Galleria

Given the almost endless choice of restaurants serving excellent, if rather pricey, local food and excellent, even pricier, wine in picture perfect surroundings, it is a sad indictment either of youth culture (or lack thereof), the onward march of globalisation or some more sinister conspiracy to dumb down every part of society, that fast "food" rears its ugly head in such a glorious environment.

For here, even in the midst of stratospheric fashion, they are forced to suffer the cancerous presence of McDonalds in the very epicentre of their glorious shopping mall, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, located with supreme irony, right opposite a branch of Louis Vuitton. Now whilst I am unlikely to enter such an establishment (LV that is...actually neither), much less squander a month's salary on one of their staggeringly over-priced handbags, it is a rather sad blight even for passers by to endure the malodorous stench of cheap fat fries overwhelming the subtle and comforting scent of leather.

Nevertheless, given sufficient funds and the inclination to indulge, you could probably spend days in the glamorous shops and cafes of the galleria.