Milano Hotels

Hotel Albergo del Sole

This fine inn, noted for its simple but delicious regional dishes, is now run by the son and daughter of Franco Colombani who created it. The building displays the same robust restraint as the cooking. The three bedrooms are above the dining room. They have individual high points and good bathrooms and are traditionally furnished. Via Trabattoni 22, 26847 Maleo, Milano

Hotel Antica Locanda Leonardo

The trendy interior is a cross between Philippe Starck and a teenager’s bedroom. Friendly service. Rare city garden. Corso Magenta 78, 20121 Milano.

Hotel Pierre Milano

Smoothly run hotel, stylish and calm. Recently renovated rooms mix the occasional antique into contemporary design. Via de Amicis 32, 20123 Milano.

Hotel Antica Locanda Solferino

In arty Brera district, an eccentric great aunty’s country house. Paisleys, huge wardrobes, Jacuzzis in some rooms. Via Castelfidardo 2, 20121 Milano.

Hotel Four Seasons Hotel Milano

This serene former monastery is only a few steps from Milan’s main shopping street. It exudes confidence, joie de vivre, the smell of a business deal. Everything is of the highest quality, from the Frette bedlinen and underfloor heating in the marble bathrooms to the 220 staff who cater to every whim. Via Gesù 8, 20121 Milano.

Hotel Spadari Al Duomo

Contemporary, very central boutique hotel. Deluxe doubles have lovely balconies; standard rooms are small. Via Spadari 11, 20123 Milano.

Hotel Principe di Savoia

A colourful stained-glass ceiling in the winter garden is one of the period features of this stately evocation of the late 1890s/ early 1900s. Bedrooms are superbly elegant and there is a breathtaking new Presidential Suite. The downmarket location is a drawback. Piazza della Repubblica 17, 20124 Milano

Hotel de la Ville Monza is synonymous with fast cars, but it also has a Neoclassical Villa Reale, surrounded by a lovely park. This fine hotel overlooks it. Owned for three generation by the Nardi family, it is dignified and traditional. Its Derby Grill restaurant is renowned. Viale Regina Margherita 15, 20052 Monza, Milano.