Guidebook for Florence

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Peter Thomas
Guidebook for Florence

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Co-working space on the ground floor of the building
Multiverso Firenze
59r Via del Porcellana
Co-working space on the ground floor of the building
Beautiful church, where Botticelli is buried
54 locals recommend
Chiesa di San Salvatore in Ognissanti
42 Borgo Ognissanti
54 locals recommend
Beautiful church, where Botticelli is buried
For your food shopping or just a browse around the fruit, meat, fish, cheeses and all goodies; eateries available all day upstairs
963 locals recommend
Mercato Centrale
Via dell'Ariento
963 locals recommend
For your food shopping or just a browse around the fruit, meat, fish, cheeses and all goodies; eateries available all day upstairs
The biggest public park in Florence; get there by tram or on foot (about 10 mins) and you can jog, walk, go to the pool (Pavoniere). Every Tuesday is market day
644 locals recommend
Parco delle Cascine
Piazzale delle Cascine
644 locals recommend
The biggest public park in Florence; get there by tram or on foot (about 10 mins) and you can jog, walk, go to the pool (Pavoniere). Every Tuesday is market day
Public library, books, magazines, films, internet, events and a café with a spectacular view of the Dome
176 locals recommend
Oblate Library
24 Via dell' Oriuolo
176 locals recommend
Public library, books, magazines, films, internet, events and a café with a spectacular view of the Dome
Characteristic piazza with trattorie, bars, and often musical events
47 locals recommend
Piazza Della Passera
47 locals recommend
Characteristic piazza with trattorie, bars, and often musical events
Must see the Pontormo Deposition, one of the best things Florence has to offer for free (just put a coin for the light!)
29 locals recommend
Santa Felicita, Florence
3 Piazza Santa Felicita
29 locals recommend
Must see the Pontormo Deposition, one of the best things Florence has to offer for free (just put a coin for the light!)
Gorgeous antique shops
52 locals recommend
Via Maggio
Via Maggio
52 locals recommend
Gorgeous antique shops
The other traditional antique shop street besides via Maggio, look up also via del Moro, nearby
Via dei Fossi
Via dei Fossi
The other traditional antique shop street besides via Maggio, look up also via del Moro, nearby

Arts & Culture

decorative painting, gilding, mural and furniture decoration classes, on the third floor of the building
FlorenceArt.net studio - Artisan workshop, laboratorio-scuola
11 Via della Scala
decorative painting, gilding, mural and furniture decoration classes, on the third floor of the building
Often great exhibits and events in the courtyard
205 locals recommend
Strozzi Palace
Piazza degli Strozzi
205 locals recommend
Often great exhibits and events in the courtyard

Food Scene

Very good restaurant with pasta and bread made on the premises
11 locals recommend
Osteria Pastella
17 R Via della Scala
11 locals recommend
Very good restaurant with pasta and bread made on the premises
The best known trattoria, simple ambience and great food. Book ahead and no credit cards
54 locals recommend
Trattoria Sostanza
25 Via del Porcellana
54 locals recommend
The best known trattoria, simple ambience and great food. Book ahead and no credit cards
An ex wood carver laboratory, now a charming bar with live music occasionally
251 locals recommend
Volume
3 Piazza Santo Spirito
251 locals recommend
An ex wood carver laboratory, now a charming bar with live music occasionally
Excellent food and particular ambience
46 locals recommend
L'Osteria Di Giovanni
22r Via del Moro
46 locals recommend
Excellent food and particular ambience
Located in a splendid palazzo, this restaurant offers very good seafood in a beautiful setting
11 locals recommend
Bistrò del Mare
4-red Lungarno Corsini
11 locals recommend
Located in a splendid palazzo, this restaurant offers very good seafood in a beautiful setting
Very good Tuscan food
102 locals recommend
Osteria dei Centopoveri
41R Via del Porcellana
102 locals recommend
Very good Tuscan food
Another good trattoria in the area
136 locals recommend
Trattoria 13 Gobbi
9R Via del Porcellana
136 locals recommend
Another good trattoria in the area
Renowned florentine trattoria
271 locals recommend
Il Latini
6R Via dei Palchetti
271 locals recommend
Renowned florentine trattoria
Superlative creative cuisine in a fantastic ambience
Da' Pescatore
8 Piazza del Carmine
Superlative creative cuisine in a fantastic ambience

Drinks & Nightlife

Grand views from the terrace where you can enjoy a cocktail by the pool side
11 locals recommend
Grand Hotel Minerva
16 P.za di Santa Maria Novella
11 locals recommend
Grand views from the terrace where you can enjoy a cocktail by the pool side

Essentials

The best genuine local foods from all over Italy
92 locals recommend
Eataly Firenze
22R Via de' Martelli
92 locals recommend
The best genuine local foods from all over Italy
You can find any kind of foodstuffs especially pricey high end (truffle, caviar) but also many chocolates and sweets and all sorts of cleaning products not usually found in supermarkets
73 locals recommend
Pegna
26R Via dello Studio
73 locals recommend
You can find any kind of foodstuffs especially pricey high end (truffle, caviar) but also many chocolates and sweets and all sorts of cleaning products not usually found in supermarkets
20 locals recommend
La Serena
30R Via della Scala
20 locals recommend
87 locals recommend
Sapori & Dintorni Conad
15 Borgo San Lorenzo
87 locals recommend

Shopping

A few steps away, it is one of the most beautiful shops in the world
246 locals recommend
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella
16 Via della Scala
246 locals recommend
A few steps away, it is one of the most beautiful shops in the world
One of the oldest traditional drugstores, you can find anything in the way of spices, pigments, waxes, oils, essences, founded in 1842 it looks like it has never changed since!
8 locals recommend
Bizzarri
32/red Via della Condotta
8 locals recommend
One of the oldest traditional drugstores, you can find anything in the way of spices, pigments, waxes, oils, essences, founded in 1842 it looks like it has never changed since!
Lovely antique jewels and watches
Antichi Orologi e piccoli Gioielli di Nuti Claudia
10 rosso Via della Scala
Lovely antique jewels and watches

Entertainment & Activities

In the same building as the apartment, it offers art classes for children and adults
ACCADEMIA D'ARTE BIANCA CAPPELLO
28 Via de' Bardi
In the same building as the apartment, it offers art classes for children and adults