Can't visit the Da Vinci last supper in Milan? Visit the Last Supper copy!

Visiting Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper in Milan can be quite an enterprise.
You have to phone, book, hope the person on the other end speaks English, make sure you book early, plan ahead and don’t just rush over on the day you arrive in Milan expecting to get in.

On the Last Supper ticket site, the first date currently available for a visit to the famous Da Vinci fresco is November 3rd.
Which is why, if you’ve come all that way, and can’t get in, but still want a feel for what the experience of seeing the legendary artwork might have been, you can visit the replica.

There is a copy of Da Vinci’s masterpiece in the San Lorenzo basilica in Milan.
This is one of the tips included in the book “101 things do in Milan once in your life”.
The visit is free and there’s no queue, but if you want to make sure it’s authentic, see the gallery below.

The book on Milan is part of the series which includes where to fall in love in Rome, and 101 things to do in Rome before you die.

The painting is clearly inferior to the famous Da Vinci fresco, and was discovered in 1800 during renovations to the church.
If you don’t want to see a copy, but still want to get a sense of the real thing, there’s always the Last Supper online in 6 billion pixels.