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Giacomo: Ahh… that’s a good question, because usually everyone just asks for the main ones you know; which is pretty much clustered in the same two streets. But I would say Luisaviaroma, which is right next to the Duomo. It’s a really nice place and obviously it has some pieces from the major designers because it’s kind of hard not to. But it makes a big effort into keeping someone who might be new, fresh, or have a different idea of what fashion could be and I mean it’s windows have always been a thing-‐ people come from the outside just to see the windows, then it’s decorations and the displays. So that would be definitely a place you should check out-‐ Luisaviaroma. Rob: Okay, let’s talk about night life. A lot of our subscribers like to go out and party. And they like to-‐ even in the day at the museums… or even not in the museums, just spend the day enjoying Florence and get that disco nap in the afternoon and go out for a great dinner and go party. So, what would you say in your opinion is the best place for a lounge? Giacomo: Well, a lounge… I would say, first of all I have to say in Italy that the culture of going out is more of a ‘wine and dine’ kind of thing where you stay at the dinner table for a long time, and you know, without switching places, depending on the time, you just do one or two spots tops. But however, what I would advise as a lounge is the Fusion which is in one of the Ferragamo Hotels that is a nice area. Otherwise, Slowly is a nice lounge which is right at the center close to Piazza Republica. And all the terraces that are open, I mean the Continentale has an amazing terrace which is very loungy with you know, sofas, with a view on the Duomo and all the rooftops of Florence which is beautiful especially now which with these days that are still sunny and warm. It’s certainly enjoyable. Rob: Okay, what about if they want to go out and party. And they want to stay until 6 in the morning, dance to house music all night, does that exist? Giacomo: Well, I told you Florence is a little town, but it lives on tourism. Therefore the actual Florentine people, they’re really closed to the others. So a big thing in Italy is private parties.
Rob: Okay. Giacomo: I think pretty much every single week there is a private party in an old villa, you know, slightly outside the city, with one the palazzo, there’s always something going on, but it’s extremely private. So it’s always good if you know someone who knows a little bit of insider places or has some right connections. However, obviously, they are the main clubs, you know, like Central Park or like Mara Canal, you know, there are different places but… Rob: Let’s talk about those two. If you don’t have an insider, you mentioned Central Park, is that like a nightclub? Giacomo: Yeah. That’s like a discotheque, you know, and there’s this huge park in Florence called the Cocina. And this place is at the beginning of this huge park so it has a bath outside area and a privet which is covered; which is inside. Rob: And what was the other one that you mentioned? Giacomo: Mara Canal? Rob: Yeah, what’s that? Giacomo: It’s more in the center, in the canal. You know, it’s the smaller places, still in the center; many people try to go there. Usually they have a more South American kind of thing, because you know, it’s different. In Florence, you don’t find as much. Rob: And are those cool places to go to?
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