If you have found a vacation rental in Milan and are wandering around the city, looking for somewhere to get a coffee, we suggest popping into Bar Luce, a Milanese cafè entirely designed by the beloved American film director Wes Anderson. Inspired by the classic bars of Milan in the 1950s and ’60s, it is a pastel dream that feels like stepping into one of Anderson's movies in real life. For fans of the director and for those who merely like cute cafès, it is an absolute must-see.
Located alongside the Fondazione Prada in Milan, it has its own separate entrance. While not in the centre of Milan, it is easily accessed and is just a ten minute walk from the Lodi Metro Station.
It is a place that Anderson designed with himself in mind; where would he like to spend an afternoon? Where could writers go and be inspired? Of the cafè, he is quoted on the official website as saying: “While I do think it would make a pretty good movie set. I think it would be an even better place to write a movie. I tried to make it a bar I would want to spend my own non-fictional afternoons in.”
Featuring strong pastel colours, vintage wallpaper patterns, a ceiling that recalls the vaulted glass roof of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, and references to Anderson’s movies in elements like the Steve Zissou and Castello Cavalcanti pinball machines, it has a distinct and memorable appearance that will work its way into your heart.
For interiors aficionados exploring the fashion capital of Italy, it is a definite pit-stop to pencil into the itinerary.
Bar Luce,
Largo Isarco, 2, 20139 Milano MI, Italy
+39 02 5666 2611
Opening hours:
Monday / Wednesday / Thursday, 9 am – 8 pm
Friday / Saturday / Sunday, 9 am – 10 pm
Closed on Tuesdays.
It is a place that Anderson designed with himself in mind; where would he like to spend an afternoon? Where could writers go and be inspired? Of the cafè, he is quoted on the official website as saying: “While I do think it would make a pretty good movie set. I think it would be an even better place to write a movie. I tried to make it a bar I would want to spend my own non-fictional afternoons in.”
Featuring strong pastel colours, vintage wallpaper patterns, a ceiling that recalls the vaulted glass roof of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, and references to Anderson’s movies in elements like the Steve Zissou and Castello Cavalcanti pinball machines, it has a distinct and memorable appearance that will work its way into your heart.
For interiors aficionados exploring the fashion capital of Italy, it is a definite pit-stop to pencil into the itinerary.
Bar Luce,
Largo Isarco, 2, 20139 Milano MI, Italy
+39 02 5666 2611
Opening hours:
Monday / Wednesday / Thursday, 9 am – 8 pm
Friday / Saturday / Sunday, 9 am – 10 pm
Closed on Tuesdays.
