Many come to appreciate the cultural sites of the city including the historic old town, Teatro alla Scala, the San Siro Stadium or Milan Cathedral. While prostitution is technically legal in Italy, running brothels or third-party profiting pimping is illegal. Prostitution in Milan is legal though brothels and organised prostitution are not. The city has an estimated sex workers plying their trade with over half of these regularly taking to the streets.
Most other women work as independent escorts or providing massage services with extras. The majority of prostitutes working in Milan are thought to be migrant workers from Eastern Europe as well as from West Africa though a good proportion are local Italian girls. Whilst the sale and purchase of sexual services is legal, the general population is not so tolerant of the activity and tourists particularly do not like to see transactions being conducted publicly.
There are no red light districts in Milan so discretion is recommended. Some locals and tourists head over the border to southern Switzerland and head to Lugano where brothels are legalised in order to get a safe and legitimate bordello experience. There are a number of agencies present in the Milan region and escorts do a good business here, however the laws surrounding advertising of escort services is murky.
We cannot list any of the popular agencies, directories or freelance providers on this site. OnlyFans, anyone? There are no specialist Milan cam sites that we are aware of, but there are several platforms with a very high concentration of Italian beauties strutting their stuff:. Be mindful that these operations are not lawful and may not offer the most salubrious or safest of premises.
Because of the proximity of Milan to southern Switzerland where brothels are legalised, you can find that some locals will travel the hour or so to Lugano where you can get a traditional bordello experience at places like the Moulin Rouge. See our full guide to sex in Switzerland for more info. Swinging in Italy is very popular and you can visit libertine clubs across the city both as a couple or as a single visitor.
