He loved beautiful women and the high life, leaving many bills unpaid in consideration of his celebrity. For those who love Gabriele D’Annunzio, a bright star in Italian literature and politics from the late nineteenth century through to the 1920s, these are the historical establishments in Italy where he stopped by, with and without Duse: the Caffè Pasticceria Balzola in Alassio, Caffè dei Costanti in Arezzo, Caffè Centrale in Asolo, Grapperia Nardini in Bassano, the Grand Hotel in Gardone, Hotel Bristol Palace in Genoa; Ristorante A Santa Lucia, Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan; the Grand Hotel & La Pace in Montecatini Terme, the Gran Caffè Gambrinus in Naples, Royal Victoria Hotel in Pisa, Ristorante Corona in San Sebastiano Curone, Caffè Grande Italia in Sirmione, Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromées in Stresa; Caffè Lavena, Hotel Londra in Venice; Ristorante Casa Perbellini – 12 Apostoli in Verona.