Pistoia | Mini-Florence with Better Pastry

A Tuscan town we went to for the zoo and stayed for the coffee culture nobody else in the region has

We went to Pistoia for the zoo. This is a slightly embarrassing admission for a publication that talks mostly about architecture, food, and culture. But, hey, if you live in Italy, another Italian piazza with a pizzeria won’t give you that kind of excitement, and you just need something new.

We had had a heavy breakfast, the weather was the kind of weak…