multicultural nightlife quarter.
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