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

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13 hours (approx.)
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Overview

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.

What's 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
  • Duomo Cathedral and Terrace fast track
  • Entrance fee - Duomo Cathedral, no terrace
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Meeting and Pickup

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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.

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Duomo Cathedral

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.
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4 hours Admission Ticket Free

Piazza della Scala

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 worldIMPORTANT: Visit from the outside.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

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.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Castello Sforzesco

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).
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1 hour Admission Ticket Free

Via Monte Napoleone

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.
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7 hours Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Specialized infant seats are available

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Rome to Milan by Rail: Private Day Tour – Art, History & Style?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET). Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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What's Included

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  • 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
  • Pick up from your hotel in Rome to Termini rail station
  • Round trip 2nd class Milan train ticket
  • 3 hours guided tour ( all sites from outside)
  • Duomo Cathedral and Terrace fast track
  • Entrance fee - Duomo Cathedral, no terrace

Additional Info

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  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Specialized infant seats are available

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