Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Shopping guide · Checked 8 October 2026

What to bring home from Milan.

Milan is the city where design and food are bought in the same afternoon. Eight things worth looking for, from a 1824 pasticceria to the Galleria, and the one sum every visitor to the Quadrilatero should do first.

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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
01The classics

Eight things, and where to find them.

Made here · Home & design

Fornasetti plates

The Tema e Variazioni face plates, from the atelier's own shop on Corso Matteotti.

About €190 · plateFornasetti, Corso Matteotti 1/A to verify
Made here · Food

Peck own-label

Saffron risotto kits, mostarda and oils from the gastronomia that has fed Milan since 1883.

About €20 · risotto kitPeck, Via Spadari 9 to verify
Made here · Design

Kartell and Artemide classics

Componibili storage and Tolomeo lamps, from the brands' own Milan stores. Large items can be shipped.

About €230 · Kartell ComponibiliKartell, Via Turati 1 to verify
Made here · Fashion

Prada in the Galleria

The 1913 shop that started Prada, under the Galleria's glass roof. One bag alone passes the duty-free allowance; do the sum first.

About €1,350 · Re-Edition nylon bagPrada, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 63-65 to verify
Made here · Drink

Campari from Camparino

The gift set from the bar where the aperitivo was invented. Counts against your alcohol allowance.

About €28 · 1 l + glassesCamparino in Galleria, Piazza del Duomo 21 to verify
Made here · Stationery

Fratelli Bonvini 1909

Letterpress notebooks and pencils from a stationer that still prints on the premises.

About €12 · notebookFratelli Bonvini, Via Tagliamento 1 to verify
Worth discovering · Design

Rinascente Design Supermarket

The top floor of the department store on the Duomo: Ichendorf glass, Alessi, and the Milan brands in one room.

About €35 · glass tumbler setLa Rinascente, Piazza del Duomo to verify
01Fresh & new

Newer names, and where to find them.

Newer labels, concept stores and makers: the side of Milan the classic guidebooks tend to miss.

New label · Fashion

Fortela

Italian tailoring with a vintage American feel: knitwear, blazers, denim and leather loafers, now in one boutique in Porta Venezia.

Price to checkFortela, Via Sirtori 30 checked 21 Oct 2026
Concept store · Fashion

Bezpen

A Porta Romana boutique of Italian and international indie womenswear, accessories and shoes, plus woollen hats and home textiles crocheted by the owner.

Price to checkBezpen, Via Crema to verify
Shop · Prints

Milan Icons

A small independent shop near Cadorna with Milan-inspired prints, illustrations, stationery and handmade ceramics.

Price to checkMilan Icons, Cadorna to verify
Café & shop · Stationery

Moleskine Café

The notebook brand’s café in its home city, with Milan-edition notebooks.

Price to checkMoleskine Café, Corso Garibaldi 65 to verify

Entries marked “checked” were confirmed against the shop’s own website on the date shown; those marked “to verify” have not been confirmed yet. Photos show the category, not the exact product.

02What’s on

When to go to Milan.

Sales, Christmas markets and fairs that fall around your trip, with the dates we have checked and the ones we are still waiting for.

FairExpected

Oh Bej! Oh Bej!

Around 7 Dec (2025: 5 to 8 Dec)

Milan's Sant'Ambrogio fair at Castello Sforzesco and Sempione Park. 2026 dates to be confirmed.

Source: In Lombardia
SalesExpected

Winter sales (saldi)

Usually early January

Dates are set each year by the Lombardy region, usually announced in autumn. 2027 dates not yet confirmed.

Sales period: shop prices may differ from the list prices used for comparisons.Source: Regione Lombardia
SalesExpected

Summer sales (saldi)

Usually early July

Set by the Lombardy region each year.

Sales period: shop prices may differ from the list prices used for comparisons.Source: Regione Lombardia
Shopping eventConfirmed

Black Friday

27 Nov 2026

A date on the calendar, not a legal sales period. Each shop decides what, if anything, it discounts.

Sales period: shop prices may differ from the list prices used for comparisons.Source: Calendar
Confirmed means the dates were checked against an official or organiser source for that year. Expected means it recurs and this year’s dates are not out yet. Checked 21 October 2026. Nothing here is sponsored.
03Point & know

Point it at the tag, right there in Milan.

Found something you like? Scan the tag and see the real price against Home before you reach the till.

  1. Point. Open the camera in the app and point it at a price tag or a barcode.
  2. Compare. Shopover finds the product and puts the Home price right beside it.
  3. Decide. The tax refund comes off and anything due at the border goes on, so you see one real price.
Shown with sample products. In the prototype the camera works from the barcode and the printed tag.
A hand holding a phone up to a price tag in a shop
04Compare

How does Milan compare?

Not near a tag? Type the product. Shopover shows what it costs in each guide city next to the price at Home, with the refund taken off and any border charge added on.

Two hands comparing prices on a phone at a cafe tableWhich looks cheaper in the shop is not always cheaper at the till: tax refunds, border charges and exchange rates all move the real price. That is the number Shopover shows.
Official list prices checked 8 October 2026. Shops differ, so on average expect these figures, not exactly these.
05Before you buy

The rules, in plain words.

Choose your Home to see the rules for your trip.

Sources: Agenzia delle Dogane (OTELLO), GOV.UK personal allowances. Checked 8 October 2026.
Worked example · Rimowa Essential Cabin

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