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High cost of breakfast in Venice

The cost of eating breakfast at a table in Venice is the second highest in the country, a survey has revealed. Customers pay €4.69  for a cappuccino and brioche in the city. Only Rome is more expensive at €4.92 according to figures from the Italian consumers’ association Altroconsumo. In Florence the price is €4.12 and Bari is the cheapest for a sit-down breakfast at just €2.66.

But if customers have breakfast at the bar then Venice takes the biscuit. A cappuccino and a brioche at the bar is most expensive in Venice at €2.23. It gets cheaper in Rome, an average €1.84, on a par with othere Italian cities like Naples, Bari and Palermo.

But Rome hits the top spot again with an espresso drunk at a table. Here it costs €2.35, followed by Florence and Bari is again the cheapest at €1.15. But Rome is one of the cheapest to drink an espresso at the bar, at 78c, with Bologna charging 93c and Venice 88c.

This article was written for TravelSavvy Europe by Val Adams. For more information see: Venice - Cafe bars. If you know of an interesting European travel related news story, please get in contact.