Milan hotels usually make you choose between location and space; the Radisson Blu chooses space. It sits in Villapizzone, a calm residential district north-west of the centre, and is honest about what that means: twenty to thirty minutes by train, tram or taxi to the Duomo, Castello Sforzesco and the fashion district, in exchange for rooms notably larger and quieter than anything at this price inside the ring roads.
The rooms are the first argument: modern, soundproofed and genuinely spacious, with firm beds, fast wi-fi and Nespresso machines in the better categories. The wellness floor is the second: an indoor pool, sauna, steam room and a properly equipped gym, a combination close to unicorn territory in Milan at this rate. The restaurant covers Milanese standards and international comfort food competently, and the breakfast buffet is generous, though check whether it is bundled into your rate before assuming.
Who is it for? Trade-fair visitors working MiCo and CityLife, which are an easy hop away; business travellers with offices on this side of the city; and leisure visitors who treat Milan as a base of operations rather than a postcard. Parking costs extra and the immediate neighbourhood is residential rather than charming, but as a package of comfort per euro it is one of the city’s quiet bargains.
