Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Lobelix
(Via Corte d'Appello 15f; 7pm-3am Mon-Sat)
Beneath the trees on Piazza Savoia, the terrace
here is a favourite place for an
aperitivo
- Lobelix' buffet banquet is one of Turin's most
extravagant.
BAR
Caffè Torino
(Piazza San Carlo 204; 7.30am-1am)
This chandelier-lit showpiece opened in 1903. A brass
plaque of the city's emblem, a bull (Torino in Italian means 'little bull'), is embedded in
the pavement out the front; rub your shoe across it for good luck.
CAFE
San Tommaso 10
CAFE
(Via San Tommaso 10; 8am-midnight Mon-Sat)
The Lavazza family started roasting coffee
here in 1900. Now modernised, the cafe off-ers a staggering variety of flavours as well as
an excellent restaurant. Caffeine fiends can buy espresso machines.
Pepino
(Piazza Carignano 8; 8.30am-8pm Sun-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat)
Chocolate in all its guises is
available at Pepino, where ice cream dipped in chocolate on a stick was invented in 1937.
Longer opening hours in summer.
CAFE, CHOCOLATE
