Amazing seating in 3rd row Midline for the fantastic up-set in EU basketball Milan beating…read moreBarcelona. One bar for 12,000 worked amazingly well for the 0.01% of Italians that LOVE their B'ball: They ONLY leave their seats during halftime!!! I had the bar to myself as Q3 started! That said the seating is pretty spartan, and the place needs renovation

What a spectacular architecture: looks like a temple our of Star Wars. Several stories high it…read morestands tall. Roofed escalators look like tubes feeding the temple with believers. Believers they are: in sport, music and other entertainment activities. However, the hallways are too narrow and there are as usual way too few toilets for ladies. Thus long lines of queuing women are circling the narrow hallways making it even more difficult to move around. Good: lots of cheap food and drinks Bad: The seats (except the additional rows up front) are extremely small and the leg room is practically non existent. Ticket prices for Figure Skating World event were staggering high - up to €180 for the Gala. Regular events during the week up to €80. The highest I have witnessed (even compared to Helsinki or Stockholm). What can you do? Nothing. Alternative: Watch an event on TV ...

One of the world's most iconic stadiums, San Siro is shared by AC Milan and Inter Milan, fierce…read morecity rivals share the same stadium, this is a concept I've always found rather amusing, as you would never see a similar concept happen in the UK (in the modern era), just imagine Manchester City and Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton, or Arsenal and Tottenham sharing a stadium! The shop inside the stadium is divided into two sides, one having all the latest gear from AC Milan, and the other side having the gear from Inter Milan, they've divided this area reasonably well, and I like the cardboard cutouts of certain players, including Edin Dzeko, who I have fond memories of back when the Bosnian played for Manchester City. The stadium is located 5 km from Milan city centre, the number 16 tram does go right outside which is handy. With a capacity of 80,018, this is the largest football stadium in Italy, which is around 10,000 higher than Stadio Olimpio, in Rome, which is the second highest. I do think the state of the stadium has become old and sad, it originally opened in 1926, and the modern-day San Siro is a bit of a dump and has certainly seen better days, it's not a surprise to me at the rumours of this place being demolished and rebuilt after the 2026 Olympics. The stadium is virtually crumbling, and I dislike the concrete columns, hopefully, a new arena will shortly follow. A stadium with historical importance in Italian football, easy enough to get to, but sadly on its' last legs and it feels like it hasn't been renovated or had money spent on it in years. 3*

Built in 1925-26, this stadium has become one of the symbols of Milan…read more Its real name is Stadio "Giuseppe Meazza" (in honor to soccer player Giuseppe Meazza) but it's known worldwide as Stadio "San Siro", which is the name of the neighborhood where it's located. Said to be the largest stadium in Italy and one of the largest in Europe, it's home of two soccer teams currently in Serie A: Milan and Inter. It is reachable via public transportation but keep in mind that when either of these teams play at home, the stadium is always full, and consequently both buses and metro are packed as well. We went to see an Inter game a couple of months ago, and let me tell you: a sardine in a can has more room than what I had in the metro! Same story if you want to get a drink or a snack at half time: 100 years ago they couldn't foresee that those corridors would be too small for all those people. However, the atmosphere inside the stadium is amazing; it's so special that is difficult to explain: you just have to experience it, even if you are not a fan. I only regret not having been able to go to the stadium way before the game (or on another day): I would have loved to make a tour inside, above all because there have been talks for the last few years about demolishing this stadium, and build a new one in another place.

Ok, ok I know, I know, how does one not give this racing mecca a 5 star? Here we go…read more.. During my trip to Milan I found out I was only 30 minutes out from Monza so I knew I had to swing by the Monza race track. I checked the website to see if there was anything going on and there were no races but on certain days they opened up and had packages were you could take out some vehicles. They didn't have any set days when I checked so I decided to give it a shot and go. From the city core you can take a bus pas to the track and it takes 30 minutes. You can also take a cab. I took a bus down and it takes you close to the track but you still have to walk through a suburb to get there. When I arrived at the gates there was nobody there...I looked around and the security guy was looking taking a leak. When he came back he sold me a ticket and unfortunately for me I didn't have exact change...so he gave me change...with the ticket...without washing his hands after taking a leak. GREAT! Another 5 minute walk and I was onto the track. I checked with someone and they weren't doing any bike or car packages today. BUMMED!!! I started to walk around the track and it's fenced in on a closed day. I decided to go sit in the grand stands. Upon walking up my first set of grand stands I hear a man greet me. I look over and see an extremely overweight, old man in only a speedo just catching some sun. Not a pretty site! I walked around to see what else I could access but most of the track was shut down. I wish they did guided tours or at least opened up a path around the whole track. I checked with someone working and they were not allowed to let us on the track which sucked. It's a beautiful track but locking it down on days when there are no races and when they don't have instructors to take someone driving on the track sucks for visitors. NOTE: There are CLEAN washrooms here in the grandstands. For visitors you know what this means!

I'm only rating the closed old high bank part of the circuit, because I didn't go inside the 'new'…read morecircuit. But even if the new circuit was a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, the old banking would rate the whole as 5 stars... it really is that amazing. The other english review is sad to read because I don't think that person realized that the closed section of the track is in a public park, free to explore and just plain fascinating. The high banks were built in 1954, extreme 'parabolic' banking that is up to 45 degrees at the top. You literally cannot climb up to the top without hanging on. Cars were going 190 mph here in the 1950s! Racing on the oval only lasted 4 years because it was so dangerous. Google 'Race of Two Worlds' for info about the last race at the oval, it was a lot of American Indy Car racers. There aren't any signs to the banking really... so look at a map before you go because the forest is slowly reclaiming the area. You can feel the ghosts here and imagine what it must have been like... can't miss.