Guidebook for Florence
Food Scene
nice, friendly, really good tuscan food at reasonable prices, in a warm and friendly atmospher. Just round the corner.
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Trattoria Cesarino
16 rosso Via Giovan Battista Niccolininice, friendly, really good tuscan food at reasonable prices, in a warm and friendly atmospher. Just round the corner.
open air market, with fresh vegetables coming from the country
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Sant'Ambrogio Market
Piazza Lorenzo Ghibertiopen air market, with fresh vegetables coming from the country
Carapina
2 Piazza Guglielmo OberdanThe best ice cream in Florence (in my opinion).
Amalfitana
51 Via della MattonaiaWell done pizza and specialties from South Italy
This trattoria is a top quality one. You cannot reserve, maybe you will queue, possibly you will sit with other people, but it is really worthwhile
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Cibrèo Trattoria
122r Via dei MacciThis trattoria is a top quality one. You cannot reserve, maybe you will queue, possibly you will sit with other people, but it is really worthwhile
This is not just a restaurant (imdeed a really good one): it is a club and a theater. Every night a very very rich buffet is offered and at 9pm a theater show will be ofered. Strongly suggested!
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Teatro del Sale
111 Via dei MacciThis is not just a restaurant (imdeed a really good one): it is a club and a theater. Every night a very very rich buffet is offered and at 9pm a theater show will be ofered. Strongly suggested!
Il Pizzaiuolo
113r Via dei MacciVery good pizza
Some consider this the best pizza in Florence. Just pizza is served here, but of top quality. Always full, reserve early!
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Santarpia
Some consider this the best pizza in Florence. Just pizza is served here, but of top quality. Always full, reserve early!
Rivareno Gelato
46R Borgo degli AlbiziAn ice cream shop I like really much
Go there for an aperitive and take the opportunity of visiting the beatiful garden and the hotel
Atrium Bar
99 Borgo PintiGo there for an aperitive and take the opportunity of visiting the beatiful garden and the hotel
Excellent tuscan cuisine, inside the S Amborgio market. Open only Mon-Sat at lunch. Worthwhile!
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Trattoria da Rocco
Piazza Lorenzo GhibertiExcellent tuscan cuisine, inside the S Amborgio market. Open only Mon-Sat at lunch. Worthwhile!
Gilda Bistrot
40-red Piazza Lorenzo Ghibertivery nice, small, friendly restaurant, top quality.
If you wish to be a real Florentine, you cannot avoid trying Lampredotto - a special kind of meat in bread you should eat standing, on the street. This is available in Florence and nowhere else.
The best in town is not in the center, but this is a good compromise
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Sergio Pollini Lampredotto
126 Via dei MacciIf you wish to be a real Florentine, you cannot avoid trying Lampredotto - a special kind of meat in bread you should eat standing, on the street. This is available in Florence and nowhere else.
The best in town is not in the center, but this is a good compromise
Pasticceria Nencioni
24 Via Pietrapianagreat coffee, excellent pastries
A new entry in the fish offering in Florence. Very nice place, very good fish
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Fishing Lab Alle Murate
16r Via del ProconsoloA new entry in the fish offering in Florence. Very nice place, very good fish
One of the best, historical, ice creams in Florence. Try also the home-made pastry. I really love their "budino di riso" (a small rice-based cake)
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Vivoli
7r Via Isola delle StincheOne of the best, historical, ice creams in Florence. Try also the home-made pastry. I really love their "budino di riso" (a small rice-based cake)
A very interseting restaurant, with many options, from pizzeria to trattoria to high quality restaurant
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Cucina Torcicoda
5 Via TortaA very interseting restaurant, with many options, from pizzeria to trattoria to high quality restaurant
La Toraia a Sant'Ambrogio
55 Via Giosuè CarducciJust meat, but top quality!
Caffè Pasticceria Serafini
168/red Via Vincenzo Giobertiexcellent coffee and pastries
This is a tiny piece of Sicily in Florence. I really love their Arancini and their superb pistacchio ice cream
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Arà: è Sicilia
127 Via degli AlfaniThis is a tiny piece of Sicily in Florence. I really love their Arancini and their superb pistacchio ice cream
Sightseeing
One of the main churches in Florence. It is the burial place of some of many famous Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli. Only 5 minutes walk from my place
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Basilica of Santa Croce
16 Piazza di Santa CroceOne of the main churches in Florence. It is the burial place of some of many famous Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli. Only 5 minutes walk from my place
The building was owned by (but never occupied by) Michelangelo, the great sculptor, which he left to his nephew. The house is a wonderful museum, worth a visit, very close to the apartment
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Casa Buonarroti
70 Via GhibellinaThe building was owned by (but never occupied by) Michelangelo, the great sculptor, which he left to his nephew. The house is a wonderful museum, worth a visit, very close to the apartment
Synagogue and Jewish Museum of Florence
6 Via Luigi Carlo FariniA wonderful, new, open library where many young people meet.
Go on the top and you will have one of the most beatiful views of the Cupola of the Dome
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Oblate Library
24 Via dell' OriuoloA wonderful, new, open library where many young people meet.
Go on the top and you will have one of the most beatiful views of the Cupola of the Dome
Not only the most important hospital in Florence downtown. Also a wonderful building, with a small museum
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Santa Maria Nuova Hospital
1 Piazza di Santa Maria NuovaNot only the most important hospital in Florence downtown. Also a wonderful building, with a small museum
The cloister before entering the church is a real museum full of masterpieces
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The SS. Annunziata di Firenze
Piazza della SS. AnnunziataThe cloister before entering the church is a real museum full of masterpieces
An incredible museum, you should not miss if like Beato Angelico and Ghirlandaio, among many many others
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San Marco Museum
3 Piazza San MarcoAn incredible museum, you should not miss if like Beato Angelico and Ghirlandaio, among many many others
A very interesting musuem on the history of a century-old institute for abandoned children.
On the top, a coffe bar is worth visiting and it offers a spectacular view of Florence
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Museo degli Innocenti
13 Piazza della Santissima AnnunziataA very interesting musuem on the history of a century-old institute for abandoned children.
On the top, a coffe bar is worth visiting and it offers a spectacular view of Florence
Wonderful small town, you get get there from Florence either by train (trenitalia.com) in 1h 20' (price around 8 euro - choose the direct train to Lucca) , or by bus (starts at Stazione Leopolda, same length of the journey)
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Lucca
Wonderful small town, you get get there from Florence either by train (trenitalia.com) in 1h 20' (price around 8 euro - choose the direct train to Lucca) , or by bus (starts at Stazione Leopolda, same length of the journey)
A very close and nice medieval town - in 2017 it is the capital of Italian culture:many intersting monuments to see.
Easily reachable by train (trenitalia.com) in 40 minutes (less than 5 euro)
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Pistoia
A very close and nice medieval town - in 2017 it is the capital of Italian culture:many intersting monuments to see.
Easily reachable by train (trenitalia.com) in 40 minutes (less than 5 euro)
Frequent train connections (www.trenitalia.com) from Firenza S. Maria Novella railway station. Roughly one hour ride
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Pisa
Frequent train connections (www.trenitalia.com) from Firenza S. Maria Novella railway station. Roughly one hour ride
Parks & Nature
Piazza Massimo D'Azeglio
39 Piazza Massimo D'AzeglioArts & Culture
"Art and nature" could be the motto of this extraordinary museum dedicated to semi-precious stone inlays, where artistic talent competes only with the splendour of the materials employed.
It was the passion of the Medici for this precious form of art that led Grand Duke Ferdinando I de'Medici to establish in 1588 a court laboratory specialised in semi-precious mosaics and inlays. This grand ducal institution, which remained active for down three centuries, was the core of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, established at the end of the 19th century, which still has its seat in the original location chosen in 1798 for the laboratories formerly housed in the Uffizi.
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Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure
78 Via degli Alfani"Art and nature" could be the motto of this extraordinary museum dedicated to semi-precious stone inlays, where artistic talent competes only with the splendour of the materials employed.
It was the passion of the Medici for this precious form of art that led Grand Duke Ferdinando I de'Medici to establish in 1588 a court laboratory specialised in semi-precious mosaics and inlays. This grand ducal institution, which remained active for down three centuries, was the core of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, established at the end of the 19th century, which still has its seat in the original location chosen in 1798 for the laboratories formerly housed in the Uffizi.
One of the most interesting and impressive open air collections of contemporary art. It is necessary to reserve at http://www.goricoll.it/ but the visit to this open air museum is fantastic.
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Villa Farmhouse of Celle
7d Via MontaleseOne of the most interesting and impressive open air collections of contemporary art. It is necessary to reserve at http://www.goricoll.it/ but the visit to this open air museum is fantastic.
Essentials
Carrefour Express
66 Via dell' Oriuoloopen every day until 9 pm. Even on August 15th
Coop
48 Via Cimabuesupermarket
CONAD CITY
42 Via PietrapianaSupermarket
Getting Around
Parcheggio Sant’Ambrogio
9 Largo Pietro AnnigoniA conveniently close parking place
Shopping
LUISA VIA ROMA Contemporary
9 Via Silvio Pellicothe outlet of a top fashion producer