Centrale, Milan
Excelsior Hotel Gallia, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Milan
Excelsior Hotel Gallia is a 235-room hotel on the western edge of Piazza Duca d'Aosta, beside Milano Centrale station, in an Art Deco-era building that opened in 1932. A steel-and-glass tower by Marco Piva has been added to the original building, and the 1,000-square-metre Katara Royal Suite takes the top floor.
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About the property
- Opened
- 1932
- Rooms
- 182
- Suites
- 53
- Renovated
- 2015
- Interiors
- Studio Marco Piva
- Owned by
- Katara Hospitality
From our stays
We stayed in July 2025
Rooms and suites
Premium Room
26–29 sq m · one king
Prestige Room
30–36 sq m · king or twin beds
Excelsior Room
36–40 sq m · one king
Suites
Executive Suite
50–55 sq m
Panoramic Suite
54 sq m · city view · also as a two-bedroom suite of 102–106 sq m
Atelier Suite
60 sq m · separate living room · also as a two-bedroom suite of 80–95 sq m
Signature Suite
70 sq m · separate living room · also as a three-bedroom suite of 118–130 sq m
Gallia Presidential Suite
120 sq m · dining area, separate living room, two bathrooms
Katara Royal Suite
1,000 sq m · four bedrooms and four bathrooms, an eight-person whirlpool and terraces on the top floor · the largest suite in an Italian hotel
Dining and wellness
- Terrazza Gallia Restaurant
- Italian restaurant · 7th floor
- Terrazza Gallia Bar
- rooftop cocktail bar
- Gallia Restaurant
- Italian restaurant · breakfast
- Gallia Lounge & Bar
- lounge and bar
- Wine Cellar
- wine cellar
- Cigar Lounge
- cigar lounge
- Wellness
- Gallia Health Club & Shiseido Spa covers 1,000 sq m on the sixth and seventh floors, with a heated indoor rooftop pool and whirlpool, a Himalayan salt cabin, wet and dry saunas, a steam room and a seventh-floor gym.
Where it is
- Linate Airport
- 16 min by car
- Malpensa Airport
- 45 min by car
Piazza Duca d'Aosta, Milan
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Premium Room (26–29 sq m), Prestige Room (30–36 sq m) and Excelsior Room (36–40 sq m). Suites: Executive Suite (50–55 sq m); Panoramic Suite (54 sq m); Atelier Suite (60 sq m); Signature Suite (70 sq m); Gallia Presidential Suite (120 sq m) and Katara Royal Suite (1,000 sq m).
We book Excelsior Hotel Gallia, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Milan through Marriott STARS, so you get a room upgrade on arrival when one is available, daily breakfast for two, a US$100 hotel credit each stay and early check-in and late checkout when available, at no extra cost to you. On the hotel's flexible public rate.
Terrazza Gallia Restaurant, italian (Seventh floor; menus by chef Lebano); Terrazza Gallia Bar, rooftop cocktail bar (Aperitivo over Piazza Duca d'Aosta); Gallia Restaurant, italian; breakfast; Gallia Lounge & Bar, coffee, light Italian dishes and aperitivo; Wine Cellar, wine tastings, cooking classes and private dining and Cigar Lounge, cigars and cognac (Modelled on the smoking rooms of Milan's railway stations).
Gallia Health Club & Shiseido Spa covers 1,000 sq m on the sixth and seventh floors, with a heated indoor rooftop pool and whirlpool, a Himalayan salt cabin, wet and dry saunas, a steam room and a seventh-floor gym.
On the western edge of Piazza Duca d'Aosta, beside Milano Centrale station.
Linate (LIN) is about 5 miles away; Orio al Serio about 32 miles and Malpensa about 33 miles.
Excelsior Hotel Gallia, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Milan opened in 1932. It was last renovated in 2015: full restoration of the 1932 building and a new steel-and-glass wing, by Studio Marco Piva.
The original Art Deco-era palace opened in 1932. Studio Marco Piva led the architecture and interiors of a restoration for owner Katara Hospitality, completed in 2015, adding a steel-and-glass wing and themed suites, among them Design Suites named for Vico Magistretti, Achille Castiglioni, Giò Ponti, Luigi Caccia Dominioni and Franco Albini; a 30-metre Murano glass chandelier by De Majo hangs in the eight-storey stairwell.
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