Hotel Serena in Milan

Location

• Arrival at Milan Linate Airport places you 4 miles from Hotel Serena. From there, visitors can walk to restaurants serving traditional Italian, Chinese and Indian food. The Piazza Lima underground station, mere meters away, takes you to other locations around Milan. Hop on a train at Central Station. The railway links you to Rome, Venice and Florence. Because your accommodation rests right on the north eastern edge of the city, none of the excitement of Milan is far away.
  
  Hotel Serena
  59 Via Boscovich
  Milan, Italy 20124
  011-39-02 2054769
  Hotelserenamilan.com
  
  

Rooms

• Individuals, couples and families are made welcome in the hotel's 44 rooms. Choose from single or twin for one or two people, or pick a double or triple room to accommodate more. Hotel Serena provides access for guests with disabilities. Flop onto your bed in front of international cable TV if you like, plug in your laptop and e-mail home or enjoy a pay-per-view movie. For your comfort, air conditioning or central heating will balance out the temperature in winter or summer. All rooms feature private bathrooms.
  
  

Business

• Fiera de Milano Convention Centre draws many professionals from around the world. If your stay in Milan involves business, take advantage of services designed for you. While your room provides Internet access, you can also take your laptop to the lounge or bar and plug in there. Arrange with the 24-hour front desk staff for fax or photocopier use. Hotel Serena knows that while it might be bedtime in Italy, business continues somewhere in the world. Use the laundry service to spruce up for a meeting.
  
  

Eating Out

• The image of Italian food for many Westerners might involve pizza or pasta, but Italians serve much more. Consult the hotel's concierge for tips on where to eat. Names such as My Sushi Store or Just India Indian Restaurant require no explanation. Da Abele in Milan serves traditional Milanese food such as risotto, according to the season.
  
  Da Abele
  Via Temperanza 5, Loreto,
  Milan, Italy 20127
  
  

Attractions

• Use Hotel Serena as a base to see the sites of Milan. Go shopping in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuel II shopping plaza. Built in the 1870s, it has classic lines, arches and columns. Spend your money or gaze at the glass ceiling, ornately framed windows and paintings high above. Watch AC Milan play a soccer match at its F.Z Internazionale Milano Spa, which is 3 miles west of the city center. Take in some of Milanese history at the 15th century Castello Sforzesco. Guests can view collections of art by Vincenzo Foppa, Pellegrino Tibaldi and others. Admire carvings, architecture and tapestries. Explore relief sculpture, ornate coffins and heavy military items from centuries of Milanese life, death and war. Some artifacts date to the 6th century.
  
  Castello Sforzesco
  Piazza Castello
  Milan, Italy 20121
  011-39-02 88463700
  Milanocastello.it