Milan neighbourhoods
Porta Venezia
Liberty façades, historic gardens, corso Buenos Aires and a very open community.
- Market
- Mon · Tue · Sat · 3 markets see below ↓
- Transport
- M1 Porta Venezia, M1 Lima; Porta Venezia suburban rail; trams 1, 5, 9, 33
- District
- 3
What it's like
Porta Venezia opens just outside the Bastioni, where the 19th-century customs lodges mark the entrance to the city.
Between the late 1800s and early 1900s the Milanese bourgeoisie built its most lavish Liberty-style buildings here: Casa Galimberti, the Hotel Diana, dozens of decorated façades along via Malpighi and via Sirtori.
Its green lung is the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli, Milan's first public park, containing the Natural History Museum, the Planetarium and the Contemporary Art Pavilion. On the opposite side runs corso Buenos Aires, nearly two kilometres of shops in a row.
The quarter has a strong multicultural identity, with the Eritrean and Ethiopian community historically concentrated around via Lecco, and it has for years been the centre of Milanese LGBTQ+ life.
The market
Green space and the outdoors
Dog areas
- giardini Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino · 505 m²
- via Morgagni G.B. · 452 m²
- giardini Montanelli Indro · 7942 m²
- piazzale Bacone · 580 m²
- viale Monte Santo · 777 m²
- piazza Einaudi - viale della Liberazione · 847 m²
Playgrounds
- via Benedetto Marcello · 150 m²
- giardini Montanelli Indro · 5850 m²
- giardini Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino · 1145 m²
- via Stoppani n. 1-3 · 25 m²
- via Morgagni G.B. · 420 m²
- giardino della Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte · 112 m²
Where to eat and drink
Via Lecco and the surrounding streets are the best place in the city for Eritrean and Ethiopian cooking, with zighinì served on injera.
Elsewhere the quarter has historic pastry shops, the Gelsomina gelateria and, just behind on via Plinio, Bar Basso, where the Negroni Sbagliato was invented in the 1960s.
The viale Piave / via Benedetto Marcello market is one of the largest and best-stocked in Milan, Tuesday and Saturday.
Getting there
The red M1 stops at Porta Venezia and Lima, inside the quarter; the suburban rail has a station at Porta Venezia. On the surface trams 1, 5, 9 and 33 pass through. The area is flat and compact, with corso Buenos Aires best walked.
M1 Porta Venezia, M1 Lima; Porta Venezia suburban rail; trams 1, 5, 9, 33
Frequently asked questions
What to do in Porta Venezia in Milan?
Walk among the Liberty-style buildings of via Malpighi, step into the Giardini Montanelli for the Natural History Museum or the Planetarium, shop on corso Buenos Aires and have dinner in one of the Eritrean restaurants on via Lecco.
Is there a market in Porta Venezia?
The via Benedetto Marcello street market, next to viale Piave, runs on Tuesday and Saturday mornings and is one of the largest in the city, with a great many food and non-food stalls.
Nearby neighbourhoods
Data: City of Milan — weekly open-air markets (DS291), CC-BY. Reviewed .