Site map
All the pages of this guide, grouped by what you’re trying to find out. If a link has taken you to the wrong place, the three pages that solve most arrivals are what’s free and when, the six proposals side by side and the opening hours, with Monday closure.
Where to start
- Home: Castello Sforzesco, tickets, tours and free courtyards
- Castello Sforzesco, explained in detail
- All six options, sorted by type
- The six options side by side
- Which one I would book
- The six options, one by one
Tickets and tours, by type
- Museum entry tickets
- Guided tours
- Private tours
- The Last Supper and Castello Sforzesco combined
- Online or on-site tickets
- Is it worth it?
Each option in detail
- Ticket with digital audioguide
- Ticket with audio guide and Merlate panoramiche
- Small-group tour of the Pietà Rondanini
- Private tour of Castello Sforzesco
- Private skip-the-line tour, in four versions
- Tour of Santa Maria delle Grazie and Castello Sforzesco
Before you go
- Opening hours for courtyards and museums
- What’s free and when
- How much time it takes
- How to get there
- Distance from the Duomo
- What to expect from the visit
- Accessibility
- With children
- Audio guides
- What languages are the tours in
Inside the Castello
- What to see, in order
- What’s inside
- The museums, one by one
- The Pietà Rondanini
- Leonardo’s Sala delle Asse
- The battlements and the Ghirlanda covered walkway
The history, in brief
- The history of the Castello, from 1360 to today
- Why it’s famous
- Who built the Torre del Filarete
- Who lived in the Castello
- How old it is
- Who restored it
- Who owns it today
- What does Sforzesco mean
- Where did the Sforza family live
Around the Castello and Milan
- Piazza Castello
- Parco Sempione
- The best month for Milan
- Milan in a day
- Things not to miss in Milan
- Milan for free and on a budget
- House museums
- Milan’s districts
Who writes
Is something missing, or is there a mistake? Contact me and I’ll fix it. Listings change, opening times shift, restorations end, and these pages are written by one person alone.