What was Ernest Hemingway's favorite drinking spot in Venice?

Harry's Bar is a bar and restaurant near St Mark's in Venice (in the picture). Harry's Bar has long been frequented by famous people, and it was a favourite of Ernest Hemingway. Other notable customers have included Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, inventor Guglielmo Marconi, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Halliburton, Truman Capote, Orson Welles, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Princess Aspasia of Greece, Aristotle Onassis, Barbara Hutton, Peggy Guggenheim, and Woody Allen.

Caffè Florian and Caffè Quadri are round the corner from Harry's in St Mark's Square, but they are, of course, cafes, not bars. You need a boat ride to get to the Cipriani -- it's a hotel (not a bar) across the water on the island of Giudecca.

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Nicholas Miernicki

He drank all over the place! Back in the 80's, I sailed to Bimini and there was an old wooden hotel on the island, with a bar that had a plaque stating that Hemingway had hung out there. I was told that those plaques were all over the Bahamas, in any place that had a bar. And not just the Bahamas, all over the Caribbean. Unfortunately, the hotel on Bimini burned down. I really liked that place, since it was where I had conch fritters the first time. Unbelievably good food!!