The continuation of Via Roma from Piazza de Ferrari (considered the heart of the city) is the porticoed Via XX Settembre.
There are some fabulous old buildings along here, with big brand fashion shops on their ground floors.
I especially love these art nouveau sculptures on the corner of Via XX Settembre with Via Ugo Foscalo.
If you turn left then right here, you come to the pedestrianised Via San Vincenzo, yet another nice shopping street.
Behind the café, on the left of Via Roma as you walk down, is the back entrance of Galleria Mazzini, built in 1870, which is a smaller version of the Galleria Emmanuele in Milan or Galleria Umberto in Naples, which in turn were modelled on Galerie Vivienne in Paris and the Burlington Arcade in London.
It’s not all posh around here though…