What time are meals in Italy?
Breakfast time is the same as here. Breakfast in Italy is usually a cup of coffee and something sweet. They do not have the big breakfasts like we do. Lunch is usually around 1:00 and is a bigger meal than Americans have. Most stores close down at lunchtime and reopen around three or four in the afternoon. Many tourists are dissapointed to find out that stores do not stay open the whole afternoon like here. Dinner is later than Americans eat. Most Italians sit down to dinner around 8:oo. If you walk into a restaurant in Italy at 5:00 or 6:00 you will find the place empty. Only the tourist eat that early. I am Italian and have visited Italy a few times, so that would me where my knowledge of your question comes from. If you plan on going to Italy, have fun and enjoy the food. The food is one of the best parts of visiting Italy.
