Corso Vittorio Emanuele is the wide street connecting Piazza Duomo to Piazza San Babila. The corso is an ideal place for shopping and window shopping, because it's traffic-free and has porticoes lined with shops, particularly clothing and accessory boutiques.
.:. Post-war reconstruction has provided for a series of shop-lined small covered galleries branching from the side of the corso (where, on the other hand, lovers of history might note the ancient Roman statue at No. 11). Between Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the nearby Corso Europa, these galleries surround the tiny old church of San Vito al Pasquirolo, whose newly built adjoining cultural centre is a brilliant example of how to blot the architectural landscape.
.:. Corso Vittorio Emanuele is always milling with a motley crowd of Milanese and foreigners, old and young, who come not only to buy, but also to display new and diverse fashions in dress and behavior.
HOW TO GET THERE. At both ends of the Corso, that is both in Piazza Duomo and in Piazza San Babila, there are subway stations. It only depends whether you prefer to walk towards or away from the Duomo.