Meat and Italian cuisine
Botinero
Via San Marco 3, Milano
An elegant restaurant near the San Marco market, with a meat-focused menu and football memorabilia.
Milan neighbourhoods
Brera
The artists' quarter: the picture gallery, the academy and the most photographed streets.
- Market
- Mon · Thu · Sat · 2 markets see below ↓
- Transport
- M2 Lanza, M3 Montenapoleone, M1 Cairoli; trams 1, 2, 4, 12, 14
- District
- 1
What it's like
Brera is enclosed between the Castello Sforzesco, via Montenapoleone and the public gardens, inside the Bastioni ring.
Its heart is the Palazzo di Brera, a former Jesuit college that today houses the Pinacoteca, the Fine Arts Academy, the Braidense Library and a small Botanical Garden hidden in the courtyard.
On the quarter's southern edge, on piazza della Scala, stands the Teatro alla Scala with its museum.
The academy made the quarter the centre of Milanese bohemia in the 19th and 20th centuries, and that reputation stuck even after prices pushed almost all the real artists out.
The narrow cobbled streets, via Fiori Chiari, via Fiori Oscuri, via Madonnina, are among the most beautiful and most touristy in the city.
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The market
Green space and the outdoors
Dog areas
- parco Sempione · 4231 m²
- giardini Montanelli Indro · 7942 m²
- viale Monte Santo · 777 m²
- giardino Malgeri Alfredo · 182 m²
Playgrounds
- giardini Perego · 393 m²
- via Palermo n. 17 · 753 m²
- giardino Giuni Russo · 179 m²
- via della Spiga n. 21 · 215 m²
- giardino Pippa Bacca · 87 m²
- via Moscova - Fatebenesorelle · 84 m²
Where to eat and drink
Brera has a few historic addresses: the Jamaica on via Brera, the bar of artists and writers since the 1920s; N'Ombra de Vin, a wine bar in a former Augustinian refectory; the Fioraio Bianchi Caffè, café and florist at once.
The San Marco market runs on Monday and Thursday mornings on via San Marco, just outside the quarter towards the Bastioni.
3 bookable restaurants nearby
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Italian cuisine
Rosso Brera
Via Marco Formentini 7, Milano
An Italian restaurant in the heart of Brera, serving traditional dishes in an intimate, polished setting.
Vegetarian and vegan
Il Lughino, come Natura Insegna
Via Solferino 12, Milano
Seasonal plant-based cooking for anyone looking for a vegetarian or vegan option in the area.
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Getting there
Brera is ringed by three metro stations, Lanza (M2), Montenapoleone (M3) and Cairoli (M1), all a few minutes' walk from the Palazzo di Brera. The quarter is small and largely pedestrian: you get around it on foot only.
M2 Lanza, M3 Montenapoleone, M1 Cairoli; trams 1, 2, 4, 12, 14
Frequently asked questions
What to see in the Brera district in Milan?
The Pinacoteca di Brera with its Renaissance masterpieces, the Botanical Garden in the courtyard, the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, and the historic streets of Fiori Chiari and Madonnina. The quarter can be seen on foot in a couple of hours.
Is there a market in Brera?
The nearest street market is the one on via San Marco, Monday and Thursday mornings, just north of the Palazzo di Brera. It is a small, well-kept market, heavily used by residents of the centre.
Nearby neighbourhoods
Data: City of Milan — weekly open-air markets (DS291), CC-BY. Reviewed .