Your excursion begins with a private transfer from the hotel to Florence train station to take a high-speed train to Milan. On arrival at Milan Central station a private transfer will take you to Piazza Castello which is dominated by the impressive Sforzesco Castle. From the Piazza you will get inside the fortification of the Sforzesco Castle and visit its inner courtyards, the parade ground and the gardens.
Once you exit the structure you will walk the elegant Via Dante to reach Piazza del Duomo; the piazza marks the center of the city, both in a geographic sense and because of its importance from an artistic, cultural, and social point of view. View the magnificent Duomo, the largest Cathedral in the Italian Republic, which gives its name to the Square.
After the Piazza del Duomo, you will head to the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, Italy's oldest active shopping gallery, which joins the two traditional centers of Milanese city life, the Duomo Square and the Scala Square.
Time for lunch and for some shopping at leisure before meeting for the return transfer to Milan Central train station. On arrival in Florence a private transfer will take you back to the hotel.