Milan’s Secret Sanctuary: Where Elegance Lives Everyday

Milan has always had a gift for reinvention.Transforming the understated into the iconic, the traditional into the essential. Nowhere is this more evident than at Casa Cipriani Milano, the Italian hospitality legend’s discreet private-club haven that feels part members-only sanctuary, part haute-hotel fantasy. Here, every moment makes you feel as though you’re living in your own royal castle.

“Elegance Only”: Milan’s Everyday Attire

At Casa Cipriani Milano, the dress code isn’t a suggestion, it’s an invitation. The soft clink of glassware, the rustle of tailored jackets, and the quiet hum of Italian spoken across tables turn evenings into their own performance. After 6 p.m., the adults-only policy transforms the property into a true salon of conversation and connection, where aperitivo hour becomes an event unto itself.

A Club Disguised as a Hotel

Here’s the secret: Casa Cipriani’s fifteen rooms and suites are open to the public. Non-members can book their stay, instantly becoming “Honorary Members” with full access to the club’s exclusive spaces—the Restaurant and Terrace, the Pickering Room, the Living Room, and the Spa & Wellness. However, there’s absolutely nothing remotely “standard” about this experience. Each room comes with a 24-hour butler ready to pack your suitcase, press your shirts, or draw your curtains at sunrise or twilight.The kind of old-world attention that makes travel feel cinematic again. The type of hospitality felt is unreplicable as the service goes beyond your dreams with a chauffeured courtesy car that offers to glide you through Milan as if it’s your own private city.

While the deep navy accents and classic striped wallpaper catch the eye, it’s the Cipollino marble shower that captivates the soul. Its white-green base and wavy green bands envelop your body as the rain shower cascades before a mirror, letting you watch every droplet trace your skin.

It’s tempting to never leave your room, but the living room beckons. DJ sets and live music reinvent Milan’s nightlife for a private audience, while downstairs, the Pickering Room channels the spirit of Venice’s Harry’s Bar: wood-paneled intimacy, whispered conversations, and Bellinis (created by founder Giuseppe Cipriani) served with the same flair as when it first debuted in Venice.

On the terrace, the skyline stretches like a cinematic backdrop. Beyond it lies one of Milan’s oldest verdant escape, the Indro Montanelli Gardens. Casa Cipriani’s perch inside the historic Palazzo Bernasconi lets you look out over this leafy expanse while standing in rooms once designed for nobility and now refreshed for a new generation of tastemakers.

The building’s rebirth bears the unmistakable hand of Florentine architect Michele Bönan, who became a prodigy at twenty when AD magazine featured his first interiors. His signature style—rooted in Florence’s stately architecture yet layered with modern indulgence—threads through Casa Cipriani Milano in subtle gestures: a line of millwork echoing a Renaissance cornice, a play of textures that feels both contemporary and timeless. Bönan calls his approach “truth before all things,” arranging each client’s desires into a space that feels inevitable, not designed. The effect here is a hotel that doesn’t feel like a project at all but like a long-kept secret.

Walking through this historic Palazzo Bernasconi, every corridor and meticulously carved interior, adorned with Marco Glaviano’s iconic 1980s and 1990s photographs, immerses you in a glamorous reality once reserved for fantasies. Each photograph of iconic editorials of legendary supermodels to icons affirms you’ve entered a world apart.

Hotel guests are granted a rare privilege: entry into spaces and experiences typically reserved for Cipriani members. For the nights they stay, they step inside this world of global enchantment where exclusivity, elegance, and connection unfold at every turn.

The real magic of Casa Cipriani Milano? It makes you want to rise before dawn. With a spa, club, terrace, and city car awaiting, staying in bed feels criminal. This is Milan as it should be experienced: polished but personal, discreet yet alive—a home for the world’s most curious travelers.

Next Stop: South Beach

Whispers get louder as Casa Cipriani Miami, is slated for 2028. Located in Miami Beach, the property will introduce 20 one-of-a-kind residences and 36 luxury hotel rooms and suites. Alongside them: private membership club facilities with multiple restaurants, a spa and wellness center, a spacious gym and hammam, a pool with outdoor café/restaurant, and a beach club. Similar to Milan and New York, it will establish itself as an iconic location because Cipriani doesn’t simply open addresses; it creates destinations.