TOURIST OFFICES
APT office
Via Marconi 1 in Piazza del Duomo,
tel. 02 7252 4300. Open daily till 6pm. APT
office-Stazione Centrale
City council
Galleria V Emanuele II, closed Sunday. Try
to get your hands on the city guide Milan
is Milano (available at the APT offices).
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Ambulance, fire & police, tel: 113.
Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Via Francesco Sforza
35, tel. 55031.
All night pharmacy, Stazione Centrale, tel. 02 669
0935.
CREDIT CARDS
American Express -
Via Brera 3, open weekdays 9am-5pm,
tel. 02 1678 6046.
Banca Ponti- No. 19 Piazza Duomo (exchange
office) Stazione Centrale (exchange offices),
high comission, open 7 days.
EMBASSIES
The following consulates are in Milan:
Australian Consulate General
Via Borgogna 2, Milan,
tel. 02/777-041.
Consulate General of Canada
Via Vittor Pisani 19, Milan, 20124 ,tel.
02/6758-1.
British Consulate General
Via San paolo, I-20121,Milan,tel:02/723-001
For more information visit the website:
www.britain.it.
United States Consulate
Via Principe Amedeo 2/10, Milan,
tel. 02/290-351.
If you need assistance
in an emergency, you can go to your country's
embassy. Proof of identity and citizenship
are generally required to enter. If your
passport has been stolen, get a police report
then contact your embassy for assistance.
INTERNET CAFES
Hard Disk Cafe - www.hdc.it, Corso
Sempione 44.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Milan celebrates both the spiritual and material
worlds with equal aplomb. Highlights include the
annual Festa della Nivola (Festival of the Nail),
September 15-18 which takes place at the duomo
(cathedral). The archbishop of Milan takes to the air
in his own private deus ex machina to recover a nail,
stored near the cathedral ceiling, that was supposedly
hammered into Jesus two millennia ago.
Carnivale livens up the streets of Milan a week before
Ash Wednesday, and is a combination of Christian
reverence and secular revelry.
St Ambrose's Day is celebrated on 7 December at Via
Carducci
The raceway in Milan is also the scene of much
celebration. The Monza Autodrome, 31km (15 miles)
northeast of the city, hosts the Italian Grand Prix,
where the top designers from Fiat, Jaguar and Ferrari
show off their finest formula one racers at an average
speed of 250km/hr (150 mi/hr).
For more information check our festivals
page.
