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This businessmen’s lunch spot transforms into a yuppie disco – one of the few in Central Milan – with live music after 11pm; dress well.

This is Milan’s – indeed, one of the world’s – top opera companies, where Verdi was once house composer, Callas formerly graced the stage and costumes are designed by top fashion artistes. Performances have now returned to this gloriously restored 18th-century theatre after three years at the purpose-built Teatro degli Arcimboldi.

After an extensive restoration programme this magnificent opera house has recently reopened.

The discount factory outlet for the famed homewares designer. Get 30–50% off here and at similar outlets on the same road – Bialetti (No. 106) and Fratelli Piazza Effepi (No. 242) – and Alessi (Via privata Alessi). Look for slight irregulars (sformati ) for bigger savings.

Miniscule, arty disco with live acts and throngs of trendy Milanese stuffed into a narrow space and spilling out onto the street.

This arty Brera hold-out of bohemianism squeezes a tiny stage and an enthusiastic crowd into a narrow space to enjoy live music. It’s as popular as it is small; don’t expect to get a table, or be able to hear the person next to you.

One of Italy’s top tailors of men’s suits since 1911 – this warehouse outlet holds a staggering array of choices (over 1,000 suits, 1,500 jackets etc) at 35% off the usual prices.

Cavernous Magazzini Generali is a little bit of everything. It has a stage and auditorium that seats 1,000 for live acts, it can become a huge disco, it has a gallery for exhibitions, and it fits in live poetry readings and more besides.

Perennial Milan discotheque just a few blocks south of the Duomo where the chic set come to dine then dance the night away.