Description

Location. The towering Michelangelo Hotel in Milan, Italy, is 2 blocks from Milan's Stazione Centrale, a 15-minute metro ride to the Duomo. The business district is one kilometre away. The hotel is 200 metres from the airport bus terminal and seven kilometres from Milan's Linate Airport.
Hotel Features. A sculpted steel wall and flatscreen televisions decorate the lobby in the 17- storey Michelangelo Hotel. The hotel has a 24-hour front desk, with multilingual concierge staff to assist with sightseeing trips.

Marble floors and cane chairs furnish the Michelangelo Hotel's Ristorante Ghirlandaio which serves Italian dishes and fine wines for lunch and dinner. Dark wood contrasts with chrome in the contemporary David's Bar, named after Michelangelo's famous sculpture. The bar features a mezzanine level housing several Internet points. The signature cocktail is Pietro's Passion, while light meals include David's Salad, a variation on salade nicoise. A complimentary hot and cold breakfast buffet is served.

The hotel has 1,300 square metres of meeting space, for up to 1,300 people. There is also high-speed Internet access and complimentary newspapers in the lobby.

There is a sauna at the hotel and a fitness centre nearby.

Guestrooms. Granite-topped coffee tables and leather armchairs furnish the Hotel Michelangelo's 306 air-conditioned guestrooms. Rooms are decorated with pine furniture, light stucco walls and glass lamps. Other features include satellite television, minibars, complimentary high-speed Internet access and automated window shutters. Upper-floor rooms enjoy views over Milan and the mountains. Aqua- tiled bathrooms have granite sinks and complimentary toiletries.

Expert Tip. A one-and-a-half kilometre stoll down Via Pisana leads to the Montanelli Gardens and Milan's Modern Art Gallery, home to masterpieces by Van Gogh, Manet, Gaugin and Cezanne.

Quick Facts

• Check-in time is 2 PM Check-out time is 10 AM