Milan
Two Giants Under One Roof
3 Nights
Fri 4th Apr 2025 -
Mon 7th Apr 2025
Price from £995
Deposit £200
Discover Calcio in the elegant capital of the Lombardy region, Milan. This Italian city is home to two of the country's most successful team's with 39 Scudettos between them. A match experience at the iconic San Siro is a must for every football enthusiast especially with so much talk of it being replaced as it is now approaching 100 years old. The experience will be optimised with your accompanying Calcio specialist, Italian journalist Daniele Fisichella.
Highlights
-
3 nights in 4 star accommodation in Milan
-
Watch AC Milan v Fiorentina at the iconic San Siro*
-
Enjoy another calcio match in the Lombardy region*
-
Discover the history of AC Milan at the Museo Mondo Milan
-
Dinner at Javier Zanetti's memorabilia laden restaurant
-
Insight provided by Italian football journalist - Daniele Fisichella
*Should the AC Milan fixture be scheduled for the Monday evening after we leave we will select another suitable replacement fixture. Should this happen we will ensure we visit the San Siro and take a stadium tour.
Itinerary*
Day 1
Arrive and meet your fellow Aficionados, tour leader and football specialist at the hotel. You will then get further acquainted over dinner at the restaurant of Internazionale legend Javier Zanetti.
Day 2
After breakfast your Calcio expert will preview the game ahead on our first match day. We will then head into the centre of Milan and take a guided walk to appreciate the history and architecture of this stunning city. After marvelling at Duomo di Milano and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II we will visit both the AC Milan and Internazionale's club stores to ensure we are suitably prepared for the match today. After lunch we will head to the San Siro and ready ourselves for the match at this imposing stadium.
Day 3
Enjoy breakfast with your new-found friends and share views and opinions of the previous night's San Siro experience. Our Calcio expert will then prepare us for our second match in the Lombardy region. We will then leave the hotel and head to the Museo Mondo Milan and discover the history of the 19 time Scudetto winners. After lunch we will head to the stadium of our second calcio match.
Day 4
We will enjoy our final breakfast with our Aficionados group and reminisce over the action filled weekend break. It will then be time to say farewell and commence your travel home.
*This is the intended itinerary and may change as it is subject to the finalisation of the fixtures around three weeks before the trip. The content of the itinerary should not change however the running order could.
Useful information
Price per person based on two people sharing a twin room £995
Single supplement of £295
Meals
Meals included in the price: 3 x breakfasts and 2 x dinners/lunches.
Flights
Flights are not included in the price.
There are three airports in Milan, Malpensa (MXP), Bergamo (BGY) and Linate (LIN) which are all approximately 2 hrs from the UK. Linate airport is the closest to the centre of Milan just a 20 minutes away by taxi. Malpensa and Bergamo are both approximately 45 minutes from the centre of Milan however both have very good public transport links. Direct flights to Milan are available from a number or UK airports; London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (GWR), London Stanstead (STN), Birmingham (BHX), Manchester (MAN) and Edinburgh (EDI). You should select a flight that allows you to arrive at our hotel for 2pm.
Arrival and departure times.
When booking your flights please consider the following;
You need to arrive at our hotel by 4pm on the Friday (4th Apr 2025).
Our tour will end midday on the Monday (7th Apr 2025)
Tips Whilst tipping isn’t embedded into Italian culture it is always appreciated as an acknowledgement of good service. Nowadays people generally round up a bill in a bar or cafe and leave 5-10% extra on a restaurant bill. Taxi bills are usually also rounded up. On guided tours/excursions, it is customary to leave a token of appreciation for the driver and guide. On small group escorted tours, it is customary to leave a token of appreciation for the driver and guide at the end of the tour.