Why guide?
For a mix of luxurious resort facilities and rental dwelling perks—lofted rooms, nourishing breakfasts in a marble-walled lounge, and loos crammed with Dyson hair dryers and Aesop merchandise.
Set the scene
When you arrive, you’ll enter via an unassuming picket door; yet another step reveals an enthralling courtyard, topped on the far finish with an ivy-covered home out of a narrative guide.
The backstory
The resort is a household affair. Opened by Neri Baccheschi Berti in 2021, it was as soon as the studio and showroom of the proprietor’s mom’s vogue model. This just isn’t the household’s first foray into hospitality—their sister property Castello di Vitarello in Tuscany is equally steeped in historical past and excessive design.
The rooms
The rooms at Vico are as snug as they’re engaging. Each room options eclectic design components incorporating artwork, textiles, and finishes from all around the world, just like the handmade rest room tiles from Fez, Morocco, that make standing beneath the bathe all morning a temptation.
The rooms do a formidable job of mixing elevated design and splendid extras (like Dyson hairdryers, Aesop merchandise, luxe bedding, bathrobes, and slippers), whereas additionally being simple to really inhabit (no fussy and extraneous furnishings right here). The lofted suites present a primary ground touchdown pad with simply what you want—a large rest room, a tidy desk, a complete closet and garments storage system, a bar, fridge, and a espresso/tea service space. Up a flight of stairs is an expensive mattress with few distractions from sleep. Just the weather you need when touring, delivered on the top of style and luxurious. An individual may get used to this.
Food and drink
Breakfast is included in your keep and is served within the glamorous marble-walled foyer. It contains candy and savory choices: fruit and yogurt, native cheeses and meats, and freshly baked croissants amongst them. There can be a complimentary bar downstairs that invitations company to assist themselves to wine or an aperitif at any time. The resort plans to open a speakeasy in November 2025, serving cocktails and small plates within the night.
Each room has a mini bar and a espresso/tea service space for necessities to fulfill your need for a late night time glass of one thing scrumptious. Head to the close by Corso Genova for fruit, gelato, and snacks. There are additionally some excellent eating places for dinner inside strolling distance that the workers is worked up to advocate and reserve for you. I cherished close by ristorante Rovello—a suggestion from the workers—a lot that I went twice.
The neighborhood/space
Set off the stylish Corso Genova, inside strolling distance of the Duomo, modern Via Tortona district, and the canals and Navigli neighborhood, Vico Milano is nicely located for any metropolis journey.
The service
The service at Vico is heat and simply accessible with out crowding company. Guests are greeted with a welcome drink and fruit platter within the lounge the place workers inquires about your keep and makes native suggestions as desired.
Accessibility
This resort just isn’t well-suited to these with mobility considerations, as there may be not an elevator and a few stairs are required.
Anything left to say?
Vico Milano actually seems like a luxurious dwelling away from dwelling, providing simply the weather you need when touring, delivered on the top of style and luxurious. I nonetheless dream in regards to the bathe and am now shopping for a Dyson hair dryer due to the expertise.