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vourite hang-out of the literati. You can sink your espresso at street level or disappear up-
stairs amid the velvet seats and mirrors for coffee, cake and an
aperitivo
buffet.
Cambi Cafe
(Via Falamonica 9; 10am-11pm)
Admire the pleasantly faded 17th-century frescoes of Bern-
ardo Strozzi while sipping on your am cappuccino or your pm aperitif in this spectacular
bar-cafe (it also serves dinner) encased in an old Doria palace. Exquisite!
BAR, CAFE
Bar Berto
(Piazza delle Erbe 6; 10.30am-1am Sun-Thu, to 2am Fri & Sat)
Rambunctious Piazza delle Erbe
is
the
place to enjoy an alfresco drink after dark. The tables of various bars merge in the
cobbled square, but the beers and aperitifs that come out of Bar Berto are particularly
tempting.
BAR, RESTAURANT
Entertainment
At the western end of the Porto Antico, the Magazzini del Cotone (one-time cotton ware-
houses) have been converted into an entertainment area with a multiplex cinema, games
arcade and shops.
Teatro Carlo Felice
THEATRE
( 010 538 12 24;
www.carlofelice.it
;
Passo Eugenio Montale 4)
Take in a play or opera at
Genoa's stunning four-stage opera house.
Teatro della Tosse
(
www.teatrodellatosse.it
;
Piazza Renato Negri 4)
Casanova trod the boards of the city's oldest
theatre, which dates from 1702.
THEATRE
Shopping
