Mille Miglia
Mille Miglia takes place Mid Jun 2027 (five days, typically Tue - Sat) in Brescia, Italy. The dress code is Spectating is fully casual. Entrants wear period or elegant driving attire, and the evening passage galas in the host towns are dressier. Free to attend; budget up to 2500 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
A five-day regularity rally for pre-1957 cars that retraces the figure-eight route of the original open-road race, running Brescia to Rome and back through hill towns that shut their piazzas for the passage. The field is roughly 400 cars, much of it museum-grade Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, Mercedes and Jaguar machinery being driven hard on public roads. Watching costs nothing and the crowds who line the route treat it as a national event.
- When
- Mid Jun 2027 (five days, typically Tue - Sat)
- Where
- Brescia, Italy
- Dress code
- Spectating is fully casual. Entrants wear period or elegant driving attire, and the evening passage galas in the host towns are dressier.
- Cost
- Free to attend; budget up to 2500 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
- Weather
- 20 - 28C, warm and mostly sunny with afternoon thunderstorms over the Apennine passes
- When to book
- The route and timetable are published in spring; book Brescia hotels for the start 4+ months out. Competitor applications open in autumn and the field is curated, not first-come.
- Getting there
- BGY (Bergamo), 50 min to Brescia; MXP (Milan Malpensa) is 1 hr 45 min
- Where to stay
- Hotel Vittoria, Brescia, Villa Fenaroli Palace Hotel, Rezzato, Hotel Ambasciatori, Brescia
- Official site
- https://1000miglia.it/en/
How to attend
Spectating is free everywhere along the route - check the published timetable on 1000miglia.it and pick a piazza, a pass or one of the timed-control towns where the cars stop. Competing means owning or borrowing a car of a model that ran the original 1927-1957 race, plus a successful entry application submitted the previous autumn; entry fees run into five figures. There are no tickets to buy for the public, only accommodation to secure along the route.
Watching costs nothing and needs no ticket - the cars run on public roads, so you pick a town or a timed control on the published route and turn up; the only thing you can book is a competitor entry, and that requires an eligible pre-1958 car.
Insider tip
Skip the crush at the Brescia start ramp and pick a hairpin on the Futa or Raticosa pass instead - the cars come through slowly enough to hear every engine, and Italian families set up roadside picnics that make an afternoon of it.
Get inside Mille Miglia
Booking matters here: the route and timetable are published in spring; book Brescia hotels for the start 4+ months out. Competitor applications open in autumn and the field is curated, not first-come. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
Free while in beta. One email when your invitation is ready, nothing else.