Now open, Hotel Milu Milano offers culturally curious travelers an inspiring urban retreat with a bold and contemporary design from architect and designer Alex Meitlis. Hotel Milu Milano is the second outpost of the Milu brand, this one in Milan’s dynamic Porta Venezia district. Just steps away from the iconic Porta Venezia gate, Hotel Milu Milano offers travelers an inspiring urban retreat blending historical Milanese architecture with bold, contemporary interiors.

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The hotel’s design is a love letter to modern Milan, as inspired by the site itself. A historic, 19th-century Milanese building with a previous life as Mercure Milano Centro, Meitlis took the building back to its roots, restoring elements such as the property’s beautiful central staircase and exposing original brickwork.

Each of the seven room categories — single, comfort double, superior double, deluxe double, deluxe twin, comfort triple and prestige quadruple — features a refined sense of minimalism, allowing individual design elements to take center stage. Nearly every detail of the property is site-specific, drawing on traditional Milanese materials, textiles and colors. The property’s 32 rooms feature Terrazzo flooring, wooden shutters and mirrored walls, with vibrant-colored glass accents of red, green and pink throughout the bathrooms, creating a fresh and comfortable atmosphere.

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Art is at the heart of the Milu brand, and Hotel Milu Milano is no exception, with striking canvases welcoming guests in the lobby and adorning each room, curated by artist Carmel Ilan. In the lobby, guests are greeted by pieces from her main body of work, inspired by the earth and the concept a natural ingredient is necessary as the source of origin for everything, even paper.

In guestrooms, artwork is from Ilan’s Here and Now body of work, born out of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is concise and intimate, with works expressing the contradiction between the desire to pull back and the need to burst out.

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Guests of Hotel Milu Milano will also have access to an all-day lounge, where complimentary wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks create a relaxed, communal atmosphere for unwinding or connecting with fellow travelers.