Milan · AUDIO TOURS
Good audio tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 8 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Use one Milan bus pass across four connecting routes for 1 to 3 days. Ride past the Duomo, La Scala, Castello Sforzesco, Navigli, Brera, City Life, and San Siro, while multilingual audio explains Milanese food, buildings, and local curiosities.
“The bus has different lines. We got off at several stops and were able to see more of Milan than just by walking.”
Explore Milan’s Sforza Castle and its museums with reserved entry, an app-based audio guide, and city commentary in six languages. Collect your ticket at the Autostradale office in Piazza Castello, then visit art, weapons, furniture, and music collections at your own pace. Bring a charged phone and headphones.
“Enjoyed the castle grounds and the museums were fantastic We did self guide”
Visit Milan’s Museum of the 900 for about two hours with skip-the-line entry and a smartphone audio guide in English, French, German, or Italian. Follow more than 40 audio points through Futurism, Spatialism, Arte Povera, and other major Italian art movements, with Duomo views along the way.
Visit Milan’s Natural History Museum in Indro Montanelli Gardens and follow a smartphone audio guide in English, Italian, French, or German. You’ll move through paleontology, mineralogy, zoology, and botany at your own pace, with more than 40 audio points and a digital map. Bring headphones and a charged phone.
“No one was there to wait for us or gave us instructions even though we were told that we simply had to wait for the assistant with a yellow flag because she was late.. after half an hour we called again to ask for instructions and we were told to link to a dangerous website for the audio guide.. we obviously didn’t do it and so we scanned again a new link that lead us to the Natural History Museum in London!!! Absolutely ridiculous”
Explore Sforza Castle at your own pace with a fast-track ticket and multilingual smartphone audio guide. See the fortress museums, learn about Milan’s rulers and artists, and use bonus walking routes around the city. Bring your own phone and headphones, and check Michelangelo exhibit access before arrival.
“I wish the tour office was a little more helpful with providing more info on what to expect when we got to the castle. It was a self guided tour. Which for this one, I'm glad we did. I wish we were told the Michelangelo exhibit was not included iRead more”
Follow a locally written Milan route from Castello Sforzesco to Piazza della Scala using an audio and text guide in five languages. You’ll see the Duomo, Galleria, Sant’Ambrogio, San Maurizio, and San Bernardino alle Ossa. Duomo admission costs extra, and a smartphone with internet is required.
“I went to the information desk in the palace and they said, it is closed today! So I didn’t get to go to the tour”
Enter Milan’s Museo del Novecento at Piazza del Duomo with a fast-track ticket and explore more than 400 modern artworks at your own pace. Your smartphone audio guide covers 40-plus points in English, French, German, and Italian, with a digital museum map and a bonus Milan city guide.
“One of the highlights of our visit to Milan, beautiful building and extraordinary collection of modern art.”
Use the TouringBee app to explore Milan’s Duomo at your own pace with 21 recordings by a professional historian, an offline GPS route, and artwork illustrations. The app covers the cathedral’s interior and crypts, but you must buy your own admission ticket and bring headphones.
“I'm sorry i was not able to download the ap so I just walked around on my own. It was an incredible church and I loved being there. I highly recommend to anyone. If you can download the ap I bet it will add to the experience”
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