Hi guys welcome to another episode of ultimate bucket list and on today's show
I'm here in the northern city of Milan
Milan Italy a sissy that combines the ancient and the modern and is a
fantastic way to spend a weekend or a few days here if you are traveling
Europe the best way to get around the city is via the metro system these are
denoted by these big giant M's and they're located pretty much everywhere
to buy a ticket it's dead easy go to one of the ticket machines press your
language and I highly recommend buying the two day three day or one day
unlimited passes to use this ticket simply slots into one of the machines
wait for it to spit it back out and walk through the turnstiles is literally
that's easy the metro system itself is very easy to navigate even if you don't
speak a word ever Italian and you could generally figure out where you're going
just from looking at the signs the metro system itself is clean efficient on time
and is easily the best way of going around the land you can also use the
street trams and buses with this tickets the first thing I recommend that you do
is visit this field warm up the Milan Cathedral and this is easily the most
visited attraction here in the lab and it happens to be slap bang in the middle
of the city center now I'm not going to go into too much
detail about this because I made a video about it right here
I highly recommend that you check this out but in short this place is
absolutely amazing it's definitely worth the price of
admission and some of the sights you'll see are absolutely staggering highly
recommend you pay the extra to go on the rooftop and climb the roof of this place
which is actually kind of cool I mean seriously guys check out the view
here that you get on top of built Duomo this is the gallery of vittorio
emanuelle and it's basically a very fancy shopping district I can't afford
anything here but if you like that sort of thing this is a cool place to spend a
few hours looking at various shops this is the Leonardo da Vinci Museum if
you're interested in Leonardo da Vinci there's an actual museum dedicated to
him and his statue is literally right outside opposite the road from the
Teatro alla Scala the main Grand Opera House here in Milan it's a piece of all
building but as you can imagine at 10:00 in the morning there's nothing open but
if you did want tickets to see a performance the tickets office is
literally on the side of the building there's plenty of weird and wonderful
statues dotted around the city and I highly recommend that you take the time
to explore them because some of them are actually quite interesting one thing I
will say about Milan is that everyone here seems to be incredibly well dressed
the only people that aren't well dressed s-- are tourists like me and the tramps
but otherwise very well dressed try and visit the Ferrari store around
the corner from build wall oh yes I know it's a Ferrari shop they're everywhere
but they've got some pretty cool exhibits and it's kind of nice to have a
look at things that you pretty much can't afford because this place is
seriously overpriced especially this thing here you really really can't
afford this thing anyway check out the Louis Vuitton Museum across the road for
a build warmer as well it's a free exhibit so that's why I went in but you
get to learn a lot about the history of Louis Vuitton
who he actually is it's this guy apparently and you get to see some of
the collections that were made in yesteryear stuff that probably I can't
afford this is spas ESCO castle and it's a cool place to walk around it's pretty
much a citadel which means that it's completely contained and to enter this
place itself is absolutely free of charge
but if you want to export the castle in any more detail ie go inside it your
gods have to buy the tickets for the museums now the museums themselves
they've got some pretty cool exhibits but admittedly all the history stuff was
a little bit lost on me however having said that it allows you access to the
inner walls of the castle and you can get some grateful to own video
opportunities from the top of these castles now almost admit guys this artsy
fartsy stuff is a little lost on me and if is not your thing then this museum is
probably not worth it for you but if you do like ours in history oh my god there
is so much stuff here but you have to see and do even though it's only 10
euros you get like 7 museums all in one go and they'll kind of link together
which is kind of Awesome so if you do like that sort
this is therefore worth a shot I highly recommend that you get a guided tour if
you are indeed interested in the history of this place oh my god is that guy
playing a saw huh that's cool right next to the castle is
this part this is the biggest part in Milan and if he just wanted some quiet
green space this is pretty much on the doorstep of the castle and your seats of
like this going on a quite big crowds are not to watch this an African band in
the middle of Italy huh who'da thunk it this is the arco del Apache and there
must be some historical significance as to why this is here but unfortunately I
don't know what that is it's pretty cool to walk around though
this is the santa maria delle grazie and this unassuming church looks pretty
basic from the outside but on the inside it's one of the most ornate churches
that you'll ever see and it's pretty cool to walk around this place is also
famous for housing da la da da Vinci's the Last Supper although when I went for
some reason it wasn't open whilst you're using the transit system don't be
surprised if you come across guys like these
well at least the summon statement here on the metro system
this is Sant Ambrogio the Basilica and I was going to go in because it looked
pretty in the pictures but unfortunately I walked straight into a funeral so yeah
kinda didn't go inside but it looked pretty good from the outside this is the
Nabila district of Milan now if you see pictures of this place it kind of looks
like this but when I arrived it looked more like
this it looked pretty shabby if I'm being honest and there is some parts of
it that were pretty and some parts of it that weren't and I'm sure it's a lovely
place to eat and take in some Italian culture but if you're struggling for
time I highly recommend that you don't bother this is the San Siro the famous
football ground that houses two of Italy's most famous teams AC Milan and
Internacional e otherwise known as Inter Milan and I highly recommend that you go
check out a game here once again I made a separate video about this right here
on my channel I highly recommend that you check it out but in short it's a
lean football is fantastic and I highly recommend that you check out a game or a
stadium tour depending on if you've got the time or not but when night falls
that's when Milan really comes alive you can spend plenty of time exploring the
shops if that's your thing because everything's open until really late at
night and it's worthwhile checking out some of the sites that you sin during
the day that's nice because sometimes they can look completely different
by the way I'm not entirely sure why they're here it's a pretty cool way to
chill out and have a beer in front of some historical stuff but I honestly
don't know but check out the rest of the city at night because there's no
shortage of things to look at and there's certainly no shortage of places
to eat and drink eating and drinking is a big culture here in Italy so I highly
recommend that you partake in nuts one last thing I highly recommend that
you visit this place can you guess what it is a church a synagogue nope this is
a cemetery one of the biggest in the world and this place is the size of a
national park I know I know is not a tourist attraction per se it's a place
of the dead but I highly recommend that you do because some of these tombstones
look like they belong in an art gallery some of them are bigger than my house
and some of them you think how much money do you actually have this is nicer
than my house and once you're walking around the graves and stuff like that
try not to get freaked out at the underground tombs as well but I highly
recommend going to Milan and add this to your bucket list it's definitely worth a
look if you've never been here before okay I'm sold what do I do well you need
to get here to milan first of all it's served by two main airports Bergamo and
Malpensa Malpensa being significantly closer to get to the city centre from
the airport's I flew in from Bergamo you'll need to catch a shuttle bus from
platform to 3 or 4 and it will take you directly to Milan Chan trolley which is
the central train station at a cost of about 7 euros not too bad the cost of
this place in general well it's typical of a major European city the attractions
are reasonably well priced but if you are going to eat and drink outs
regularly it can get quite pricey the transport costs around the city are okay
depending on the type of ticket you buy speaking of which if you are going to
get around the city use the metro system I'm not
and by full-day passes it beats buying single tickets and you'll save yourself
a hell of a lot of money these tickets also are valid on street trams and buses
and don't bother with taxis because they're most likely going to rip you off
if you're looking for accomodation I highly recommend getting a hotel next to
a metro station you'll thank me for when you're easily able to navigate the city
with no time at all the closer you can get to illed warmer the better is there
anything else yes Italian security is tight and around the
city you'll find police with guns that are absolutely everywhere I highly
recommend not misbehaving whilst you're here some places in Milan have strict
dress codes such as build warmer and there are certain things you can and
cannot wear Milan is a bigger city than you think and to save yourself troubles
with your legs I highly recommend using public transports where you can overall
guys I highly recommend that you visit this place once in your life especially
if you've always wanted to go to Italy if you have found this video at all
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ideas tweet them at me and if I get in over them I'll be sure to make your
video about it so guys thank you very much for watching and we'll see you in
the next episode
Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK