Café
1. Caffè Florian
Venice's historic coffee house on Piazza San Marco, serving since 1720, with ornate rooms, tables on the square and a programme of live music.
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2. Caffè Gilli
Florence's oldest café, founded in 1733 by the Swiss Gilli family and on Piazza della Repubblica since the early 20th century, with its original Belle Époque interior.
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3. Gran Caffè Gambrinus
Grand historic café founded in 1860 opposite the Royal Palace, with neoclassical and Liberty-style rooms, pastries, gelato and classic Neapolitan coffee.
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4. Pasticceria Marchesi 1824
A pastry shop founded in 1824, part of the Prada group since 2014, known for its old-world bar, cakes, chocolates and panettone.
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5. Sant’Eustachio Il Caffè
Founded in 1938 near the Pantheon, Sant'Eustachio roasts its beans over wood and is famous for its sweet, creamy Gran Caffè.
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6. Gran Caffè Quadri
A historic café on Piazza San Marco, run by Giorgio Quadri from 1775 and now by the Alajmo family, serving coffee, tramezzini and pastries with live music in summer.
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7. Pasticceria Cova Montenapoleone
Milan's historic café and pastry shop, founded in 1817 near La Scala and on Via Montenapoleone since 1950, with a coffee bar, tea room and restaurant.
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8. Rivoire
A historic chocolate café on Piazza della Signoria, known for its thick hot chocolate and a terrace facing the Palazzo Vecchio.
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9. Scaturchio
Family pastry shop on Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, famous since the early 20th century for babà, sfogliatelle, pastiera and its chocolate ministeriale.
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10. Tazza d’Oro
A historic coffee roaster and bar beside the Pantheon, La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro dates from 1944 and is known for its coffee granita.
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11. Ditta Artigianale
The Florence specialty coffee roaster founded in 2013, serving single-origin filter coffee, espresso and brunch on Via dei Neri near the Uffizi.
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12. Gay-Odin (Via Toledo)
Neapolitan chocolate maker founded in 1894 by Isidoro Odin and Onorina Gay, known for its Foresta chocolate logs, with a shop on Via Toledo.
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13. Pasticceria Cucchi
A family-run pastry shop and café on Corso Genova since 1936, popular for breakfast brioches, cakes, lunch and early-evening aperitivo.
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14. Pasticceria Dal Mas
A Cannaregio pastry shop and chocolatier near the station, open since 1906, known for Venetian biscuits, focaccia veneziana and a counter of fresh pastries.
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15. Roscioli Caffè
The Roscioli family's café and pasticceria on Piazza Cairoli serves coffee and pastries from early morning, a few minutes from Campo de' Fiori.
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16. Gelateria Nico
A gelateria on the Zattere waterfront, open since 1937, famous for its gianduiotto and for a terrace overlooking the Giudecca Canal.
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17. Giolitti
Founded by the Giolitti family in 1890 and on Via degli Uffici del Vicario since 1930, Giolitti is a historic gelateria and café near the Pantheon.
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18. Gran Caffè La Caffettiera
Elegant café on Piazza dei Martiri in Chiaia, open from breakfast to late evening for coffee, pastries, Campanian dishes and aperitivo cocktails.
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19. La Ménagère
A café, bistro, florist and design boutique near San Lorenzo, open daily from breakfast to late night in a series of airy, plant-filled rooms.
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20. Pavè Milano Casati
A contemporary pastry shop near Porta Venezia, popular for breakfast pastries, cakes, bread and its own panettone in several flavours.
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