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Cafe Florian Venice

Right in the centre of Venice, at San Marco Piazza, is one of the most iconic cafes in Venice.The price might put some people off from going there, but if you can afford, I really recommend that you go and enjoy it, because when you pay for a coffee,  a Campari, a Negroni  or whatever you are drinking, or eating, you’re not only paying for that. You are paying for the view, for the atmosphere, for the music, for the history, for the energy of the place, not the mention that all products have great quality. I will remember forever being sitting there, in front of the band, in a warm Summer day, having my Campari, celebrating my 40th birthday with Richard, and being serenade, by the lovely band with the music “falling in love with you” by Elvis Presley. The service, the food, the view, the band, everything was wonderful, but there was something else, that I don’t know what it is, that created some sort of magic in that afternoon, that forever will bring a smile to my face.

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