Spot a Milan aperitivo Negroni

Spot a Brera courtyard

Walk into the Pinacoteca di Brera courtyard and find the bronze Napoleon statue in the centre. Photograph the courtyard.

Spot a Brera narrow lane

Walk into the Brera district and find a charming narrow lane with a cafe terrace. Photograph the street.

Spot a Cova or Marchesi pastry window

Find Pasticceria Cova in the Quadrilatero or Marchesi 1824 in the Galleria. Photograph the historic pastry window.

Spot a Milan Aperol Spritz

Find a bright-orange Aperol Spritz on a café table during the daily aperitivo hour. Photograph the orange.

Spot a Milan caffè in tiny cup

Find an espresso served in a small porcelain cup with a sugar packet on a bar counter. The Milan stand-up bar. Photograph the bar.

Spot a Milan cotoletta

Find a cotoletta alla milanese (breaded veal cutlet, similar to Wiener Schnitzel but with the bone). Photograph the cutlet.

Spot a Milan fashion boutique window

Find a Quadrilatero della Moda boutique window (Versace, Armani, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana). Photograph the window display.

Spot a Milan fashion-week poster

Find a fashion-week poster, banner or shop-window announcement (especially February and September). Photograph the poster.

Spot a Milan Liberty (Stile Liberty) facade

Walk Porta Venezia and find a Stile Liberty (Italian Art Nouveau) facade (Casa Galimberti, Casa Campanini). Photograph the lace iron and floral tiles.

Spot a Milan Metro M

Find a red M sign at any Milan Metro entrance. Photograph the sign.

Spot a Milan risotto alla milanese

Find a plate of risotto alla milanese (saffron-yellow) on a restaurant table or menu. Photograph the yellow.

Spot a Milan Stazione Centrale facade

Find the Stazione Centrale di Milano, the 1931 Art Deco/Fascist-era station. Photograph the immense facade or the iron-and-glass platforms.

Spot a Milan tram (orange or vintage)

Find a Milan tram on its route. Bonus for the vintage ATM Class 1928 wooden trams still on tracks 1, 2 and 3. Photograph one passing.

Spot a Milan Vespa parked

Find a Vespa parked on a Milanese street. Photograph the chrome.

Spot a Naviglio canal

Walk to the Naviglio Grande or Naviglio Pavese and find the canal with the cafés and apartments lining it. Photograph the canal.

Spot a Panettone box

Find a Panettone (Milanese Christmas cake) in a bakery or shop. Year-round in pastry shops, peak in December. Photograph the dome cake.

Spot a Quadrilatero gold gate

In the Quadrilatero della Moda find a fashion-house's gilded gate or marble entrance (Versace, Prada in Via della Spiga). Photograph the entrance.

Spot a Sempione park view

Walk into Parco Sempione (behind the castle) and find the Arco della Pace (Arch of Peace) at the far end. Photograph the arch from the park.

Spot an Inter Milan or AC Milan stadium reference

Find a reference to the San Siro / Giuseppe Meazza stadium (a kit shop, a poster, a flag, a souvenir). Photograph it.

Spot an Inter or AC Milan kit

Find an Internazionale (blue-and-black) or AC Milan (red-and-black) jersey on someone or in a shop. Photograph the kit.

Spot Castello Sforzesco brick

Find the Castello Sforzesco, the red-brick Renaissance castle. Photograph the towers or the Filarete entrance.

Spot the Bosco Verticale

Find the Bosco Verticale (the residential towers with trees and plants on every balcony) in Porta Nuova. Photograph the green-walled towers.

Spot the Duomo gold Madonna

Find the gilded Madonnina statue on top of the Duomo's tallest spire. Photograph her gleaming.

Spot the Duomo spires

Walk to the Duomo and find the marble spires reaching for the sky. Photograph the pinnacles against blue.

Spot the Galleria bull mosaic

In the Galleria find the mosaic bull on the floor (the Turin coat of arms, you spin on its testicles for luck). Photograph the worn marble.

Spot the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele

Walk into the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II next to the Duomo, with its glass-and-iron dome. Photograph the dome from inside.

Spot the Italian tricolor in Milan

Find an Italian flag flying on a Milan building, especially government, university or fashion-house facades. Photograph it.

Spot the Last Supper reference

Walk to Santa Maria delle Grazie and find a Last Supper reference: the church facade, a museum-shop reproduction, a film poster. Photograph the reference.

Spot the Pirelli Tower

Find the Torre Pirelli (Gio Ponti's 127-metre 1958 skyscraper) near Stazione Centrale. Photograph the slim silhouette.