🏨 Milan: Navigli Canal cruise Activity

Milan: Navigli Canal cruise

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Departs: Milan, Milan

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

The tour starts on the Naviglio Grande, while you listen to your informative commentary you cruise towards one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the city: San Cristoforo the favourite church for wedding celebrations In the city.
Proceeding along the Naviglio Grande you will come across the famous Vicolo dei Lavandai, an architectural jewel named after the Confraternity of the Launderers. Since the 18th century, this guild was in charge of washing the linen of wealthy families in the iconic washhouse still existing today.
Crossing the Scodellino bridge, you reach the modern and famous Darsena, an area of entertainment and recreation on the water, one of the center of Milanese nightlife.
Leaving the Darsena, you will come the to the Conchetta, the first of the 14 navigation basins that connect Milan and Pavia. Designed by Leonardo da Vinci it's still working, five century after its construction.

What's Included

Canal cruise on the Navigli

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 4
CHILD: Age: 5 - 14
ADULT: Age: 15 - 99

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Service animals allowed

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Service animals allowed

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Chiesa di San Cristoforo sul Naviglio

The church of San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher, protector of the sailors) is one of the most symbolic churches for what was once the port of Milan.
It is one of the oldest in Milan, and it is very special. It is not one single church, but two paired churches, built in the timespan of over three centuries in three different styles.

• Admission Ticket Free

Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio

Surely everyone visiting Milan knows of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses the most famous representation of the Last Supper, a masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. But there is a second church in Milan dedicated to Santa Maria delle Grazie right here on the canals.

• Admission Ticket Free

Darsena

"Darsena" is an Arabic word that originally meant "port", in Italian the word has evolved over time and is now used to indicate a sheltered anchorage area, sometimes covered. In Milan, however, this word retains its ancient meaning and the Darsena is the port of Milan.

• Admission Ticket Free

Naviglio Grande

The longest and oldest calan of Milan. It flows for about 50 km and its waters irrigate 50,000 hectares of countryside through 116 intakes.

• Admission Ticket Free

I Navigli

The Navigli system is a network of 162 km of canals that covers an area of approximately 1,800 square km south of Milan, between the provinces of Milan and Pavia. A surface as large as the entire metropolitan area of Milan.

• Admission Ticket Free

Vicolo dei Lavandai

Vicolo dei Lavandai (Washermen's Alley) in milanese dialect it was called Vicol di bugandee (from bugada, means laundry). Along the stream fed by the Naviglio Grande (el fossett) until the 1950s, the clothes of wealthy Milanese families were washed. You can visit this site before or after cruise.

• Admission Ticket Free

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