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",{"text":383,"type":347,"marks":384},"Check availability and prices",[385],{"type":386,"attrs":387},"link",{"href":388,"uuid":197,"anchor":197,"target":389,"linktype":390},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hotels.com\u002Faffiliate\u002F5QQ9PhS","_blank","url",{"type":392,"content":393},"bullet_list",[394,402,409,416],{"type":395,"content":396},"list_item",[397],{"type":342,"attrs":398,"content":399},{"textAlign":197},[400],{"text":401,"type":347},"Best for romance: Bulgari Hotel Milano",{"type":395,"content":403},[404],{"type":342,"attrs":405,"content":406},{"textAlign":197},[407],{"text":408,"type":347},"Best for families: Hotel Milano Scala",{"type":395,"content":410},[411],{"type":342,"attrs":412,"content":413},{"textAlign":197},[414],{"text":415,"type":347},"Best for a first visit: Hotel Spadari al Duomo",{"type":395,"content":417},[418],{"type":342,"attrs":419,"content":420},{"textAlign":197},[421],{"text":422,"type":347},"Best for design: Armani Hotel Milano",{"type":362,"attrs":424,"content":425},{"level":364,"textAlign":197},[426],{"text":427,"type":347},"How to choose a hotel in Milan",{"type":392,"content":429},[430,441,452,463,474],{"type":395,"content":431},[432],{"type":342,"attrs":433,"content":434},{"textAlign":197},[435,439],{"text":436,"type":347,"marks":437},"Check the trade fair calendar before anything else:",[438],{"type":379},{"text":440,"type":347}," Milan runs on fairs, and during fashion week, design week and the big exhibitions out at Rho, prices double and rooms vanish. A hotel that is reasonable in March can be unobtainable in April.",{"type":395,"content":442},[443],{"type":342,"attrs":444,"content":445},{"textAlign":197},[446,450],{"text":447,"type":347,"marks":448},"The Metro is good, so use it:",[449],{"type":379},{"text":451,"type":347}," Milan has an underground that works, and lines 1 and 3 link the Duomo, Brera, Porta Nuova and the central station. A hotel near a Metro stop gives you the whole city.",{"type":395,"content":453},[454],{"type":342,"attrs":455,"content":456},{"textAlign":197},[457,461],{"text":458,"type":347,"marks":459},"The courtyard is what you are paying for:",[460],{"type":379},{"text":462,"type":347}," The best hotels in Milan have an inner garden or courtyard invisible from the street. 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