Milan Sforza Castle Private Tour for Kids & Families with Skip-the-line Tickets

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Milan Sforza Castle Private Tour for Kids & Families with Skip-the-line Tickets

Price from
€226
Duration
2 h
Group size
Private tour
Guide languages
English, Italian

Overview

During this 2-hour tour you will visit the Ducal Courtyard, the Rocchetta Courtyard, the Spanish Hospital, used as infirmary during the spanish domination, the Sala delle Asse decorated by Leonardo with a network of tree branches and foliage; you will walk in the lively Parco Sempione and you will reach the Arch of Peace at the end.

Games, trivia, treasures hunt and multimedia tools will make this tour a very interesting and amusing experience. Your children wil play and learn a lot thanks to our top-rated guide who will fascinate them with lots of stories and anecdotes.

Join us from Tuesday to Sunday and you will never regret it!

What's included

Private Tour
Professional kid-friendly guide
Entrance Tickets

Not included

Snacks
Gratuities
Private transportation

What you will do

Castello Sforzesco
Games, trivia, treasures hunt and multimedia tools will make this 2.5-hour walking tour a very interesting and amusing experience. Your children wil play and learn a lot thanks to our top-rated guide who will fascinate them with lots of stories and anecdotes about Visconti and Sforza families that built this Castle and made it one of most rich and impressive european court.
15 min
Castello Sforzesco
You will see the castle defences: the ravelins (protective fortifications built in front of the gates), the remains of a great wall called "Ghirlanda", and the two moats of the castle: the original moat that defended the city walls when the Visconti Castle was under construction and the one dividing the Courtyard of Arms from the Ducal Courtyard and the Rocchetta, now referred to as the dead moat.
30 min
Castello Sforzesco
You will visit the Ducal Courtyard, with its Elefant Portico, the Rocchetta Courtyard, a fortress within the fortress, the Spanish Hospital, used as infirmary for soldiers during the spanish domination. The hospital and adjacent pharmacy were in use until at least the 18th century.
30 min
La Sala delle Asse
You will visit the Sforza rooms: the Sala delle Asse decorated by Leonardo with a network of tree branches and foliage, the Room of Ducal Heraldry with its blue vault decorated with the Galezzo Sforza's coats of arms; the Ducal Chapel, the Treasure Room, and the Rooms Echelons with its red and white zigzag decorations. And then you can admire the unaccomplished Michelangelo’s Pietà.
1 h
Parco Sempione
You will walk along the largest green area of the city centre, Parco Sempione, towards the Arch of Peace where you will finish your visit.
15 min

Meeting point

Metro Line 1 (red) stop Cairoli, exit Castello is 1 minute walking to the meeting point Metro Line 2 (green) stop Cadorna is 5 minutes walking to the meeting point