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La Via del Te

If you head south across one of the many bridges over the Arno River in Florence, Italy, you’ll leave behind the long lines at the Uffizi Gallery and the bustling piazzas to find your way to La Via del Tè, an intimate and elegant tea shop and café in the Palazzo Frescobaldi on the Via di Santo Spirito.

This street “may be one of the last, true artisan Florentine streets,” says Regina Carrai, the daughter of La Via del

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