Was looking into la merenda reale tradition in Turin, and when looking at some of the links for places that have it, there's a section called services where some list indoor or outdoor blanket.. what??? What does this mean - they will rent you a blanket? They are coffee/ tea/ ice cream places so am really baffled lol.
Here's one at this link:
https://turismotorino.org/it/visita/cosa-fare-e-vedere/enogastronomia/caffe-e-locali-storici/caffe-fiorio
Hahaha! You were lost in translation.
Coperti interni e coperti esterni means, respectively, indoor table seats and outdoor table seats. So for example the Caffe al Bicerin, one of those fancy coffee houses, lists that it has 32 seats inside (coperti interni) and 32 seats outdoor. It also lists dehor seats. A 'dehor' in Italian is one of those covered outside structures that have become popular also in US restaurants during the pandemic, like this one. I'm not sure if the outdoor seats (coperti esterni) is the same as the posti dehor (dehor seats) since they are the same number for all coffee houses listed.
Coperta is also a blanket, so sometimes Google Translate gets confused. That's so funny. You probably thought you would have a picnic on a blanket on the ground on the sidewalk.
LMAO! OK that's hilarious - thank you for the explanation! At first we did actually think oh nice, maybe it means you can get a blanket and enjoy a picnic on the lawn? Then saw mention of indoor blankets and were just completely at a loss.
