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Self-catering
Porta Palazzo
MARKET
€
(Piazza della Repubblica; 8.30am-1.30pm Mon-Fri, to 6.30pm Sat)
Europe's largest open-air
food market has literally hundreds of food stalls. Pick up a picnic.
Drinking & Nightlife
In Turin, drinking can also mean eating.
Aperitivi
and more substantial
apericenas
are a
Turin institution. As in Milan, if you're on a tight budget, you can fill up on a generous
buffet of bar snacks for the cost of a drink. The main drinking spots are the riverside area
around Piazza Vittoria Veneto and in the Quadrilatero Romano district.
Turin's historical cafes have their rivals - Trieste and Rome to name but two - but it's
splitting hairs really. These are evocative places full of literary legend, architectural excel-
lence, aromatic coffee and the city's best gossip - and gossipers. Then there's the chocol-
ate, either liquid or solid, a speciality unto itself.
Caffè Mulassano
CAFE
(Piazza Castello 15; 7.30am-10.30pm)
With dozens of customers and only five dwarf-sized
tables, the art nouveau Mulassano is where regulars sink white-hot espresso
in piedi
(standing) while discussing Juventus' current form with the knowledgeable bow-tied
barista.
Caffè San Carlo
(Piazza San Carlo 156; 8am-midnight Tue-Fri, to 1am Sat, to 9pm Mon)
Perhaps the most gilded
of the gilded, this glittery cafe dates from 1822. You'll get neckache admiring the weighty
chandelier and heartache contemplating your bill (a hefty €4.50 for a cappuccino).
CAFE
Fiorio
(Via Po 8; 8.30am-1am Tue-Sun)
Garner literary inspiration in Mark Twain's old window
seat as you contemplate the gilded interior of a cafe where 19th-century students once
CAFE
