Of the coffeehouses, Caffè Degli Specchi is the best-known, spreading magisterially across Piazza Unità, where customers wait to be ushered past its red rope. Its owners, the Faggiotto family, have two more worth seeing – Caffè **Tommaseo near the seafront, which hosts regular concerts, and Pasticceria La Bomboniera, past the Canal Grande, which showcases a heart-stopping selection of cakes, pastries and chocolates. And if you think the rich interior of Antico Caffè Torinese resembles an early ocean liner, that’s because that was the designer’s day job.

Trieste is known as the coffee capital of Italy, and that’s saying a lot considering how much Italians love their java. Caffè degli Specchi, located right on Piazza Unita d’Italia, offers the quintessential coffee-drinking experience in Trieste, with tufted chairs and antique fixtures, plus espresso and other coffee drinks, pastries, and brunch fare served with much pomp and circumstance.

For a great view of the great piazza, you can't do better than this café, whose many mirrors make for engaging people-watching. Originally opened in 1839, it was taken over by the British Navy after World War II, and Triestini were not allowed in unless accompanied by someone British. Because of its location, the café—which stays open late—is heavily frequented by tourists.

Its elegant boulevards and squares are punctuated with grand theatres like Teatro Verdi and fin-de-siècle cafes, such as Caffè San Marco, now celebrating its 105th year, and Caffè degli Specchi, a hall of mirrors with front row seats on the city’s monumental centrepiece, Piazza Unità d’Italia.

Caffè San Marco is the most historic, Caffè degli Specchi is the most ornate, but my favourite is Caffè Torinese (www.anticocaffetorinese.it), a quaint, antiquated hideaway where you can linger over a decadent cream cake, sink an espresso at the bar, or buy coffee beans to take away.

Antico Caffè San Marco Via Cesare Battisti, 18, 34125 Trieste, Italie Ajouté par515 utilisateurs Buffet da Pepi Via della Cassa di Risparmio, 3, Trieste TS 34121 Ajouté par485 utilisateurs Caffè degli Specchi Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia, 7, 34121 Trieste, Italie Ajouté par433 utilisateurs Gelateria Zampolli Via Carlo Ghega, 10, 34132 Trieste TS, Italie Ajouté par226 utilisateurs Caffé Tommaseo Piazza Nicolò Tommaseo, 4c, 34121 Trieste, Italie Ajouté par208 utilisateurs La Bomboniera di La Porta Gaetano Via Trenta Ottobre, 3, 34122 Trieste, Italie Ajouté par209 utilisateurs Osteria de Scarpon Via della Ginnastica, 20, 34125 Trieste TS, Italie Ajouté par158 utilisateurs Chimera di Bacco Via del Pane, 2, 34121 Trieste, Italia Ajouté par162 utilisateurs Hostaria Malcanton Via Malcanton, 10, Trieste TS 34121 Ajouté par134 utilisateurs Caffè Letterario Lettera Viva Viale XX Settembre, 31/B, 34125 Trieste TS, Italia Ajouté par147 utilisateurs

Founded in 1839, it is the only remaining of the four cafés in Piazza Unità d’Italia, once called Piazza Grande. Since then, it has been a protagonist in all the most important chapters in the history of Trieste, frequented by irredentists at the end of the 19th century and became the headquarters of the Royal Navy after World War II. It owes its name to the fact that, since its opening, it was customary to engrave the most important events on mirrors or sheets of glass. When the sun kisses the wonderful square, the people of Trieste do not fail to reserve a table in the front row and enjoy their “parlor” with a good capo in B and a praline.

Facing the Mediterranean Sea, it’s the location of the city’s public offices, among which the Assicurazioni Generali palazzo, an elegant hotel and one of the oldest cafés in the city, called Caffè degli Specchi, but a citizen of Trieste, however, would never choose it as a destination for breakfasts, rather preferring an elegant cake shop like the Pirona, located in front of a palazzo that was once home to James Joyce, or a coffee shop. The delicious coffee shop La Triestina in Via Cavana 2 is the ideal location from which to start shopping, just after a “capo b” (a macchiato served in a glass) and a creamy Krapfen.

Caffé Degli Specchi is a more traditional café when it comes to breakfast options but a beloved spot nonetheless, enjoyed by both Trieste’s locals and tourists to the city. Open every day of the week, this coffee house is a must-visit, not only because of its refined interior that looks straight out onto Piazza Unità but also due to its rich history that dates back almost two centuries. Caffé Degli Specchi calls itself the first café in Italy and the old-world interior and piazza tables attract a record one and a half million patrons every year.

Located in Unità D’Italia square in the heart of Trieste, you will find the Caffè degli Specchi. Its opening dates back to 1839, when the founder out of cunning decided to decorate the walls of the room with mirrors, carving the most important events of the time, so as to make the cafes appear brighter and save on oil lamps. The café was considered from the earliest times the salon of Trieste, where intellectuals such as James Joyce and Italo Svevo meeting for concerts that were organized by the beginner Franz Lehar.

We end our tour at the Caffè degli Specchi, in the heart of Trieste's grandiose Piazza Unità d'Italia. We sit at one of the tables that spill out onto the square, and I learn that Trieste even has its own coffee terminology: if you order a cappuccino you are served a caffè macchiato (an espresso with milk); you need to ask for a caffè latte (coffee with milk) instead. I sip my velvety coffee, marveling at how intricately linked the city's history is with coffee, the world's second most valuable commodity after oil.

Caffè degli Specchi in piazza dell’Unità d’Italia 7 is the most famous of all the cafés in Trieste. Founded in 1839, adored by Triestini and visitors for its magnificent location, it seats a large number of guests both inside and outside, where they can enjoy an international and glamorous atmosphere. A meeting place for members of the irredentism movement and the headquarters of the British Navy until 1954, its name comes from the ritual of inscribing important historical events on the mirrors and windows.

The obvious spot for people watching was Caffe degli Specchi on the main square, where tourists thronged to enjoy the last rays of sun before sunset while sipping Aperol spritz. The best, however was Caffe San Marco, whose fantastic art-nouveau interior was only matched by the relaxed atmosphere. When I first came in, it was full of people listening to a talk about the future of progressive left, which immediately conjured images of early-20th century intelligentsia who patronised it.

It is the only café still open today of the original four that once sat on the city’s main square Piazza Unità d’Italia.Caffè degli Specchi has front row seats to the best people-watching in town. I recommend coming here for breakfast to enjoy something from their breakfast menu to get the day started right, or before the crowds, to take your pick of a table outside or in. They have a great selection of pastries and serve the coffee with a shot of chocolate and whipped cream.

Caffè degli Specchi – Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia 7 – One of the most well known historic cafes in Trieste. Its beauty lies in its location, right on the square. Admittedly, it has become a bit of a tourist spot, so don’t expect a very traditional Italian welcoming, but nevertheless it is definitely worth a visit if you want to experience a slightly posher atmosphere (if you are sitting indoors) or you simply want to sit outside and enjoy your surroundings.

Right in the centre of the iconic Piazza Unita d’Italia, this historic coffee shop has long been part and parcel of Trieste’s city life. Located in the Palazzo Stratti building, the café was opened in 1839 by Greek owner Nicolo Privolo and is dripping in history. Notice the engraved mirror recounting historical events that occurred in the 19 th century and head to the basement to see the relic of a wall of the ancient Venetian Castello Amarina.

The Café was first located in the Palazzo Spratti of the famous Piazza Grande, which is today named the Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia in 1918. Tourists love to visit this piazza because it is such a clear representation of Italian culture and life. Because of its location, the Caffè degli Specchi quickly became a popular meeting ground where one could always find the latest conversation about political, commercial, and artistic happenings in Italy.

My favorite things to do in Trieste are have breakfast at La Bomboniera Pasticceria with one of the local cakes, explore the old town streets in Cavana, have an aperitivo at the Cafe degli Specchi while enjoying the sunset, and end the day with a fantastic fish dinner at one of the many local restaurants in the city center (yes I know, I always think about food, but what is the point of traveling if we don’t enjoy the local cuisine?).

For those seeking more than innovative breakfast trends, Caffè Degli Specchi offers a different morning experience steeped in Triestine heritage. Since 1839, this landmark café in Piazza Unità d’Italia has been Trieste’s “front parlour,” once hosting literary giants James Joyce and Italo Svevo. Escape the ordinary with Caffè Degli Specchi, where Triestine tradition meets literary history in the heart of Piazza Unità d’Italia.

From my table beneath the heavy burgundy awnings of the 19th-century Caffè degli Specchi, I enjoyed both the sunset and the tuna carpaccio—fresh from the Adriatic—followed by a Viennese coffee that nearly buckled under the weight of its cream. I finished with the ubiquitous hugo: a cocktail of Tyrolean elderflower, Italian prosecco, mint and lime whose name may or may not reference the Triestine pronunciation of Yugoslavia.

Once in Piazza Unità d'Italia, if the infamous wind, the Bora allows it, sit outside at the tables of the famous Caffè degli Specchi. Founded in 1839 inside the white Palazzo Stratti, it bears this name because from its opening it was customary to engrave important historical facts and events on mirrors or glass plates. Sip a coffee, enjoy a croissant and take the time to gaze at the eclectic-style Town Hall facing the sea.

In Piazza dell’Unità, take a seat at the grandest in this city of grand cafés, the Caffè degli Specchi, and prepare to begin your education in a subject dear to the hearts of the Triestini: java. Trieste likes to think of itself as the world capital of coffee culture, and its port still unloads more beans than any place on Earth, just as it did in the 18th century to supply the thirsty coffee houses of Vienna and Prague.

At the ground floor of Stratti Palace, Caffè degli Specchi is the only historic café left of those which used to look out on Piazza Unità. Given the location, the café has always been regarded as Trieste’s sitting room, frequented by intellectuals, businessmen, politicians and officials. The current management has been pursuing a new policy, aimed at making Caffè degli Specchi less exclusive and more suitable for all.

Caffe’ degli Specchi (great views & people watching in Piazza Unita’), Caffe’ Tommaseo (the oldest in Trieste), Caffe’ Pirona (no sitting – much loved by James Joyce and the Triestini and has great pastries), Caffe James Joyce (beautiful art deco coffee salon near the Grand Canal), Caffe’ San Marco (the literary & students’ cafe’ with bookstore inside)….BTW all of these are great for Happy Hour too!

This historical cafe is located in the heart of the Piazza Unità d'Italia, at number 7. It was founded in 1839, and since its inception has been considered ‘Trieste’s front parlor.’ James Joyce famously spent time here, and it remained an important meeting spot for VIPS through the 20th century. After World War 2, for example, Caffe Degli Specchi became the headquarters of the British Navy.

Due to its central location in Piazza Unità d’Italia, Caffè degli Specchi has always been the barometer of the town’s city life and history. It is the only testimony of what was once Trieste’s main square lined with cafés, among which Caffè Garibaldi (under Palazzo del Municipio), Caffè Flora (in Casa Pitteri) and Caffè Orientale (under Palazzo Loyd), now part of the past.

It is considered the Caffè dei Caffè due to the enormous daily consumption in the cup. First Caffè in Italy with an annual turnout of one and a half million patrons, it is frequented by Trieste and tourists from all over the world. Founded in 1839, it is the last remaining café of the original four that used to dominate the piazza that was once called Piazza Grande.

The elegant (and expensive) Caffe degli Specchi, Caffe Tommaseo, or Caffe San Marco are places to go if you want to soak up history in the spots that hosted the likes of Joyce and Svevo. Alternatively, Lettera Viva is a more low-key but still beautiful spot to while away an afternoon with one of the books on their shelves and perhaps one of their cakes.

There are many places to see in Trieste, which is why it is a good idea to have an illustrated guidebook, but in addition to the city square, you can climb up to the Cathedral of San Giusto or linger in one of the city’s many historic cafés, such as the Caffè degli Specchi located in Piazza Unità, or the 1830 Caffè Tommaseo, the oldest in Trieste.

Rich in magic and charm, Caffè degli Specchi is appreciated by both locals and an international audience. Established in 1839, incredibly elegant, it's the only one of the remaining historic cafés of the four that once occupied Piazza Grande, now Piazza Unità d'Italia. Inside, one can breathe the atmosphere of the Habsburg Empire.

Caffè degli Specchi, at Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia 7 (tel. 040-365-777; www.caffespecchi.it), enjoys a marvelous position on the city's main, seafront piazza, making its terrace a prime spot to linger. In bad weather, a series of elegant rooms fill with shoppers and businesspeople. The pastries are excellent, as is the coffee.

Crowded tables of Caffe degli Specchi, the most famous cafe in Trieste, in Piazza Unita d`Italia, main square of the city, with the city hall in the background. This grand cafe is one of the few remaining from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the elegant interior reflects this. I walked by it many times on the main square.

Passeggiando per la città scoprirai il Tommaseo, il Caffè degli Specchi, il Tergesteo, il Caffè Stella Polare, il Torinese, l'Urbanis, il Pirona, l'Antico Caffè San Marco: locali in grado di rievocare più di un secolo di storia cittadina attraverso vicende che raccontano di cultura, invasioni, letteratura, libertà.

Il Caffé Degli Specchi è conosciuto unanimemente come 'il salotto di Trieste'. Si tratta infatti di un locale storico che si affaccia sulla centralissima Piazza Unità d'Italia. Dalle ampie vetrate del Caffé Degli Specchi potrete gustarvi un panorama unico fatto dell'eleganza degli edifici neoclassic...

The deeply rooted Trieste’s people passion for coffee lets you feel like stepping into another literary age when you go into some of the beautiful old cafes and charming vintage locals as Caffè Tommaseo, Caffè degli Specchi, Tergesteo, Caffè Stella Polare, Torinese, Pirona, and Antico Caffè San Marco.

Se invece siete già su Piazza Unità d’Italia, come resistere al richiamo del Caffè degli Specchi?. La cornice della piazza pià grande sul mare vi abbraccia con la sua maestosità, mentre le comode poltrone estive vi fanno sentire in prima fila sui tramonti marini più suggestivi del mondo.

Caffè degli Specchi: Nowhere in Trieste gives a more festive feeling than Piazza Unità. So, naturally, the veranda of Caffè degli Specchi is the perfect place to enjoy the scenery with a Negroni in hand. And if the Bora blows, head inside where the chocolate treats are aplenty.

I decided to have breakfast at Caffè degli Specchi (Piazza Unità d’Italia, 7), a place that has been serving coffee to the people of Trieste since 1839. As a born and bred Italian, my own idea of a perfect breakfast is simple: cappuccino and a croissant. I need nothing more.

The Caffe degli Specchi is one of the most famous places to see in Trieste. This beautiful cafe is located in Piazza Unita’ d’Italia, and it is the perfect place to enjoy breakfast, a coffee, or an aperitivo while enjoying a marvelous view of this vast square on the sea.

After some walking around the town our first stop was the traditional and yet still very trendy café of Caffè degli Specchi. It was opened in 1839. Since it’s right at the main square (Piazza Unità d’Italia) it’s a wonderful place for some people-watching.

If you want to sample the Austrian-like café, pastry, and coffee of Trieste, Italy you can sit at the elegant Caffe degli Specchi right on the Piazza!. Make sure to walk through the piazza with City Hall at one end and the sea at the other end!

CAFFÈ DEGLI SPECCHI: historical nineteenth century coffee house in the heart of Piazza dell’Unità. Run by the Peratoner family of chocolatiers. Unmissable for the fantastic assortment of chocolates, teas and cakes...naturally chocolate based.

From Tommaseo to Caffè degli Specchi, from Stella Polare to Antico Caffè San Marco, the list to choose from is almost endless. Needless to say, you can also find something savory here (which would combine perfectly with a good aperitif).

With Trieste steeped in coffee culture, our suggestions are to drink up the history at Caffe San Marco, Caffe degli Specchi, Caffe Tommasseo, Antico Caffè Torineseand Urbanis, stylish and centurion coffee houses where you can’t go wrong.

Aperto per la prima volta nel 1839 e situato in piazza Unità d'Italia, qui vivrete un vero e proprio salto indietro nel tempo; ideale per la colazione, con diversi caffè e buonissimi dolci, possibilità anche di fermarsi a pranzo e cena

Trieste cafe, bookshop and restaurant, the ancient Cafe San Marco Trieste is one of Trieste’s oldest cafes, with 103 years of activity and 1000 customers a day. Known as a cultural lounge, it is a real institution in the city.

Caffè degli Specchi, located on the grand Piazza Unità d’Italia, is an essential stop on any Trieste coffee house tour. From there, it’s a quick walk to pretty Caffè Tommaseo, the oldest of the city’s cafes, opened in 1830.

Founded in 1839, Caffè degli Specchi is the place to see and be seen, located on Trieste’s main square, Piazza Unità d’Italia, with a decidedly Hasburg Empire atmosphere. James Joyce and Italo Svevo were regulars here.

The iconic Caffè degli Specchi, on Piazza Unità, was once frequented by the likes of James Joyce, and Caffè Tommaseo, the oldest cafe in the city (founded in 1825), was the one that introduced Trieste to ice cream.

On the square, you will find Palazzo Della Luogotenenza, Palazzo Stratti with the famous Caffè Degli Specchi, Palazzo Model, the Town Hall, Palazzo Pitteri and many other things to visit.

Both outside and inside it is possible to feel the atmosphere of fin-de-siècle Trieste. The Caffè Vienna, prepared with chocolate and whipped cream, is very famous.

Caffè degli Specchi remains well-kept and beautiful today, with much of its original charm of dense wood, great lighting, and of course spectacular coffee.

Caffè degli Specchi is most popular around 11 AM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 1.5 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

Trieste is a coffee-obsessed city, with plenty of bars and old caffetterias, like Caffè degli Specchi or Antico Caffè San Marco.

Just feet from here, you should do what the Italians do best, enjoy a coffee at Caffe degli Specchi or a gelato from Jazzin.

There are historic cafes and restaurants surrounding the square, and we enjoyed a nice dinner at the Caffe degli Specchi.