At the time of Venice Carnival, while during the daytime thousands of masquerades enjoy the attention of the passers-by and photographers at St Mark’s Square, others dressed as in Victorian times enjoy the nightfall bliss and a cup of tea or wine in a fabulous place situated in St. Mark’s Square. 

Rub shoulders with folks wearing super-elegant masks as they rest their fur after miles of walking the city and enjoy a sinful chocolate cake while they watch the world go by. Seated comfortably in what is one of the most charming drawing-rooms in the world, one gets here a vivid sense of Venetian life, history and culture. Then, glancing out beyond the marble columns of the colonnade that runs under the Procuratie Nuove, one can enjoy the play of light and shade that Venice witnesses every day.

As soon as you get seated down, you feel the vibration of the past time, wandering with whom you will be having a cup of coffee with. To be Carlo Goldi, Goethe or Casanova or having the opportunity to talk with Marchel Proust about À la recherche du temps perdu or Charles Dickens David Copperfield?

This place surrounded by history was inaugurated in the 29th December 1720 by Floriano Francesconi under the name of “A Venice Triomphante”, but the visitors have decided to name it as “Caffè Florian”.