Grand Hotel et de Milan

Giuseppe Verdi lived in the Grand Hotel et de Milan for 27 years and died here on 27 January 1901. His suite on the third floor has been preserved, and the hotel still honours his legacy with quiet dignity — during his final illness, straw was laid on the street outside to muffle the sound of passing carriages. Opened in 1863, the hotel sits on Via Manzoni, a short walk from La Scala, and has hosted virtually every great musician, conductor, and diva who ever performed there. Maria Callas was a regular. 95 rooms, the Don Carlos restaurant, and a marble lobby that has barely changed since Verdi's day.