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On the second and third floor of two communicating residential buildings off the centrally-located Via Dante, you could easily walk past the Antica Locanda Dei Mercanti because there is no outdoor sign but it is a fantastic value hotel in comparison to the Four Seasons and the Bulgari. Homely and spacious, each chintzy room is individually decorated and four of the suites have the luxury of private roof terraces, for which you would pay a fortune anywhere else. At the moment there are no communal spaces, so if breakfast is requested, it is served in your room.
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Just past the Dominican cloister of Santa Maria delle Grazie that houses Leonardo da Vinci’s celebrated Last Supper, Antica Locanda Leonardo is set back from the road in a 19th-century property. The bedrooms (most with French windows opening on to small balconies) are in keeping with the period, with polished wood floors and antique furniture. You enter the hotel through a charming, mosaic entrance. Upstairs the reception, breakfast room and bedrooms overlook a tree-shaded private terrace with painted wrought-iron furniture. Locanda Leonardo closes for three weeks in August and from the end of December until Epiphany
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In very good taste, the discreet and unassuming Antica Locanda Solferino is a cosy and reasonably priced 1920s former tavern with personal touches including breakfast in bed. The location is perfect, being in the middle of Brera and the decoration is kept simple, with a mix of old and new 20th-century design classics and antiques. The suites, with their parquet floors, incorporate a large living room, bedroom and sunken bath with Jacuzzi.
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A massive 1960s building in the Garibaldi zone of Milan with a modern but nondescript interior, the four-star Executive was given a makeover in 2003. The best reason to visit the Executive is for the Bedouin-tented bar, which has a Bali theme. Half indoors, half out, the marquee is furnished with cushion-stacked four-poster beds for cocktail hour. Close to trendy Corso Como and therefore popular with the fashion crowd, the bar is open until late; drinks cost from €10.
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Perfectly located in the fashion district, overlooking cool and posh via della Spiga, Carlton Baglioni is one of the oldest hotels in Milan. Refined and elegant, the traditional bar has a gentlemen’s club feel and the suites are fantastically cosy, and completely over the top with leopard print armchairs, silk brocades and bold striped bed linen. There is a small meeting room, with capacity for 15 people.
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