Location
The Hotel St. George is located in downtown Milan, near the Central Station and red line (Porta Venezia) and yellow line (Repubblica) subway stops that lead to Fieramilanocity and the Rho-Pero expo center.
The hotel is just off Corso Buenos Aires, one of the main streets in Milan, full of stores, famous for shopping and its vitality. The Hotel St. George, on the main street crossing the Corso, is just a stone's throw from the city's main attractions and splendid Cathedral, near the public gardens with the Planetarium - where you can stroll or jog - and Pac (Modern Art Pavilion).
The hotel is just a few subway stops away from Milan's walking streets, the legendary cafés in the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, the Sforzesco castle and La Scala theater, acclaimed opera shrine.
The hotel's fortunate location makes it ideal for guests visiting the Milan Polytechnics and Bocconi and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart university campuses as well as those who have made appointments with specialists at the city's main hospitals .
Art and culture lovers choose Milan for the Brera art gallery collection, for the Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie that houses the Last Supper, for the Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio in pure Romanesque style and for the exhibits at the Triennale, indicated to guests by the staff at the Hotel St. George.
Corso Buenos Aires
- Hosts over 350 shops of all kinds, outlets, boutiques, chain stores, bookstores and perfume shops. Corso Buenos Aires is one of the streets in Milan that best represents its energy: one thousand meters that connect Porta Venezia to Piazzale Loreto, ideal for strolls or shopping. Nearby, the Puccini theater and Cinema Arcobaleno, with films in foreign languages and plays, offer various ways to have fun along with the pubs and restaurants.
The Central Station
- Built in 1931, it is the second largest Italian rail hub. Each years, trains stopping here carry over one hundred and twenty million passengers! Renovated in 2008, the Central Station is an elegant and modern building, with a shopping mall and numerous public services: inside, a convenient rolling sidewalk takes passengers directly to the subway. It is only 1 km from the Hotel St. George.
Shopping
- Milan is one of the leading fashion capitals of Europe, full of brand stores, ateliers and luxury boutiques. Milan is a small paradise for fashion and shopping lovers, with the hard to resist seductive store fronts of the leading Italian and international stylists.
The famous Fashion Quadrilateral, with Via della Spiga and Via Montenapoleone, is only two subway stops away from the Hotel St. George. Via Pisacane, on the other hand, is the street for furniture, painting and antique jewelry lovers. Easily accessible by shuttle bus from Milan, some outlets with leading Italian brands offers clothing, accessories and design pieces at discounted prices (Vicolungo Outlet, Fox Town, Serravalle Designer Outlet).
Expo
- Milan hosts numerous expos and trade fairs each year at the Fieramilanocity and new Rho-Pero expo center. The latter is now recognized as one of the leading European expo centers, with eight pavilions that provide almost 350 thousand square meters, most intended for the Expo 2015. Also easily accessible from the Hotel is MiCo – Milano Congressi, one of the largest and best outfitted convention centers in Europe that hosts international study and business events.
Lazzaretto
- Near the Hotel St. George stand the Lazzaretto, one of the most famous Sforzesco buildings in Milan, built at the turn of the sixteenth century for victims of the plague. Now, the large building demolished in 1882, only a the short segment of Via San Gregorio and the octagon from the Neoclassic San Carlo church are visible, reopened to prayer in 1884.
Movida
- Milan lives at night and ignites in the hot spots in Corso Como, like the Hollywood disco where celebrities and Milan's soccer players hang out. Brera, always the artist district, is full of local restaurants, while, in the charming Navigli settings, the echo of jazz concerts reverberates. Alcatraz, the famous Blue Note and Magazzini Generali, complete the live music scene that makes Milan the European capital of nightlife.
Print the map with the directions to reach us
Via Tunisia 9
20124 Milano
How to get here
BY PLANE | From the Milan Linate airport: 20 minutes by taxi, or shuttle bus (ATM, line 73) to Piazza San Babila; from there, the red subway line heading towards Sesto San Giovanni, until Porta Venezia.
From the Milan Malpensa airport: 45 minutes by taxi, or Malpensa Express train to Cadorna; from here, the red subway line towards Sesto San Giovanni, until Porta Venezia, or blue line (local train) to the Porta Venezia stop. Alternatively, Gran Turismo Malpensa Shuttle bus: it departs every 20 minutes and stops at the Central Station.
From the Orio al Serio airport: 40 minutes by taxi; the Gran Turismo OrioShuttle bus takes about 60 minutes to reach the Milan Central Station without any intermediate stops.
BY TRAIN | 5-10 minutes by taxi or subway (green line and then red line, Porta Venezia stop or yellow line Repubblica stop); the hotel is a 20-minute walk from the Milan Central train station.
BY CAR | From the main highway tollbooths, take the tangenziale est and exit at Lambrate. Follow directions for Milan centro and Corso Buenos Aires. The Hotel St. George is on Viale Tunisia, main street crossing the Corso, next to the Arcobaleno cinema.
