An association founded with the aim of protecting and promoting the hotels, restaurants, and cafés that have shaped our country’s history.
The Associazione Locali Storici d’Italia is a non-profit cultural association that brings together around 200 of the oldest and most prestigious hotels, restaurants, patisseries, confectioners’ and literary cafés – venues that have played a key role in Italian history, both through the events they have organised or hosted and through the illustrious figures who have frequented them.
The Association, which is under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, has for 48 years been dedicated to promoting and protecting its member venues.
At least 70 years of operation
Preservation of the original interiors and furnishings (or those that reflect the establishment’s origins)
Collection of artifacts, mementos, and historical documents relating to events and notable figures
At least 70 years of operation
Preservation of the original interiors and furnishings (or those that reflect the establishment’s origins)
Collection of artifacts, mementos, and historical documents relating to events and notable figures
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Tradition, passion. Stories of families whose lives have been intertwined for generations with their restaurants, cafés and hotels. Stories which, very often, have given rise to products and recipes that are unique and inimitable, the result of intelligence, skill, taste and imagination
Tradition, passion. Stories of families whose lives have been intertwined for generations with their restaurants, cafés and hotels. Stories which, very often, have given rise to products and recipes that are unique and inimitable, the result of intelligence, skill, taste and imagination
New Guide 2026–2027
The corridors of time within Italy’s historic venues are paved with anecdotes and legends, where the clinking of glasses mingles with the echoes of cultural revolutions. The new edition of the Guide takes us on a unique journey to discover iconic labels, artisanal liqueurs, and signature cocktails that have been the silent protagonists of battles, political meetings, and memorable celebrations. Discover the stories of daring and identity preserved in the living monuments of the no
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In the cellar of the Ristorante Casa Perbellini – 12 Apostoli in Verona, with its Roman and medieval archaeological finds, there is a collection of almost 200 pens of journalists, writers, artists and famous personalities who have won the almost 40 editions of the Premio 12 Apostoli award: they include Fellini, Callas, Sciascia, Pound, Guareschi, Soldati, Montanelli and Walesa.
Since 1803, with seven generations of family ownership, the same family has been at the helm of the historic Gran Caffè Renzelli.
The Crotto dei Platani in Brienno, on Lake Como, was built around age-old crotti, natural cavities that open up in the mountain, from the depths of which blows a constant stream of cold air, called the Sorèl, which has been used for centuries to preserve food and drinks.