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Milan keeps its guard up everywhere except the Navigli canals, where the city loosens its tie over aperitivo and the eating gets honest.
Our pick
This walk plants you in the canal district for a few hours of stops that feel found rather than staged, from a family salumeria to a corner bar doing aperitivo the old way. You pick up saffron risotto alla milanese, cured meats, panettone in season, and Lombard wines, finishing with a clearer sense of how the city actually eats. Milan hides its best tables behind plain fronts, so a guide who lives this neighborhood is what gets you in.
If our pick doesn't fit
A curated premium tasting with a strong track record, priced below the top pick despite a similar format.
Covers the historic core rather than the canal district, good if Navigli is already on your itinerary for the evening.
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