The Last Supper and Duomo tour

Destination
Milan, Italy
Duration
3 hours
Tour size
Max 17
Language
English
Step inside the room where Leonardo painted The Last Supper, then walk Milan with an art historian who knows the city as well as the painting. In three hours, you'll see the most tightly restricted artwork in Italy, the world's third-largest cathedral, and the streets that connect them.
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You'll meet your guide outside Santa Maria delle Grazie, the working Dominican convent that has housed Leonardo's mural since 1498. Before you enter, your guide will decode what to look for: the geometry of the table, the moment Leonardo chose to paint, and the experimental fresco technique that's been disintegrating ever since. The instant he captured is the second after Christ says one of you will betray me. Watch the apostles — every one of them is reacting to that sentence.
From the convent, you'll walk into the historic center past landmarks most visitors photograph without context. Your guide will trace Milan's arc from Roman provincial capital to medieval trading hub to today's fashion and design capital. You'll pass La Scala, where Verdi premiered, and step into the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele — a cast-iron-and-glass arcade built in 1877 and still the most beautiful shopping street in the world.
"Most people focus on Christ when they walk in. I tell them to look at Judas first. He's the only one who's not surprised."
Lara,
WalksDevour Milan guide
"The Last Supper isn't a fresco. Leonardo invented his own technique and it started falling off the wall in his lifetime."
Silvia,
WalksDevour Milan guide

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