Each year thousands of tourists flock to Milan for the ultimate clothes shopping experience.

For those eager to snap up the very latest in desinger fashion, check out Via Montenapoleone (for Gucci, Versace, Fratelli Rossetti, Prada, Cartier etc.), Via della Spiga (for D&G, Sergio Rossi, Tod's, Bulgari etc.) Via Sant'Andrea (for Chanel, Armani, Moschino, Kenzo etc).



The gracious Via Manzoni is home to Spazio Armani at no. 31. This is the Giorgio Armani multi-concept store where you can admire the Emporio Armani showrooms, Armani casa, and Armani fiori.

For those on a shoestring, check out regions such as Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Corso Buenos Aires, Via Torino and Corso di Porta Ticinese, which have the same up-market feel for less money.

At Corso Vittorio Emanuele with Piazza San Babila, start with the department store Rinascente. This monument to Milanese shopping owes its name to the poet Gabriele d'Annunzio.

In Corso Vittorio Emanuele you will find an interesting mix of sophisticated labels - Max Mara, Moreschi, Bruno Magli and Pollini - combined with High Street fashion, such as H&M, Zara and Furla.

Via Torino connects the Duomo and Corso di Porta Ticinese, and is more youth orientated, with shops as Foot Looker, Camper and Energy stores.

The closer you come to the Navigli area, which is the temple of street-style, the more the store scenario varies.

Corso di Porta Ticinese, which becomes Via Torino that takes you right up to Piazza XXIV Maggio, is the right place for those “alternative” purchases: Custo-Barcellona, Diesel, Miss Sixteen, Gas and Fornarina stand alongside second-hand clothes shops, stores with bizarre objects for the home, handmade clothes