Fashion district – 1.5 kilometers (1 mile)
Pinacoteca di Brera – 1.5 kilometers (1 mile)
Duomo (cathedral) – 2 kilometers (1 mile)
Galleria Vittorio- 2 kilometers (1 mile)
La Scala – 2 kilometers (1 mile)
Castello Sforzesco – 2 kilometers (1 mile)
Borsa (Stock Exchange) – 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Santa Maria delle Grazie – 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Il Cenacolo (The Last Supper) – 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Sant'Ambrogio – 3 kilometers (2 miles)
Navigli (canal district) – 3.5 kilometers (2 miles)
Fiera (International exhibition venue) – 3.5 kilometers (2 miles)

A frequent shuttle bus and taxis are available for transfer from the airport to the center of Milan. The train from Malpensa Airport arrives at Cadorna Station, which connects to the rest of Milan by the metro.

The extensive Metro connects the hotel with the rest of central Milan within 15 minutes. The Metro station closest to the hotel is Centrale. There is also a wide choice of buses and trams (trolley cars). The hotel can order taxi cabs on request.

This hotel has 237 guestrooms, all of which feature dial-up Internet access (fee). Rooms are decorated with inlaid wooden furniture in cherry and pale woods, comfortable chaises longues and objets d'arts. Beds are scattered with cushions and heavy cotton bedspreads in autumnal colors. The good-sized bathrooms are marble, some with trompe l'oeil paintings.

Gallia's Restaurant - On the ground floor, this grand, marble-floored restaurant has heavy gold drapes at the tall, floor to ceiling windows and walls paneled in blue and gold fabric. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. A monthly seasonal menu features the best of local produce while an à la carte selection offers traditional Lombardy dishes, such as Milanese veal cutlet.

Baboon Bar - Dark wooden paneling is highlighted by colorful Art Deco glass mosaics in the non-smoking bar. A smoking section is adjacent in the lounge, where guests can enjoy an Excelsior cocktail on the comfortable sofas and armchairs beside a trompe l'oeil carnival scene. As well as premier cru champagnes, the bar serves sandwiches, salads, tea and coffee.

What to expect: Liveried doormen greet guests arriving at this grand 1930s hotel, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Middle Eastern rugs and 18th-century Venetian armoires decorate the marble lobby. International businesspeople and retired Americans quietly relax over drinks in the bar.

Amenity highlights: A range of meeting rooms with seating for up to 500 in theater style are decorated with 1930s Art Deco glass panels. There is a small fitness center, with exercise machines and weights, and a spa, where beauty therapists offer mud wraps and a variety of pampering treatments.

Insider tip: From the seventh-floor meeting rooms, there is a view of the Art Deco Central Station, dating from the 1930s. This is worth a look, when the rooms aren't in use.

Business clients are well catered for with wireless Internet access in all public areas and a business center. The range of meeting rooms, decorated with 1930s Art Deco glass panels, offers seating for up to 500 in theater style. Some rooms have views across to the imposing Art Deco Central Station.

A small, relaxing spa offers various mud wraps, massages and beauty treatments, as well as a sauna and jetted tub. There is a small fitness center, with a number of exercise machines and free weights.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

Tax of 10% is not included in the price but will be added at the time of payment.

There are no room charges for children 12 and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians.
Rollaways and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.