Top Milan Art & Culture Classes

After your time in Milan, don’t take home any old standard souvenir. Instead, create your own traditional terrazzo tray during a small-group workshop with a local artisan. You’ll use eco-friendly material and receive personalized guidance in a small group, while painting and customizing your tray to reflect your own style.

Take brushing your hair to the next level after a custom brushmaking workshop in Milan. Using premium Italian wood, you’ll learn the art of traditional Italian brushmaking during a private workshop that promises undivided attention from your intstructor. Plus, for the ultimate personalized souvenir, you can engrave your brush with your name.

Explore Milan from a unique angle on a Navigli Canal cruise. Learn about landmarks with an audio guide. Start at Alzaia Naviglio Grande 4. Pass "case di Ringhiera" and San Cristoforo church. Discover where Marscarpone cheese originated. See Canottieri Milano Olona and Vicolo dei Lavandai. Reach Darsena for bars and clubs. Cross Scodellino bridge to Trophy bridge and Conchetta by Leonardo da Vinci. Experience 14 navigation basins connecting Milan and Pavia, operational for five centuries.

Get to know more about Italy’s fashion capital, Milan, on this exciting tour. Alongside a private guide, walk through the fashion district, the “Quadrilatero della Moda” and feast your eyes on the beauty of the luxury brands. Then, step into the atelier of a fashion designer to learn how quality designs are made and labeled with the “Made in Italy” designation.

Cruise through the streets of Milan on this Segway tour of one of Italy’s most popular cities. Once you’ve mastered the self-balancing, 2-wheeled machine, take off and explore the landmarks of this fashion and commerce capital. Your guide takes you past the Sforzesco Castle, Piazza del Duomo, and La Scala opera house. And you even have a chance to scope out the top street for shopping as you make your way down Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. With a cap of eight people, this Segway tour is guaranteed to offer a personalized experience to travelers who want to explore Milan.

This isn't just an art class; it is the ultimate Milanese "vibe" experience that combines high-end Italian design with a professional content-creation session.

Step into the fashion world with a half-day personal styling course for women in Milan. Learn about the fashion industry and how to style your clothes with a professional stylist. Study color theories and understand how to style clothes for your body type. Sit down with your teacher over drinks and discuss what you learned during the course.

Channel the creativity of one of Milan’s most artistic neighborhoods during a private garden terrarium workshop. With the undivided attention and personalized guidance of your plant artist instructor, you’ll create a miniature garden inside a glass container for a unique souvenir that reflects your own personal style. Plus, you’ll take home care instructions to ensure your garden thrives.

Shop 'til you drop (and save money while doing it) on this day trip to Serravalle Designer Outlet from Milan, with round-trip transfers. Board a comfortable coach in Milan for the 60-mile (100-kilometer) ride to the outlet center. Once there, go wild popping into as many of the 200 shops that your time there will afford. Take advantage of discounts of 70% off name brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Adidas, Versaci, Timberland, and more. For more benefits, upgrade the tour to the VIP Shopping Pass and get a 10% discount and fast-track coach boarding.

Rather than spritzing yourself with perfumes designed for everyone, customize your cologne during a private perfume-making workshop in Milan with a master perfumer. With the expert guidance of a professional scent-maker, you’ll select a base and essential oil that best reflects you to create a unique artisan perfume that captures your personality.

Milan is an inspiring city, so you’re sure to want an outlet for your creativity while you’re there. This painting and sketching workshop with a local artist provides the ideal place to create something that represents you, and means you’ll return home with a personalized souvenir rather than a standard one.

The La Scala Theater in Milan's city center is one of the world's most famous opera houses, inaugurated in 1778. Join a small group and a guide to explore the temple of music and learn about its secrets and history. See a collection of set designs, musical instruments, and costumes that have been used for some of the greatest performances during your tour.

Navigli is a Milan district renowned for its creative edge, so there’s no better place to unleash your artistic side than here. This *kokedama* (moss ball) workshop draws on the neighborhood’s diverse culture by teaching you the basics of the Japanese art form rooted in bonsai. This relaxing artistic experience is the perfect antidote to a busy sightseeing schedule.

Milan is Italy’s style capital, but its fashion-forward creations are not limited to the runway. With this experience, discover the art of creating designer perfumes at a perfume atelier in Milan. Learn about the history of perfumes, as well as how to identify and mix scents as you prepare a custom perfume to take home during a private guided workshop.

For a Lake Como day trip from Milan, look no further. A great way to discover the timeless beauty of the Italian lakes, this experience includes a walking tour of the chic lake town of Como plus a Lake Como cruise to see snow-peaked mountains and luxury lakeside villas from the water. Dock in the village of Bellagio for free time to eat and explore.

Don’t waste your time in tourist trap snack bars in Milan; discover the best of Milan’s cuisine and neighborhoods on a food tour of the Navigli canal district and Porta Ticinese. Visit bars and restaurants to learn about northern Italy’s famous aperitivo culture. Sample local wine, Milanese risotto, and more treats as you explore with a guide. Even better: Numbers are capped at 12 for a more sociable small-group tour.

Let your guide take you inside the old refectory of an ancient monastery where you can admire the Last Supper painting for 15 minutes. Learn all about the incredible history behind it. Enjoy skip-the-line entry privileges on this English guided tour of Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Leap back in time to the painting's origins to learn about how this famous mural came to be. Get the most out of your visit with a local and licensed art historian guide. After meeting your English speaking guide outside of the UNESCO Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, skip the ticket lines to enter the museum. Step inside the ancient refectory to discover one of the most important mural paintings in the world, painted between 1494 and 1498. Get an up-close look at the gestures and expressions of Christ and his twelve apostles. Listen as your guide points out details regarding the perspective and the innovative and modern techniques of the time.

Italy is the coffee capital of Europe, so there are few better places to learn to brew a moka than Milan. This private coffee-crafting workshop will equip you with tips and techniques to help you brew the perfect cup, while enjoying a selection of curated blends throughout. Plus, you’ll enjoy undivided attention throughout.

Recharge between visiting Milan’s top sights with a life drawing experience in an artist’s studio. A small group ensures you’ll receive personalized guidance from your local artist instructor, while included materials and an aperitivo mean you don’t have to worry about bringing anything with you. Plus, you’ll take your artwork home as a unique souvenir.

The experience will guide future spouses in the world of craftsmanship and creativity by creating their own wedding rings in a historic Milan laboratory together with a professional goldsmith. Together we will choose the model, we will merge the gold, we will shape and weld the rings, we will clean and engrave them. The experience gives the possibility to the spouses to recycle their own "family gold", maybe old and closed in a drawer, which always has a very strong emotional meaning and to which we will give a new sustainable life. The experience includes the workshop for creating wedding rings, which will last from 2 to 3 hours depending on the model to be made. Engravings, a photographic reportage of the most beautiful moments and the aperitif at the end are included, while any gold costs (if the spouses did not have it and we had to provide it) are extra. The experience provides a style of faith on the classic: for more complex models we will have to agree first.

You will learn to paint with colors and tools like brushes, spatula, canvas, cotton paper with acrylic, watercolor and oil. According to you personal choice of a theme you will develop your artist experience creating your artistic project. You will need to tell me which technique you would like to experience: - Oil painting - Water color - Acrylic painting - Drawing

Led by a Master Artist: Your session is guided by a professional, classically trained artist and exhibitor at the Venice Arsenale. You get professional-tier insights adapted for a relaxed setting. Curated & All-Inclusive: We provide a premium experience from start to finish. High-quality materials included, immersive soundtrack, and curated Aperitivo of wine and artisanal bites. Trilingual Host: Experience the session comfortably in English, Italian, or Spanish, making it perfect for international visitors who want a local connection.

This cityscape drawing experience in Milan helps you see the city’s streets and sights from a brand new perspective. Under the guidance of your urban artist guide, you’ll hone in on details you’re likely to miss if just snapping photos of top attractions, learning useful creative techniques such as perspective, shading, and composition.