"Hot Chocolate with a View The terrace outsidethis historic café boastsone of the best views in town, encompassing an almost unimaginable collection of architectural highlights and public art from the Renaissance. Linger overyour coffee or a cup of hot chocolate as yougaze upon the Palazzo Vecchio, as well as a copy of Michelangelo’s David , the Fountain of Neptune, and the remarkable assembly of classical sculptures inside the Loggia dei Lanzi. It does cost more to sit outside than to stand at polished wooden bar inside, but this splurge is highly recommended. (The original owners were the official chocolatiers tothe royal family of Savoy; you can take home a pieceof that history in a beautifully wrapped box of chocolates or a jar of chocolate-hazelnut spread.)"