Strauss, Puccini and Liszt all played in the music room of this lovely riverside neoclassical building built in 1837. After their performances, they no doubt dallied at the handsome bar or squandered their performance fee over the gaming tables. Lovers of trivia will be interested to know that this was the first licensed casino in Europe, and that one of its first managers, a Frenchman, went on to open the Monte Carlo Casino. Shut for many years, old-fashioned roulette tables were out, state-of-the-art slot machines were in, when the casino finally reopened in 2009.
