Milan is a city of fashion, elegance and grace. Staying in a hotel in the center of Milan gives you the opportunity to explore all these aspects of the city. You can see the latest fashions; you can admire the architectural beauties: the Duomo, the Pinacoteca di Brera, La Scala and Castella Sforzesco; you can visit museums, art galleries and parks; and you can also go shopping. If you are interested in antiques, Milan offers you ample opportunities to find something special for yourself or the perfect gift for someone demanding.

Milan has an intriguing array of antique shops and workshops. You can find stores that specialize in furniture, scientific instruments, jewelry, glass, or the odd. Antique paintings, sculptures, and other art objects are also for sale, for fair prices.

Art

From your central Milan hotel, you can easily find your way to many of the city’s art dealers. Consider examining offers from:

• Antichita Caiati in Via Bagutta. This gallery specializes in stunning paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries.

• Carlo Orsi offers exclusive ancient works of art, including bronze sculptures and magnificent paintings

• Franco Sabatelli – While the Sabatellis are known as furniture restorers, they also have an offering of picture frames. You can even find some dating back to the 16th century.

• Walter Padovani: Located on Via della Spiga, this store offers valuable canvases, sculptures and various pieces of decorative art.

Furniture

Looking for furniture to match what you find in your classic Milan city center hotel? You may be able to locate such pieces in one of Milan’s many galleries. Consider:

• Maurel Brucoli: this shop on Via della Spiga, specializing in furniture and other objects from the 19th century.

• Old English furniture. No surprise here: Old English Furniture concentrates on British furniture. It focuses on those pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries.

• Subert: on Via della Spiga, offers 18th century furniture and 18th century scientific instruments.

Glass

Glass is a coveted souvenir of Milan and its surroundings. While it is relatively easy to purchase modern glassware, it is more difficult to find antique glass. In Milan, one of the most popular and well-known galleries in this field is Galleria Blanchaert. It offers Murano chandeliers and Venini vases. You can easily find the store from your central Milan hotel by heading to Piazza Sant’Ambogio.

Miscellaneous

Antiques are more than furniture, glass and works of art. Antiques can be any number of weird and wonderful objects. If you’re interested in the quirky, or even downright weird, leave your central Milan hotel and head to L’Oro dei Farlocchi. Here you can find American memorabilia from the 1950s, as well as statues of offbeat themes, like cacti.

For things such as scientific and/or medical instruments, you have two main options. You can go to Subt or Old English Furniture. For jewelry and precious stones, visit Mauro Brucoli or Carlo Orsi. If you take the time to explore a little further from your central Milan hotel, you’re sure to find what you’re looking for, from classic furniture to eccentric art objects.