Milan Hop on Hop off Bus Tours

Touring Milan by tourist bus can be a great option: whether you have little time in the city or if you are looking for a pleasant stroll through the streets while you rest and still enjoy the views, don't rule it out!

Vicky Del Moral

Vicky Del Moral

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Milan Hop on Hop off Bus Tours

Detail of the decoration of the Duomo of Milan. | ©Gary Campbell-Hall

Milan is the second largest city in Italy, after Rome, although its urban core and where its main places of interest are located does not exceed 1.3 million inhabitants. Its tourist bus is an ideal means of transport to move around all its monuments, museums and most important sites comfortably.

Sightseeing bus with free stops to discover Milan

Travellers on top of a tourist bus around Milan| ©David Davies
Travellers on top of a tourist bus around Milan| ©David Davies

The most practical way to visit Milan, especially if you have little time or it is your first trip to this industrial city, is with this Milan sightseeing bus From id=2453|field=price0

Thanks to it, you can see the elegant Milan comfortably seated and from the heights of a double-decker bus with open roof. You can take the complete tour or use the tourist bus as a means of transport that, through 3 different routes and more than 30 stops, will take you in the fastest and easiest way to all the tourist sites of the city.

What's included in your ticket

  • 3 different bus routes but connected to each other and with more than 30 combined stops.
  • Unlimited hop on and hop off
  • 24 or 48 hour ticket.
  • Discounts at some restaurants and attractions in Milan.
  • Free Wi-Fi on the bus
  • Free mobile application "Sightseeing Experience".
  • Adapted for wheelchair users
  • Accessible for baby strollers
  • Flexibility of payment and free cancellation if made at least 24 hours before the bus booking date

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Milan Tourist Bus Line A (red)

Castello Sforzesco| ©Daniel
Castello Sforzesco| ©Daniel

The duration of the complete circuit is 90 minutes from Monday to Thursday and 35 minutes from Friday to Sunday. Some of its main points of interest are:

Duomo of Milan (the Cathedral)

The main point of interest of the city of Milan is this imposing Gothic Cathedral located in the heart of the city and is one of the largest Catholic temples in the world.

Castello Sforzesco

This castle fortress of the fourteenth century is one of the most emblematic buildings of Milan and houses a large number of museums, including some of the best in the city, as its art gallery with over 1,500 works, its Egyptian gallery or the gallery of ancient art and prehistory.

Teatro alla Scala

L'Scala is one of the most famous theaters in the world for having served as a stage for the premiere of some of the most famous operas in history, such as Otello and Nabucco by Verdi and Madame Butterfly by Puccini. Its sober facade hides a theater of great beauty, with a museum inside that can be visited.

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Milan tourist bus line B (blue)

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Fresco of "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci, convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie.| ©Dimitris Kamaras

The duration of the complete circuit is 90 minutes from Monday to Friday and 30 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays. Some of its main points of interest are:

Palazzo Lombardia skyscraper

This is the most important viewpoint in Milan, located on the 161.3 meter high skyscraper that is part of this complex of public buildings that serves as the headquarters of the Regional Government of Lombardy.

Porta Venezia

It is one of the historic gates of the city that gives entrance to this district of Milan where the Civic Museum of Natural History of Milan and its collection of fossils and minerals and the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, a palace of the eighteenth century exhibiting European art are located.

Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie

One of the must-see places on a trip to Milan as it is the Dominican convent where you can see the famous fresco of 'The Last Supper' by the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci. If you want to spend more time on this visit (in my opinion, you should), I recommend you check out my article on Da Vinci’s The Last Supper Tickets and Tours in Milan with everything you need to know to organize it.

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Milan tourist bus line C (green)

San Siro soccer stadium| ©Daniel
San Siro soccer stadium| ©Daniel

Some of its main points of interest are:

San Siro Football Stadium

A must-see for soccer lovers, this stadium inaugurated in 1926 with a capacity of 80,018 spectators is the largest in Italy and is classified as an "elite stadium" by UEFA, which allows it to host European finals.

Monumental Cemetery

This is one of the most surprising places in Milan and a highly recommended visit. An authentic open-air museum of more than 250,000 square meters where the remains of illustrious historical figures rest among Italian sculptures, obelisks, Greek temples and even a small-scale replica of Trajan's Column.

Other places of interest that the Milan Sightseeing Bus travels through Milan

Porta Venezia| ©Bernt Rostad
Porta Venezia| ©Bernt Rostad

What you have seen above is not all. If you open your eyes wide, you can see almost all of Milan from the bus, including points of interest such as:

  • Duomo di Milano
  • Alla Scala Theater
  • Porta Venezia
  • Brera District
  • Monumental Cemetery
  • Castello Sforzesco
  • Porta Ticinese
  • Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
  • The Cenacolo
  • La Triennale di Milano
  • Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
  • Piazza San Babila Fountain
  • Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II (Park of the Basilicas)
  • Sempione Park
  • Milano Centrale
  • MiCo Milano Congressi
  • Civic Aquarium
  • Corso Buenos Aires
  • Corso Como

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Other activities of interest

Facade of the Duomo of Milan at sunset| ©Marco Nürnberger
Facade of the Duomo of Milan at sunset| ©Marco Nürnberger

If you are organizing your trip to Milan, one of the main recommendations I can give you is to book in advance the tickets to visit the Duomo. Being one of the most emblematic places in the city, there are usually very long queues at the entrance, which will make you desperate and you will arrive already tired to climb to the roof. I leave you here an article about Milan Duomo Tickets and Tours so you can organize your visit in time.