WELCOME TO MILAN
Via Bramante 1
HOUSE GUIDE
INSTRUCTIONS TO ACCESS THE FLAT
IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING DOOR:
Facing the building entrance, if the wooden door is locked, open the VIKEY link on your phone. Now, ring the bell nr 26 on the intercon next to the door. On the VIKEY link, you will see 2 buttons: push the button labeled «building door» on your smartphone, and then «ok» to open the door.
If front the locked iron gate, press again the buttons «building door» and «ok» on you phone to unlock it.
Enter the building gate and turn left where you find the first stair and take the elevator.
Go to the 2nd floor and take the balcony to the left, until the 4th door where you find this plate: this is the apartment.
IN FRONT OF THE FLAT DOOR:
TO UNLOCK
OPTION 1:
Press once on Vikey link and open it to have access to your digital keys: two buttons will appear. Press the button labelled «apartment door», then press «open/close with cell phone» and «unlock». When the blue light appears on the cylinder, the cylinder is released: turn it two times to the right to unlock, then turn the handle to open the door.
OPTION 2:
As an alternative, you can use the opening code (10 digits) that appears on the Vikey link when you push the button «apartment door» and then «open/close with code». Your personal code will appear. Push any button on the cylinder, then dial the code and press the padlock icon (one after the other). The cylinder is now released and like a key: turn it two times to the right to unlock, then turn the handle to open the door.
TO LOCK
When you have to lock the door, please follow the same procedure. Activate the cylinder by pushing the button on your phone «apartment door», «open/close with cell phone» and «unlock» or dialing the code and pressing the padlock icon, then turn it to the left two times like a key. The door is now locked.
DURING YOUR STAY
You’ll find a set of keys in the apartment that we kindly ask you to keep with you during your stay.
You can ONLY open the building gate with the actual key, always use the link or the 10 digits code that you find in your Vikey link for the flat door
Another easy way to lock and unlock the flat door is by the Blue Tag that you find attached to the set of keys.
ONCE IN FRONT OF THE VIKEY CYLINDER:
- Press any number key on the keypad
- When the light becomes blue
- Place the Blue Tag on top of the screen
- When you hear a sound, turn the cylinder like you would do with a key, 2 times to the right.
WI-FI
Network: FASTWEB-LAKQ7H
Password: TFFXX6MY2M
You can also connect scanning the QR code on the electrical panel next to the entrance door
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Please do not use two or more electrical appliances at the same time (washing machine, dishwasher, oven, hair dryer…) as it may cause an electricity shortage.
Should the electricity go out in the apartment please proceed as follows:
- Turn all the appliances off
- Check the electrical panel in the closet beside the entrance door
- Pull all the switches up
- Make sure that the main switch in the upper part of the closet is up, too
If the electricity still off, please go to the main panel room downstairs with the keys you find in the apartment:
- Go to the groundfloor, next to the elevator you find a yellow door you can open with the keys
- Go down the steps and follow the way you can see in the pictures until you find the meter named LORENZINI, flip the switch up and everything should return to normal
EQUIPMENTS
WASHING MACHINE
Please leave the switch always on ‘I’ position to use the washing machine.
DISPOSE OF GARBAGE AND RECYCLING
Please take garbage to the communal trash cans:
Please separate the rubbish and place the same materials in a bag (one for the paper, one for the plastic, one for the glass, one for the non recyclable) and throw them in the courtyard in the grey bins and garbage room next to grey bins.
Dispose your trash during your stay and before your departure, we kindly ask you not leave any rubbish in the house.
HOUSE RULES
- It is strictly forbidden to smoke, even electronic cigarettes
- No parties or events
- Quiet hours from 10 pm to 8 am, please be quite in the common areas of the building especially in the evening
- Turn all the lights and the air conditioning off before going out
- For safety reasons, close all windows when you are not at home
CHECK-OUT
Our guests are kindly asked to leave the flat by 11 am on the day of the check out.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO:
- Leave the towels on the bathroom floor (don’t do any washing, please)
- Wash your dishes
- Switch the lights and the air conditioning off
- Close the windows
- Take the trash out (instructions in the proper section)
VERY IMPORTANT: We kindly ask you to leave the keys on the table and to lock the door behind you.
ARRIVING
ARRIVING
GETTING AROUND
SHOPPING
THE MOST POPULAR
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Via Dante, Via Torino, Corso Vercelli
ELEGANT & SOPHISTICATED
Brera: Via Ponte Vetero, Via Solferino, Corso Garibaldi
Quadrilatero della Moda or Fashion district: Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Via Sant’Andrea
MILANO DESIGN DISTRICTS
PIAZZA GAE AULENTI
CITY LIFE
TORTONA/SAVONA
HIDDEN GEMS
CORSO MAGENTA Area
5 VIE
VIA VINCENZO MONTI and SURROUNDINGS
LIVELY NEIGHBOURHOODS
CORSO DI PORTA TICINESE and NAVIGLI
ISOLA
CHINATOWN
NOT TO MISS
EATALY Piazza XXV Aprile: huge Italian food/wine shop, worth the visit as you can find there 3 floors of Italian specialities from all over the country, and food corners to have lunch and dinner.
MERCATO CENTRALE next to the Central Station: food hall
LUINI Via Santa Redegonda 16: where to eat Panzerotto, a tipical delicious fried folded pizza.
LA RINASCENTE Piazza Duomo: the most important and popular mall
COIN Piazza 5 giornate: nice and cozy mall
CORSO COMO 10 shopping center for a different shopping experience
STREET MARKETS Piazza San Marco, Via Fiamma, Via Fauchè, Viale Papiniano
TRIENNALE Viale Emilio Alemagna, 6: not only a museum but a special place for art, architecture, design and exhibitions
FONDAZIONE PRADA Largo Isarco, 2: an innovative cultural institution
IL CENACOLO Piazza di Santa Maria delle Grazie, 2: Leonardo’s Last Supper museum
SAN MAURIZIO church Corso Magenta, 15: also named as Cappella Sistina di Milano
THE ROOFTOP TERRACES OF THE DUOMO Piazza Duomo: have a memorable walk on the Duomo cathedral rooftops
ICE CREAM
GROM Piazza Gae Aulenti, Corso Garibaldi, Piazza San Babila, Corso Buenos Aires
AMORINO Ripa di Porta Ticinese, 39
IL FELICE GELATO Piazza Risorgimento, 2B
LA BOTTEGA DEL GELATO Via Pergolesi, 3
CAPPUCCINO AND CROISSANT
COVA Via Montenapoleone, 8: very traditional and really worth a coffee
SANT’AMBROEUS Corso Matteotti, 7
PANARELLO Via della Moscova, 52 and Via Speronari, 3: very popular for its Cannoncino, a special croissant with cream… don’t miss it!
PASTICCERIA SISSI Piazza Risorgimento, 6
MARCHESI Via Santa Maria alla Porta, 11/a and Via Montenapoleone, 9
MOSCOVA QUINDICI Via Moscova, 15
PIZZA
DA ZERO via dell’Orso, 4
SORBILLO Gourmand via Foscolo, 1
L’ANTICA PIZZERIA DA MICHELE piazza della Repubblica, 27
NAPIZ viale Vittorio Veneto, 30
GIOLINA via Bellotti, 6
I CAPA TOSTA Via Perugino, 32
PIZ via Torino, 34
COSÌ FA ANTONIO ESPOSITO via Solferino, 27
HOMEMADE PASTA AND RAVIOLI
PASTA FRESCA DA GIOVANNI Via Ascanio Sforza, 31
PLIN Pastificio con cucina Via Nino Bixio, 2
PASTA FRESCA BRAMBILLA Via Melzo, 2
TRADITIONAL RESTAURANTS
we love for dinner
ROVELLO 18 Via Ariberto, 3
LA LIBERA Via Palermo, 21
MY PRIME’ Via Crispi, 2 (very good fish)
RATANA’ Via De Castillia, 28
DERSETT Viale Gian Galeazzo, 17
TRATTORIE
where to eat cotoletta, ossobuco, risotto alla milanese, mondeghili: to try at least once while you are in Milan
TRATTORIA ARLATI Via Nota, 47
TRATTORIA MILANESE Via Santa Marta, 11
TRATTORIA AURORA Via Savona, 23
AL MATAREL Via Solera Mantegazza, 4
ANTICA TRATTORIA DELLA PESA Via Pasubio, 10
TRATTORIA MASUELLI Viale Umbria, 80
INFORMAL RESTAURANTS
to spend your lunch or dinner everyday
OSTERIA LA VECCHIA LIRA Largo la Foppa, 5
TRATTORIA LA VECCHIA GUARDIA Via della Commenda, 21
LA BETTOLA DI PIERO Via Orti, 17
OSTERIA DEI BINARI Via Tortona, 1
MEDITERRANEA BISTROT Via Santa Marta, 6
USEFUL NUMBERS
- General Emergency and Ambulance: 112
- Police: 113
- Milan Local Police: +39020208
- Firefighters: 115
- Medical Emergency (Doctors): +39116117
- Public transportation info: +390248607607
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