Caffè San Carlo
Turin, Italy
The read// why locals go
Caffè San Carlo has been open on Piazza San Carlo since 1822, in what may be the most ornate café room in Italy. Gilded mirrors, chandeliers and marble set the standard that the rest of the country's historic cafés measure themselves against, and Turin treats it as ordinary civic furniture rather than a museum piece. Come for the bicerin — the city's layered coffee, chocolate and cream — or for the pastries, or stay for the aperitivo hour, when the room does its best work. Around €12. Two centuries of continuous service on the same square, in a city that invented most of its own café rituals.
Good to know
Opening hours
Opening hours aren't listed yet.
Piazza San Carlo 156, 10123 — Turin
The read// why locals go
Caffè San Carlo has been open on Piazza San Carlo since 1822, in what may be the most ornate café room in Italy. Gilded mirrors, chandeliers and marble set the standard that the rest of the country's historic cafés measure themselves against, and Turin treats it as ordinary civic furniture rather than a museum piece. Come for the bicerin — the city's layered coffee, chocolate and cream — or for the pastries, or stay for the aperitivo hour, when the room does its best work. Around €12. Two centuries of continuous service on the same square, in a city that invented most of its own café rituals.
