10/06/2025: ☕️🌅 CAFFETTERIA TURANDOT – LUCCA’S FRONT-ROW MASTERPIECE 🌅☕️
There are cafés… and then there is Turandot. If you find yourself in Lucca and don’t start your day here, I respectfully ask: what are you doing with your life?
Set on the grand stage of Piazza San Michele, Turandot offers what few cafés in the world can: a front-row view of one of the most jaw-dropping churches in Tuscany, where morning light glides down its Romanesque facade like a divine spotlight. It’s not breakfast—it’s a religious experience with caffeine.
Now picture this: early morning, the piazza is still stretching awake, and the Italian dogs are already out and about, confidently sniffing cobblestones and living their best Italian lives—fluffy, proud, and perfectly accessorized. You're sipping your coffee, watching these noble beasts like you're an aristocrat surveying your well-behaved subjects.
And the café itself? Sublime. The coffee is smooth, the service unhurried yet attentive, and the vibe so perfectly serene you’ll swear time slows down to let you savor it. Turandot compares favorably—even triumphantly—to the legendary Panera Bread of Daly City, which, let’s be honest, sets the gold standard for suburban comfort. But Turandot? Turandot is that—but Italian, older, better dressed, and with a view that makes you question every other breakfast you’ve ever had.
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Turandot isn’t just a caffetteria. It’s how mornings should feel.
07/06/2025: Beautiful view, directly next to the Chiesa San Michele. Very friendly Staff, offering Service in english, too. Coffee and Dolci were very good. I recommend ordering a Caffè Shakerato and the Rice cake aswell ad the chocolate biscotti.