21D20N Europe Itinerary At A Glance

20th May 2018 - 11th June Mon 2018

London, Paris, Rome, Naples, Vatican City, Florence, Pisa, Venice (Murano & Burano Island) and Milan

Singapore: 20th May 2018 Sun

1. Fly to London

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4D3N London 21st May to 24th May

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London Day 1: 21st May 2018 Mon

1. Big Ben
2. London Eye
3. Houses of Parliament
4. St. James Park
5. Buckingham Palace
6. Victoria Memorial
7. Tate Modern
8. Millennium Bridge
9. St Paul’s Cathedral

London Day 2: 22nd May 2018 Tue

1. The British Museum
2. Primark
3. National Gallery
4. Trafalgar Square
5. The Majesty Theatre
6. Piccadilly circus
7. Boxpark Shoreditch

London Day 3: 23rd May 2018 Wed

1. The Monument
2. London Bridge
3. Southwark Needle
4. Hay's Galleria
5. Shard
6. Borough Market
7. National History Museum
8. Harrods

London Day 4: 24th May 2018 Thur

1. British Library
2. King’s Cross - Platform 9 ¾
3. Bird Cage Swing
4. St Pancras International

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5D4N Paris 24th May to 28th May

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Paris Day 1: 24th May 2018 Thur
Paris Day 2: 25th May 2018 Fri

1. Rue Montorgueil
2. Place des Victoires
3. Palais-Royal
4. Les Deux Plateaux
5. Tuileries Garden
6. Louvre
7. Pont de Bir-Hakeim
8. Statue of Liberty

Paris Day 3: 26th May 2018 Sat

1. Sainte-Chapelle
2. Notre Dame Cathedral
3. Luxembourg Gardens
4. Forum des Halles
5. The Centre Pompidou
6. Free'P'Star
7. Le Marais
8. L'as du Fallafel
9. Galeries Lafayette
10. Place du Trocadero - Eiffel Tower

Paris Day 4: 27th May 2018 Sun

1. Musée d'Orsay
2. Arc de Triomphe
3. Champs-Elysées
4. Eat @ Pedra Alta
5. Grand Palais
6. Petit Palais
7. Pont Alexandre III

Paris Day 5: 28th May 2018 Mon

1. Square Jean Rictus - Wall of Love "Mur des Je t’aime"
2. Place du Calvaire (staircase) 
3. Sacré-Cœur
4. ‘The Man Who Walked Through Walls”
5. Moulin Rouge

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6D5N Rome 28th May to 2nd May

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Rome Day 1: 28th May 2018 Mon
Rome Day 2: 29th May 2018 Tue

1. Colosseum
2. Roman Forum
3. Palatine Hill
4. Fountain of the Adriatic Sea (Fontana dell'Adriatico)
5. Trevi Fountain
6. Piazza di pietra
7. Pantheon
8. Spanish step

Rome Day 3: 30th May 2018 Wed

Day Trip to Naples

1. Mount Vesuvius
2. Herculaneum

Rome Day 4: 31st May 2018 Thur

Day Trip to Vatican City

1. Vatican Museum
2. St. Peter’s Basilica

Rome Day 5: 1st June 2018 Fri

1. Pincian Hill
2. Piazza del Popolo - Egyptian obelisk of Ramesses II, Santa Maria di Montesanto (left), Santa Maria dei Miracoli (right)
3. Piazza Dei Tribunali - Corte Suprema di Cassazione
4. Castel Sant'Angelo
5. St. Angelo Bridge / Ponte Garibaldi

Rome Day 6: 2nd June 2018 Sat

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4D3N Florence 2nd June to 5th June

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Florence Day 1: 2nd June 2018 Sat

1. Piazzale Michelangelo
2. Abbey of San Miniato al Monte

Florence Day 2: 3rd June 2018 Sun

1. Uffizi Gallery
2. Loggia Dei Lanzi
3. Palazzo Vecchio
4. Galleria dell'accademia
5. Palazzo Pitti
6. Boboli Gardens

Florence Day 3: 4th June 2018 Mon

1. Duomo di Firenze
2. Mercato Centrale Florence: San Lorenzo Food Market

Day Trip to Pisa

1. Pisa - Pisa Tower

Florence: Day 4 5th June 2018 Tue

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4D3N Venice 5th June to 8th June

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Venice Day 1: 5th June 2018 Tue

1. Eat @ Acqua e Mais
2. Rialto Bridge

Venice Day 2: 6th June 2018 Wed

1. St. Mark's Square
2. Saint Mark's Basilica
3. St Mark's Campanile
4. Doge's Palace
5. Bridge of Sigh
6. Museo Della Musica
7. Santa Maria della Salute
8. Eat @ Osteria Ai 4 Feri
9. Eat @ Gelateria il Doge
10. San Simeone Piccolo

Venice Day 3: 7th June 2018 Thur

Day Trip to Murano island and Burano island

Murano island

1. Clock Tower in Campo Santo Stefano
2. “Comet Glass Star”
3. Santa Maria e San Donato church

Burano island

1. The Leaning Bell Tower

Venice Day 4: 8th June 2018 Fri

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3D2N Milan 8th June to 10th June

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Milan Day 1: 8th June 2018 Fri

Milan Day 2: 9th June 2018 Sat

1. Sforza Castle
2. Milan Cathedral
3. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
4. Fiera di Sinigaglia
5. Museo Duomo
6. Chinatown

Milan Day 3: 10th June 2018 Sun

1. Porta Ticinese
2. Take pictures of Street Art near the area
3. Fly from Milan to Singapore

Singapore: 11th June 2018 Mon

1. Arrived at Singapore

3-Day Milan Itinerary on a Budget - Day 3

Milan Day 3: 10th June Sun

8.30 am took the tram to the tram stop, P.za Ventiquattro Maggio (I actually overshot one station) to see street art. I check out this website for the nearest street art that I'm interested.

When I alighted, I saw the Porta Ticinese.

Porta Ticinese

I walked back towards tram stop, C.so S. Gottardo Via Lagrange. 

Many stores weren't opened. You can see paintings on the rolling shutters. 

Then turned right and walked the road, Via Giuseppe Lagrange.

Artist Pao's street art was my main goal. This bridge connects Via Lagrange to Via Gola.

33 Via Ascanio Sforza

Crossed the bridge to the other side.

Behind the Pao Art

2 Via Emilio Gola | The street art opposite the other end of the bridge

Then continue down the road, 12 Via Emilio Gola. 

I walked down the Naviglio Pavese to the another bridge.

Via Ascanio Sforza

  

My street art journey ended here. I walked to the tram station, Largo Mahler, and took the tram back to my Airbnb.  

Below is the route I took to view the street art.

Street Art Map

We checked out at 10 am.

By 11 am, we reached the Airport.

Do check in earlier so you can shop the items inside. Enter the departure door then you can shop more interesting shops.

British Airway

3.50 pm: There was a delay at Milan airport. We waited inside the airplane for like 1 hour before taking off.

5.35 pm: Depart Milan. Complimentary meal provided.

7.55 pm: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 to Changi Airport Terminal 1 

London Transit. There wasn't a need to rush to board I think, but we did cause it was the first time we undergo transit and we didn't know how long before do we need to be at the gates. We should have spend more time shopping at duty free store. Saw a big Paddington Bear at the store.

You can see magnificent view of the mountains. This wasn't a view you see often! So a window seat is recommended when flying back to Singapore.

Sea - View from sky

Mountains - View from sky

Luckily the seat at the aisle don’t have people so we were able to lie down. However, it was still a bit hard to sleep. We took turns lying down. There was turbulence where we need to wake up to put on seat belt.

Dinner

Sunrise

Breakfast on plane

11 June Mon
4.10 pm: Reached Singapore!

Note, if you plan to buy wine, buy it after you have passed through the gates.

And that's all for my 21D20N Europe Trip 2018 (20th May to 11 June 2018)!

3-Day Milan Itinerary on a Budget - Day 1 & 2

Milan Day 1: 8th June Fri

We walked to the metro and buy the tickets at the metro station.

We eat dinner at our Airbnb. 

Milan Day 2: 9th June Sat

We bought the unlimited 24 hour transport pass.

We reached Sforza Castle at 12 pm. There were peddlers selling bracelet. Do be careful. There was different entrances to the castle. 

The exit we used had fountain just right outside. 

By 12.30 pm, we walked our way to Milan Cathedral/Duomo di Milano. 

Street art

Left: Free coke, new flavour. Right: Transformer street performers

We reached Milan Cathedral at 1 pm. It was sunny and hot in the afternoon. There were only shades near the gates of the Cathedral.

Viewing from afar let you take in the grand architecture

The Cathedral architecture was super grand.

I don't know why the legs were touched so often. 

There were people offering you food to feed the pigeons. I don't think it was for free.

After spending 20 minutes taking photos and admiring the Cathedral, we walked to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II which was right beside the Cathedral. It was filled with luxury stores. The shopping malls beside the Cathedral have air-con, helping to cool you down after the expose to the brutal sun.

At 2.50 pm, we took the Tram to Fiera di Sinigaglia. It is a flea market that sells clothes from 1 euro. Many were second hand items. Not all are in good condition. However, we did see some good conditioned winter jacket at 5 euro.

There is a shop near the end of the market selling bubble tea!

After since we have some time, we decided to go visit the Peck which was near to the Cathedral. 

Passed by the back of the Cathedral. 

A mix of modern and renaissance

Then we passed by a tower building that we didn't see previously. We thought the main entrance will be in front, so we didn't go down this alley. But we were wrong. In the end, we were too lazy to walk back to see the building so we missed it.

Passed by Museo Duomo as we go to Peck.

Museo Duomo

Peck

We finally reached Peck at 5.26 pm. Indeed, the food souvenir here was expensive.

We decided to go to Isola to take some picture of street art. We reached at 6.20 pm and saw a flea market clearing up. There were stalls selling fruits.

Clearing up

I didn't manage to find any spectacular street art. But I still spot many nice street art as we walked to Chinatown.

After a long walk, we finally reached Chinatown at 6.54 pm.

In Chinatown, there were many stores that sold wholesales clothes. Many were closed by the time we were there.

There was a supermarket, Chineat (via Paolo Sarpi 15), that sold Asian foods! After so many days in Europe, seeing familiar foods made us want to just buy, buy buy.

We were thinking to buy some food and go back to Airbnb and eat. But we wanted to try the Chinese food in Europe so instead we decided to try out the food from this shop first. The price of the food was cheaper than a meal in a restaurant.

Ravioleria Sarpi

Finally dinner at 7.25 pm. 

Don't recommend this

This is not bad! 肉夹馍

In the end, we didn't buy anything from the supermarket since we were going back to Singapore the next day.

At 8 pm, we walked to the metro to get back to our accommodation. Streets were quiet.

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Summary

1. Sforza Castle
2. Milan Cathedral
3. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
4. Fiera di Sinigaglia
5. Museo Duomo
6. Chinatown