Live like a supermodel with new packages at the Four Seasons Milan.
Milan is widely known as one of the world?s great fashion capitals, and its main annual Fashion Week in two weeks (there are four Milan fashion weeks annually!) vies with Paris as the industry?s most important.
But fashion lovers come to Milan to shop all year round, and there are few if any neighborhoods in the entire world as densely packed with top stores as the city?s famed ?Golden Quadrilateral,? a rough square of four boutique-lined retail fantasy streets, all within easy strolling distance, near the Piazza Duomo in the very heart of the city.
Milan has several standout luxury hotels, and I?ve been to a few, but in a business where location can be everything, none rival the spot occupied by the Four Seasons. Approaching a quarter century, it was just the legendary brand?s second hotel in all of Europe after London, converted from a historic convent. It is the perfect mix of old world charm and modernity, urban full service and urban oasis. In the past three years the hotel has undergone significant improvements, adding a courtyard garden dining option to its fine dining restaurant for a purely Italian country escape in the middle of the business-focused city, a lavish and well executed new full service spa and pool, and new rooms and suites, including a few with private outdoor garden seating. There are also over 100 standout stores (think Hermes, Prada, Gucci, Brioni) within a short walk of the fron...