Milan Planning

Planning More Than One Day in Milan?

Explore the Milan Guide for museums, practical travel tips, hotel areas, and the best ways to experience Leonardo across the city.

Why This Leonardo Itinerary Works

Many visitors try to fit Leonardo into Milan after planning everything else. That usually creates problems.

Official Last Supper tickets sell out quickly, entry is strictly timed, and the visit itself lasts only around 15 minutes. Your entire day should begin there.

Once that is secured, the rest becomes easy: Sforza Castle for Leonardo’s court history, and the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology for his engineering legacy.

Stop 1 — The Last Supper (Morning)

Start early with Leonardo’s masterpiece inside Santa Maria delle Grazie.

This is not a flexible museum visit. Entry happens in small timed groups, and most visitors only spend about 15 minutes inside the refectory.

Without planning, many travelers miss it entirely. This is why securing your ticket should always come first.

Stop 2 — Sforza Castle (Late Morning)

After The Last Supper, continue to Castello Sforzesco, where Leonardo worked for Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan.

This is where Milan becomes more than a museum stop— it becomes the city that shaped Leonardo’s career.

Walk the courtyards, explore the collections, and connect the political world behind the masterpiece you just saw.

Stop 3 — Leonardo da Vinci Museum (Afternoon)

End your day at the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology.

Here, you move beyond the paintings and into Leonardo’s mind: flying machines, engineering models, military inventions, canals, bridges, and mechanical designs.

This final stop completes the full picture— artist, engineer, inventor, and visionary.