The most famous restaurant in Venice (and probably the world), Harry’s Bar is a bucket-list item for any lover of food, fine cocktails and history. Located just off the main square, Harry’s opened in 1931 and has boasted an extraordinary raft of celebrities, international royalty and other famous people on its list of frequent diners over the years – Hemingway was a regular and even hand wrote menus for them, as well as including the venue in a couple of his novels. An institution in Venetian culture and declared a national landmark by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs in 2001, Harry’s Bar has stood the test of time. It’s known far and wide, and charges accordingly (exorbitantly, you could say). But hell, if you invented the Bellini and Carpaccio, wouldn’t you do the same? San Marco, 1323, Venice, cipriani.com.
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