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CityLife, Milan — Area Guide & Where to Stay
CityLife is a 36.6-hectare residential, business, and shopping district of Milan, built on the old Fiera Milano grounds after the fair moved to Rho.
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Where to stay in CityLife
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
CityLife is the largest car-free area in Milan. Cars use underground roads and garages, and a cycle and pedestrian path crosses it from east to west. Metro line 5 stops at Tre Torri, Domodossola FN, and Portello.
Line 1 stops at Amendola. The shopping district at the foot of the towers adds shops, a multiplex cinema, and a food court.
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Things to do in and around Milan
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Museums & Galleries
7- Pinacoteca di Brera Heritage
- Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" Heritage
- Triennale di Milano Heritage
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Heritage
- Archaeological Museum of Milan Heritage
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- Museum of the Risorgimento Heritage
- Museo Teatrale alla Scala Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
8- Santa Maria delle Grazie UNESCO
- Basilica of San Lorenzo Heritage
- San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore Heritage
- Basilica of San Simpliciano Heritage
- San Marco Church Heritage
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- San Sepolcro Church Heritage
- San Vittore al Corpo Heritage
- San Vincenzo in Prato Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Sforza Castle Heritage
- Arch of Peace
- Colonne di San Lorenzo
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About CityLife
What are the main landmarks in CityLife?
Three towers ring Piazza Tre Torri: Il Dritto, the straight one, by Arata Isozaki; Lo Storto, the twisted one, by Zaha Hadid; and Il Curvo, the curved one, by Daniel Libeskind. Il Dritto is the tallest, at 209 metres. The Palazzo delle Scintille, built by Paolo Vietti-Violi in 1923 for the Milan Motor Show, housed La Scala's opera season of 1946.
The park opens to the south at the Fountain of the Four Seasons in Piazza Giulio Cesare.
What is the history of CityLife?
Milan's first trade fair was held in April 1920. In 2005 the fair moved to Rho-Pero; the CityLife consortium had won the international tender for the site in July 2004. The 20 exhibition halls came down in 2007 and 2008.
Of the trees on the site, 120 were saved and moved to parks across Milan. The three towers followed between 2012 and 2020.
Where is CityLife?
CityLife lies a short distance from the old centre of Milan, on the ground the Fiera Milano trade fair left behind. Its public park, of about 170,000 square metres, completes a group of parks with Parco Sempione and the Porta Nuova park. Its south holds the Libeskind and Hadid homes.
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What is the best area to stay in CityLife?
CityLife: Visitors who want a car-free stay among the towers and the park.
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Updated October 2026