From February sixth to twenty second, Milan will co-host the Winter Olympic Games with Cortina d’Ampezzo. The Games are poised to be probably the most widespread in historical past, spanning 8,500 sq. miles between the 2 hubs and their outlying venues. The 2026 Games will even be probably the most gender-balanced winter version in historical past, with 47% feminine participation, whereas sustainability stays on the forefront. Initiatives embrace 100% renewable power, the usage of 11 (out of 13) present or short-term venues and an Olympic Village, outfitted with photo voltaic panels, rainwater harvesting, and concrete farming, which shall be repurposed into pupil dorms.
From April twenty second to twenty sixth, design devotees will descend on Milan for the sixty fourth version of Design Week, or Salone del Mobile, the world’s largest furnishings truthful. Fuorisalone, the city-center offshoot, unfolds by way of a whole bunch of courtyards, galleries, and showrooms rooted in a unifying theme. As 2026’s theme, Be the Project will intention to carry sustainability and social affect into focus, increasing on final 12 months’s Connected Worlds, which explored AI and digital interconnectedness.
But sports activities and design are hardly Milan’s solely draw. In 2026, a trio of five-star motels will open. In the Quadrilatero della Moda, the golden rectangle delineating the upscale vogue district, two Nineteenth-century palazzi will home the 70 visitor rooms of Rosewood Milan. Six Senses will debut a brief stroll away in the Brera, set in a post-war rationalist constructing with 68 visitor rooms, together with 15 suites (two with plunge swimming pools), a spa, rooftop bar, and sky pool. A brief stroll from Piazza del Duomo, Mett Milan will declare the highest 9 flooring of the Torre Velasca, a 26-story Fifties skyscraper with a protruding prime paying homage to a medieval watchtower. Adding to the combo, Soho House can also be set to arrive, reworking the Thirties Cinema Arti right into a inventive membership and lodging of greater than 50 rooms, together with a rooftop terrace and pool. —Jaclyn deGiorgio
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
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