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Rome to Milan by Rail: Private Day Tour – Art, History & Style

About this experience

This tour from Rome to Milan offers the opportunity to visit Italy’s Capital of Fashion in one day! Your driver will pick you up from your hotel in Rome and take you to the Rome rail station. On your arrival in Milan, our local driver will pick you up at the rail station and take you to the meeting with your private guide for the Milan tour. Today’s Italian financial center, Milan, was an important center of the Roman Empire and then the Capital of Napoleon’s Kingdom in Italy. This modern city is famous for being the Italian headquarters of Fashion stylists and shoppers’ paradise. You will see the fantastic Gothic Cathedral, the elegant Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, the famous Scala Opera House, and the impressive Sforza Castel with your private guide.

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  • Duration: 13 hr
  • Private experience

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Rome to Milan by Rail: Private Day Tour – Art, History & Style
Pickup included

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Time on the tour13 hr
Getting therePickup offeredSee pickup details
Guide languagesEnglish (live guide), Italian (live guide), French (live guide), Spanish (live guide)
Tour arrangementPrivate experience

Set aside 13 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.

Before you go

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What is included

  • 4 hours free time
  • Transfer from and to Milan rail station to the city center and return
  • Drop off back to your hotel in Rome at your arrival in Rome
  • Full-day assistance in Milan
  • 3 hours guided tour ( all sites from outside)
  • Pick up from your hotel in Rome to Termini rail station
  • round trip 2nd class Milan train ticket

Not included

  • Duomo Cathedral and Terrace fast track
  • Entrance fee - Duomo Cathedral, no terrace

Itinerary and highlights

A private driver will pick you up at your hotel, B&B, and apartment in Rome to take you to the rail station and get the train to Milano Centrale station with the help of an assistent. A local guide will be waiting at the train platform in Milan, holding a sign with your name, to bring you to Milan city center and start the walking tour. Milan Cathedral is Italy's most original Gothic building, adorned with thousands of sculptures. The most famous Milan attraction is dedicated to St Mary of the Nativity. High-colored Windows illuminate the interior, where 52 columns support the roof. Here, you can admire pinnacles and statues.

IMPORTANT: Visit is from the outside, but on reqquest can can organize the Cathedral inside visit.

Timing includes transfers and train travel time.

Your Milan visit continues to the Scala Opera House Square. The Scala Opera House has been the scenery of the premières of Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, and many others. It holds shows from some of Italy’s greatest operatic artists and singers worldwide and is renowned as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world

IMPORTANT: Visit from the outside.

During this day trip from Milan to Rome, you will explore the sites where locals spend their everyday lives. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, named after the first King of Italy, is Italy’s oldest shopping mall. It is a charming and elegant gallery with refined shops, restaurants, and cafes today. The structure of the building consists of two glass-vaulted arcades intersecting in an octagon and covers the street connecting Piazza del Duomo to Piazza Della Scala.
Instead of going to the Sforza Castle Museum, you can shop in Via Monte Napoleone, renowned for its design shops.

Your tour escort will bring you to the impressive Sforza Castle, where admission to the courtyard is free. The place and the surrounding gardens are a gathering place for locals and tourists. The entrance inside the Castle's walls is free of charge. The Sforza Castle is also a museum housing important sculptures and paintings (visit not included).

You will then have free time for lunch and wandering around the fashion distric, like Milaneses do during their free time.
Today’s Italian financial center, Milan, was an important center of the Roman Empire and then the Capital of Napoleon’s Kingdom in Italy. This modern city is famous for being the Italian headquarters of Fashion stylists and shoppers’ paradise.

Timing includes transfers and train travel time.

At the end of the tour, your guide will arrange the transfer back to the rail station, an assist you to get the train back to Rome, where a private driver will be waiting wait at the same place he dropped you off in the morning.

Meeting and pickup information

  • Pick-up time is at 7:30 from your location. To optimize your precious time, we pick you up from all hotels, apartments, and B&B located within a radius of 7 kilometers from the Pantheon and bring you at Rome's rail station where you will meet an assistant with your train tickets, to help you. On your arrival in Milan, your private guide will wait at the end of the platform, holding a sign with your name. The guide will then assist you till your return back to the rail station and help you getting the train. At your arrival in Rome a private driver will lead you back to your location.

Languages and tickets

  • English — Guide
  • Italian — Guide
  • French — Guide
  • Spanish — Guide
  • Mobile Only

Tour operator

  • Rome Guided Visit

Accessibility and practical details

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Questions about this experience

How long is this experience?
The supplier lists a duration of 13 hr.
What are the pickup arrangements?
Pick-up time is at 7:30 from your location. To optimize your precious time, we pick you up from all hotels, apartments, and B&B located within a radius of 7 kilometers from the Pantheon and bring you at Rome's rail station where you will meet an assistant with your train tickets, to help you. On your arrival in Milan, your private guide will wait at the end of the platform, holding a sign with your name. The guide will then assist you till your return back to the rail station and help you getting the train. At your arrival in Rome a private driver will lead you back to your location.
Which guide languages are listed?
English (live guide), Italian (live guide), French (live guide), Spanish (live guide).
What ticket format is listed?
Mobile ticket.
What ticket age bands are listed?
Adult tickets: age 6+. Check the practical details for participation requirements.
What accessibility information is provided?
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
What is the cancellation policy?
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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