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La Città

Population: 3 million
Area: 1,980 sq km (765 sq mi) greater Milan
Country: Italy
Time Zone : Italy operates on a 24-hour clock. The country is one hour ahead of GMT/UTC. When it's noon in Milan , it's 3am in Los Angeles , 6am in New York , 11am in London and 9pm in Sidney . Daylight savings time runs from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.

Telephone Area Code: 02 (the area code is an intrinsic part of the number and must be used at all times). to phone in Italy you have to compose the prefix 0039 adding the telephone area code you need.

Milan is a sprawling metropolis , but most of its attractions are concentrated in the city centre, between the duomo (cathedral) and the Castello Sforzesco. The duomo is the best place to begin exploring the city and is within strolling distance of dozens of historic sites. The city's efficient underground railway, the Metropolitana Milanese (MM) has a stop here. Apart from the city centre, another area deserving your attention is the Brera, immediately north of the duomo, with its galleries and fashionable shopping streets. Also check out Navigli to the south, an area full of particular shops and bars. Summer time at night is the best period to go there: you can find nice markets on the board of the river&so many people?a good atmosphere! Pay attention to mosquitos !

Milan 's public holidays include Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May), the Feast of the Assumption (15 August), All Saints' Day (1 November), the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December) and the Feast of Santo Stefano (26 December).Milan likes to celebrate both the spiritual and material worlds with equal gusto. The Festa di Sant'Ambrogio , on 7 December, is Milan 's biggest feast day, and is marked with religious celebrations and traditional fairs around the Fiera di Milano. La Scala marks the solemn occasion by opening its opera season on this day.The first 10 days of June are devoted to the Festa del Naviglio, a smorgasbord of parades, music and other performances. The Milan Jazz Festival rocks through the city in November. Make the tourist office your first port of call for finding out more about these and other festivals and events. On the river front Navigli you can also find the antiquarian market every last Sunday of the month, a good opportunity to get some cheap particular nice object.

If you feel the need for speed, Milan has the raceway for you: The Monza Autodrome , 31km (15mi) northeast of the city, hosts the Italian Grand Prix , where the top designers from Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, BMW, Honda and Toyota show off their finest Formula One racers at an average speed of 370km/hr

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