Must-see nightlife in The Italian Lakes

  • Les Gitanes Bistrot

    Milan

    With its thick black-and-white striped wallpaper, zigzag parquet flooring and sculptural furnishings by Borsani and Fornasetti, Les Gitanes is as high…

  • Caffè Italia

    Lake Garda

    Next to the 13th-century Porta San Michele, this typical Italian, open-all-hours coffee and snack halt is a relaxing place to escape the tourists and…

  • Le Pupitre

    Mantua

    Come early if you want to stand any chance of elbowing your way through the cool crowd to Pupitre's bountiful aperitivo bar laden with punchy salami…

  • Just Cavalli Café

    Milan

    Tents, which are trussed up in Cavalli's key look for the season, create a camp carnival atmosphere under the Torre Branca. Yes, it's a circus, and the…

  • Bottiglieria Moscatelli

    Milan

    It may have been open since the Franco-Austrian war, but the decor at this popular bar belongs firmly in the 1950s. It’s all about the wine, here; perhaps…

  • Bar Jamaica

    Milan

    Bar Jamaica may no longer be the bohemian dive that gave Milan a reputation for brains as well as style, but it's still an unpretentious watering hole…

  • Torrefazione Ernani

    Milan

    No seating, just some of the best coffee in Milan, in a wood-panelled, period bar.

  • Le Trottoir

    Milan

    Legendary Le Trottoir is housed in an ex-customs toll gate on the Darsena docks and is a place many people move on to when the bars in Navigli close…

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