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The treasure chest of sculptures Entering via a splendid courtyard with a loggia, in the heart of the fifteenth-centuryPalazzo del Podestà (the oldest public building in Florence), on its three storeys the Palazzo del Bargello houses some of the most important sculptures of the Renaissance coming from the Medici collections. It first became the seat of the Council of Justice in the second half of the 15th century and, from 1574, the headquarters of the “Bargello”, who was the head of the Guards who handled arrests and interrogations and also carried out executions. In the almost three centuries in which it was used as a prison, in the courtyard the arches of the loggia and the “Verone” balcony were walled up, the larger rooms were divided up with partitions to obtain a larger number of cells, and the paintings and decorations were covered up. When the prison was moved to Le Murate in 1859, it was decided to restore the complex and, starting from 1865, some of the most important sculptures of the Renaissance, including masterpieces by Donatello, Benvenuto Cellini, Giambologna, Ghiberti, Luca della Robbia, Verrocchio and Michelangelo, were transferred to the building, which became a National Museum. The museum was subsequently enhanced with prestigious collections of bronzes, majolicas, waxworks, enamels, medals and coins, ivories, tapestries, furniture, seals, goldsmithery, weapons and textiles, partly coming from the Medici collections and partly from private donations. Today it also includes 2500 art objects and works of goldsmithery from the Carrand Collection. The courtyard, with a portico with round arches on octagonal pillars on three sides, was built in the 13th century and enriched in the following century by the “Verone” balcony and the staircase: a number of valuable marble statues are exhibited here, while an attractive octagonal well is positioned at the centre. Via del Proconsolo, 4. www.bargellomusei.beniculturali.it SIMONA BOTTONE / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM © PHOTO

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THE ADVENT OF THE AEROCENE Cobwebs as works of art, the cosmos as geometries, vibrations and sounds: Tomás Saraceno (see photo), a visionary artist whose creative research combines art, 22 19 natural and social sciences, invites you to change your perspective on reality and FEBRUARY JULY connect with non-human elements such as dust, insects or plants, the protagonists of his installations. At , an itinerary of immersive works between the courtyard and the main floor invites you to rethink and overturn the anthropocentric viewpoint: from man at the centre of the world of the Renaissance to man as part of a complex universe in which to seek a new harmony.

Tomás Saraceno. Aria - Palazzo Strozzi. Piazza Strozzi/Via Tornabuoni. www.palazzostrozzi.org

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Whether it’s discovering the events celebrating Italian traditions, art and music or visiting an exhibition, Where® brings you this month’s unmissable dates. BY ELENA PEVERATA TOMÁS SARACENO. PALAZZO STROZZI. © ALESSANDRO MOGGI, 2019 TOMÁS SARACENO. PALAZZO

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COBAIN, ALL YOU TASTE SEATTLE AND IS LOVE! THE EPIC STORY ▼ A cult event for food 7 14 7 9 lovers, Pitti Taste is a fair OF GRUNGE MARCH JUNE MARCH devoted to fine flavours ► Over 80 photographs and food lifestyles, where by the two most celebrated the best international operators of haute cuisine come photographers of the period, Charles Peterson and Michael together, along with an ever larger and more enthusiastic Levine, look back over the history of the grunge music scene public. FuoriDiTaste, the calendar of events around the and that of its undisputed hero, Kurt Cobain, symbol of the fair, involves the city and its most charming locations US counterculture of the 1990s. The exhibition opens up the with dinners, themed tastings, culinary performances, entire Seattle music scene of the late millennium, immortalising installations, talks and lots of convivial new ways a fundamental and recent period in US history. to interpret taste. The opening hours to the public are

Peterson - Lavine 2020 LAVINE ©MICHAEL Sat and Sun 2.30pm-7.30pm, Mon 9.30am-4.30pm. Come as you are. Kurt Cobain Taste 15 – I Love Food and the Grunge Revolution CLASSICAL Stazione Leopolda. Viale Fratelli Rosselli, 5 . Via Cavour, 1 www.pittimmagine.com www.palazzomediciriccardi.it, www.oeoart.com MAGICAL ATMOSPHERES ▲ Every first Thursday of the month, Casa Martelli Museum, a fascinating palace boasting a fine collection of paintings, 5 sculptures and furnishings from the 18th and 19th-centuries, MARCH hosts a concert for piano with pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven (4.30pm), performed by the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatory of Music. The elegant Ballroom is a location of great beauty. Before the event it is possible to take advantage of a free guided visit around the complex (2pm, 3pm). Free entry until the available places are filled.

Cherubini at Casa Martelli – Sonatas for pianoforte Nos. 2, 8, 16, 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven © CHARLES PETERSON 2020

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FLORENCE NEW YEAR ◄ The Florentine New 25 Year is one of the PHOTOGRAPHY MARCH official festivities of the Municipality of Florence and reminds us that for the city, until LETIZIA’S WOMEN 1750, the civil year started on ◄ Cited by the “New York Times” among the 25 March, the day of the Feast of the eleven extraordinary women of 2017, Sicilian Annunciation. An evocative historical 7 7 photographer Letizia Battaglia is one of the most , a long parade in costume, MARCH APRIL important figures in contemporary photography. is organised for the occasion which, Famous for her hard-hitting reports on the Mafia, starting from the Palagio di Parte Guelfa, she has always documented the lives of ordinary people, in the street, in extremely winds its way through the city streets humble dwellings, in workplaces, with a preference above all for the faces and bodies as far as the Basilica of the Santissima of women and children, here the undisputed protagonists of the exhibition. Annunziata, in the beautiful square of which a traditional fair takes place. Letizia Battaglia. Corpo di donna ZUMMOLO / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 3pm-7pm. Crumb Gallery. Via San Gallo, 191/r Florentine New Year Various sites PHOTO © www.comune.fi.it

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6 JANUARY 1 MAY 26 JULY ◄ JO MALONE LONDON “Peony & Blush Suede” diffuser with CAVALCATA DEI MAGI FESTA DI SANT’ANNA TROFEO MARZOCCO-SBANDIERATORI GIFT notes of peony, red apple, jasmine, rose, A historical re-enactment of the Epiphany A contest between historical groups of A secular and religious festival held near carnation and chamois. Sober and with when Three Wise Men brought gifts flag-wavers organized by the “Bandierai the church of Orsanmichele, in which the an elegant design, it simply and lastingly of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the degli Uffizi di Firenze”, which takes place figure of Saint Anne, co-patron saint of the Baby . A celebration that takes in Piazza della Signoria. city, is venerated. GUIDE emits an enveloping perfume into any environment. Available at LuisaViaRoma. place wearing splendid fifteenth-century costumes. www.luisaviaroma.com – www.jomalone.eu THIRD SUNDAY IN MAY 10 AUGUST We’ve compiled a short guide PALIO DEL BALUARDO FESTA DI SAN LORENZO offering ideas for your home. A crossbow shooting competition to It takes place in the morning with a A great opportunity to spend commemorate the birth of the Florentine “Historical Procession of the Florentine some pleasant moments Republic on 16th May 1527, the date when Republic” from the Piazzetta di Parte Guelfa ► ANTONIO MATTEI the Medici were expelled from Florence. through the streets of the historic centre to browsing the essential The single-portion Biscotto di The competition is held at the Bastione the Basilica di San Lorenzo. In the evening, destinations for luxury shopping Prato, manufactured individually known as the Fonte della Ginevra. in Piazza San Lorenzo. in the centre of Florence, while with a new blue packaging, is enjoying its beauties. the latest innovation from the 23 MAY END OF SEPTEMBER Where® guarantees that you legendary Tuscan brand that has now reached its fourth BACCO ARTIGIANO LA FIORITA won’t leave empty-handed! generation. All its specialities A traditional Festival of Wine and the A Florentine tradition celebrating the can be found in the Antonio RITRATTO DI ANNA MARIA LUISA CON I FIORI, OPERA ANTONIO FRANCHI, C. 1682–1683. RITRATTO burning at the stake of Dominican preacher outstanding products of the territory. ANNA MARIA LUISA DE’ MEDICI Mattei Museum Shop in Fra Girolamo Savonarola, a controversial Concomitant entertainment events are Florence, including fresh figure in the city’s history. A wreath of also held to mark the occasion. flowers is laid on the plaque dedicated to desserts. www.antoniomattei.it 18 FEBRUARY him in Piazza della Signoria, after which ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE rose petals are thrown into the Arno from ELECTRESS OF THE PALATINATE Ponte Vecchio. Celebration of the last heir of the Medici dynasty, Anna Maria Luisa: the presence in ▼ LA VIA DEL TÈ ◄ MARIOLUCA GIUSTI Florence of extraordinary artistic treasures 24 JUNE Product quality and refinement The touch of distinction of this brand, including the Uffizi Gallery, the Palatine in packaging: the brand offers a which offers synthetic glass objects for Gallery and the Gallery of the Academy FESTA DI SAN GIOVANNI and FINALE DEL sensory journey around various the table and furnishing accessories, is the is all due to her. To mark the occasion, CALCIO STORICO outstanding products exhibited use of a contemporary material in classic

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The equestrian statue of Cosimo I They are the family responsible for the birth of the Florentine de Medici, Duke of Florence and Grand Renaissance. Bankers and skilled politicians, they placed their wealth • THE • Duke of Tuscany, erected on the Piazza della Signoria in 1594, is a masterpiece and power at the service of patronage and art, leaving their traces by Giambologna. The Duke – one of the most important members of the all over the city. Indeed, today it is still impossible to walk around Medici dynasty – governs his horse and Florence without coming upon vestiges of their presence. implicitly the state. Right: people taking photos of the famous “Birth of Venus” by Sandro BY CHIARA ZACCARELLI Botticelli (1484-86) in the Uffizi Gallery.

he Medici were an ancient Florentine family, protagonists of central Medici importance in the history of Italy and Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries. Wherever you go in Florence, in some way or other you WHO ARE THEY? will come upon the (imposing!) traces left by them over the centuries. But who exactly were these famous Medici, which monuments in the T city were erected by them, in which buildings did they live, of which artists were they patrons and clients? Where® Florence tells you all. A LITTLE HISTORY Originally from the area of Mugello, to the north of Florence, initially the Medicis’ activities concerned trading in textiles, agriculture and only sporadically involved banking activities. With the foundation of the Banco dei Medici by Giovanni di Bicci, the family progressively acquired wealth and power, becoming the financiers of the most players on the European political panorama. They were also great patrons of the arts and letters, above all Cosimo and his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent, and it was precisely thanks to their constant contribution that Florence became the driving force of the Renaissance. Thanks to Lorenzo the Magnificent, the artistic and cultural life in the Florence of the 15th century became a point of reference for Europe. No less than three pontiffs, Leo X, Clement VII and Leo XI, were all Medici, as were two queens of France, Catherine and Marie. With the exception of a few short interruptions, the Medicis’ power lasted from 1434, with the rule of Cosimo the Elder, to 1737, with the death of Gian Gastone, the last Grand Duke. Gian Gastone’s sister, Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici, known as the “Electress Palatine”, the last of the grand-ducal branch, entered into a Family Pact with the Habsburg-Lorraines, leaving the Medicis’ huge artistic patrimony as a legacy to the city of Florence. PHOTO © SHUTTERSTOCK.COM PHOTO © DFLC PRINTS / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

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THE OFFICIAL DWELLINGS Beato Angelico, the Magi , located on entrusted to the most famous architect and basilica, in Piazza Madonna The construction work on the main floor, is the true jewel of the building. painter of the time, Giorgio Vasari. He was also degli Aldobrandini, and what are now the Uffizi The Medici “moved house” a number of Due to its reduced dimensions, entry to the commissioned to restore the imposing Salone include the New Sacristy, Galleries was entrusted times during their reign, coinciding with chapel is limited to groups of a maximum dei Cinquecento (Hall of the Five Hundred), built by Michelangelo, to Giorgio Vasari, who their increasing wealth and power. Their 15 persons at a time. The museum itinerary built in 1494 to serve as the seat of the Great the Chapel of the was already running the first Florentine residence was what is now also goes through other environments of the Council. Large describing the battles Princes, a monumental construction site of the known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, building, which you can visit using the same and military successes of Florence over Pisa mausoleum covered adjacent Palazzo Vecchio. in via Cavour. It was here that Cosimo the entry ticket (www.palazzomediciriccardi.it). In and Siena were created on the walls, while in precious stones, In 1565, the Duke also Elder and Lorenzo the Magnificent lived and 1540 Cosimo I moved to Palazzo Vecchio, the coffered ceiling is composed of panels the Crypt, where the entrusted to Vasari the artists such as Donatello, Michelangelo, Paolo a fourteenth-century building, which was built and painted by Vasari and his workshop Medici Grand Dukes construction of a sort of Uccello, Benozzo Gozzoli and Botticelli worked. called Palazzo dei Priori at the time. In 1555 (www.museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it). and their relatives secret raised passageway Frescoed by Benozzo Gozzoli, a student of the restructuring work on the building was From Palazzo Vecchio, a short walk along the are buried, and the that connected up Palazzo Arno, crossing the very famous Ponte Vecchio, Lorenese Crypt, which, Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti, the takes you to the zone of Oltrarno (literally in addition to the remains new residence of the Medici beyond the River Arno), to the third and final of the Lorraine family, also dynasty. This is the so-called residence of the Medici family: Palazzo Pitti. contains the funeral monument , which goes Situated in the square of the same name, it was to Cosimo the Elder (www. through the Uffizi Gallery, Caterina de’ Medici built by the Pitti family in the 15th century. The bargellomusei.beniculturali. runs alongside the Arno to Palazzo Ramirez de Montalvo, courtyard Pitti were rivals of the Medici and, when they it/musei/2/medicee). the Ponte Vecchio, to then found themselves in financial difficulties, in 1550 Another building associated with the family is continue on the other bank of the river and, after hundreds of other remnants of the Medici they sold the building to Eleonora di Toledo, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the approximately one kilometre, reaches its two family that merit a visit, such as the beautiful wife of Cosimo I de’ Medici. Today it houses Duomo of Florence. It was Cosimo the Elder exits, one in the Boboli Gardens and the other Palazzo Ramirez de Montalvo, in Borgo degli the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, the Palatine who commissioned Filippo Brunelleschi to build in Palazzo Pitti. The entrance to the passageway Albizi, where Antonio Ramirez de Montalvo, the Gallery and Royal and Imperial Apartments, the dome of the Cathedral, which was to be is located on the first floor of the Uffizi Gallery cupbearer of Cosimo I, lived (the cupbearer had the Gallery of Modern Art and the Museum of frescoed years later for his descendant, Grand and the exhibition layout includes the most the important task of serving drinks, ensuring Costume and Fashion, all visitable with a single Duke Cosimo I, who personally chose the theme complete European collection of self-portraits that they had not been poisoned) and is cumulative ticket (www.uffizi.it/palazzo-pitti). of the Universal Judgement, partly created by of artists, from Andrea del Sarto to Chagall, to distinguished for the precious decoration Cosimo I was also responsible for the creation Giorgio Vasari (www.ilgrandemuseodelduomo.it). Guttuso. Unfortunately, the Corridor is currently of its façade. There are many experiential of the Boboli Gardens, situated at the rear of closed to the public for restructuring work, walks that will guide you around Florence to the building. Garden and Palazzo developed THE MUSEUMS, SQUARES except for events or private visits (www.uffizi.it). discover the sites of the Medici: over the three centuries that followed into Our itinerary in the Florence of the Medici www.visitflorence.com; www.florence-museum. a close dialogue between art and nature, AND PALACES finishes in Piazza Santissima Annunziata, com; www.musement.com/it/firenze/. which led to Boboli becoming the model of Our itinerary in the footsteps of the most which is dominated by the equestrian an Italian-style garden used for the palaces influential family in Florence could not avoid monument of Ferdinando de’ Medici, son of Europe. This enormous green space is a of Cosimo I. A late work by Giambologna, Palazzo Medici Riccardi a visit to the Uffizi Gallery, which is among THE MEDICI MUSEUM PHOTO © SILVERFOX999 / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM PHOTO © SILVERFOX999 genuine open-air museum, populated with the most visited museum complexes in the completed by one of his pupils after his death, ancient and Renaissance statues, adorned with it represents the realisation of the Grand Duke’s world. Here you will find the most conspicuous Although, in the light of what we have grottos, first and foremost the very famous one dream of being remembered for his exploits. collection in existence of works by Raphael said, the entire city can be considered created by Bernardo Buontalenti, and large Although listing them all would be impossible, and Botticelli, as well as by Giotto, Titian, an open-air museum to the Medici, the fountains. It is possible to gain entry to the spread out around the city there are literally Caravaggio, Dürer, Rubens and many others. Medici Museum, the first exhibition Museo Salvatore Ferragamo Boboli Gardens with a single ticket, which also venue entirely devoted to the history includes entry to the Gardens of Villa Bardini of the family, has recently been (www.uffizi.it/giardino-boboli). inaugurated inside the sixteenth- century Palazzo di Sforza Almeni, THE CHURCHES between Via de’ Servi and Via del Numerous Florentine religious buildings are Castellaccio. The museum combines obviously indissolubly linked with the history real and virtual elements, and tells the of the Medici family. First and foremost the story of the family through themed Basilica of San Lorenzo, located in the rooms, temporary exhibitions, events, square of the same name in the historic centre. a specialist bookshop, meetings, book Consecrated in 393 by Saint Ambrose, the presentations and lectures. Currently, church was remodelled in Romanesque style until 24 March, you can visit the and reconstructed in the first half of the 15th exhibition “Cosimo I. Spolveri di un century at the initiative of Cosimo the Elder, grande affresco”, fifteen or so pieces who entrusted the renovation project to Filippo including paintings, relics and curiosities Brunelleschi. The Basilica became the burial of various kinds that have the figure of

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seventeen historic districts that comprise the city compete against each other. The square is dominated by a series of buildings of inestimable historical and architectural value, including the 14th-century Palazzo Pubblico and the attached Torre del Mangia, with its characteristic red colour, the Cappella di Piazza, the Loggia della Mercanzia and Palazzo Sansedoni. But Siena is not just Piazza del Campo: lose yourself along the picturesque medieval alleys, where you can purchase the local hand-crafted goods or taste the traditional panforte, the typical

Sienese spiced bread with almonds, candied SONGQUAN DENG / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM fruit and pepper. And a few kilometres from Siena, another Lucca, Piazza dell’Anfiteatro PHOTO © town declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO awaits you with its towers and its and convents, you can enjoy beautiful views of removed from the tourist routes, rich in traces characteristic medieval architecture. It is the Florence and the Florentine countryside. If you and remains of ancient civilisations, picturesque unmissable San Gimignano, situated in the love panoramas, another unmissable spot is the medieval towns and culinary festivals. heart of the Tuscan countryside. Walking small town of Settignano. round this small town, the 13th/14th-century The very famous Chianti zone, renowned for TUSCANY BIKING appearance of which is still practically its vineyards, verdant valleys, rows of cypresses, Would you like to discover the area around unchanged, is almost like going back in time. olive groves, towns and abbeys built on hilltops, Florence from a different perspective, more

SHUTTERSTOCK.COM San Gimignano is famous above all for its is around half an hour by car from the centre of on a human scale and in contact with medieval towers, which were as many as 72 at Florence. If you are lucky enough to be there nature? Then you can opt for a bicycle tour. one time and today are just fifteen, including between September and November you can Pedalling along the romantic olive groves,

Siena city panoramic skyline, countryside and rolling hills in a misty day. PHOTO © some in ruins and without their tops but still witness two key events for the economy vineyards, medieval town and , visible as part of the urban fabric. and culture of the territory: the harvesting taking in the perfumes and colours of the of grapes and olives. Tuscan countryside in ways that would the nickname of “city of the 100 churches”, NATURALISTIC ITINERARIES Let’s now leave this idyllic setting and move otherwise be impossible. After the effort of Renaissance squares and buildings and Florence is surrounded by hills, gentle valleys towards a wilder, more barren territory, that of pedalling, almost all the tours envisage rest Roman amphitheatres. and luxuriant vineyards. Climbing them is easy, the Crete Senesi. Located in the area south- and refreshment with visits to wine cellars Nature and art The famous can also both on foot and on the numerous buses east of Siena, the crete are clay hills, the result and the tasting of wines, olive oils and local be easily reached from Florence in about departing from the city centre. Over the years of the continuous erosion of the sea sediments. specialities. If you are not particularly sporty an hour by train. Loved by tourists from the hill of Fiesole has been the source of These bare, softly undulating hills, with their but would still like to visit the outskirts of If Florence offers tourists f you choose Florence as your base, all over the world for its peculiar tilt, the inspiration for artists, spiritual figures, noble characteristic grey-blue colour and almost lunar Florence from this unique perspective, then the good news is that around an hour Tower of Pisa is in reality the bell tower of families, writers and entrepreneurs. From this appearance, are dotted with cypresses and you can choose a tour by Vespa, with that an unrivalled cultural and away by train, bus or car you will find the Cathedral, which stands in a unique privileged observatory, dotted with villas, farmhouses and still encapsulate the essence irresistible vintage touch that is undoubtedly historical heritage, its UNESCO heritage cities of art, dreamy monumental context, declared a UNESCO museums, archaeological excavations, churches of the most authentic Tuscany; they are far less tiring. Ask your concierge. surrounding area no less so. countryside, natural thermal springs, World Heritage Site: . medieval towns and abbeys and Once you’ve completed your visit to this Here are some suggestions kilometresI of coastline for bathers. unbelievable square, if you have a little time for trips outside the city that left, you can relax with a walk along the Arno are able to satisfy any need. CITIES OF ART to the historic centre and Piazza dei Cavalieri, If you love cities of art then you’ve chosen the the political fulcrum of medieval Pisa. Facing For more details ask right region. Indeed, within an hour’s range onto the square is Palazzo della Carovana, your concierge. from the Tuscan regional capital there are with graffiti by Giorgio Vasari, which today architectural wonders that will catapult you houses the Scuola Normale Superiore, one of BY CHIARA ZACCARELLI into medieval and Renaissance Tuscany. the most prestigious universities in the world. About an hour by train from Florence is With a brief trip by coach from Florence you Lucca, one of Tuscany’s most fascinating reach Siena, one of the most loved medieval historic centres, surrounded by ancient centres in Italy, which is also included on 16th-century walls, today still practically fully the UNESCO World Heritage List. The city’s intact and walkable in their entirely. You can nerve centre is Piazza del Campo, which is cycle along the tree-lined walls, stop for a renowned for its unique shell shape, for its

tasty ice cream or simply cool down on the architectural integrity, and because twice a SHUTTERSTOCK.COM SHUTTERSTOCK.COM benches. The picturesque historic centre has year (2 July and 16 August) it holds the Palio

remained almost intact, including countless di Siena, a horse race that is of fundamental Fiesole, Roman Theatre PHOTO © PHOTO © medieval churches, which have earned Lucca importance for the Sienese, which sees the

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DINING Reservations for most restaurants are strongly advised. In Italy, service is included in the price meaning that although tipping is not compulsory, it is obviously appreciated as a sign of satisfaction. Some menus include the word “coperto”, a small surcharge corresponding to the cost of the service and bread. Although no dress code exists in Italy, semiformal clothing is usually considered de rigeur at restaurants. All restaurants and bars are non-smoking unless a separate smokers’ area is specifically offered. Set meals: prices are per person and usually refer to a 3-course meal (beverages excluded). On a silver platter € = 30€ or less / €€ = 31-50€ / €€€ = 51-100€ / €€€€ = 101-150€ / €€€€€ = 150€ and above. At Brandimarte, the historic Florentine silverware brand, you can purchase engravings, glasses, decanters, bracelets, rings, necklaces, pendants and much more besides, all strictly made in Italy. By Chiara Zaccarelli SIGHTSEEING Several places like the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio or Piazza della Signoria are symbols of Florence, hence our decision to list them under a n the heart of the historic centre of medals. The collections of jewels, exclusively separate category. The information provided Florence, there is a special boutique, made in Italy, created by the best Florentine on museums and monuments is verified as From California to Florence a genuinely exciting place to tour which artisans, include bracelets, rings, necklaces, meticulously as possible. However, data such as I telephone numbers, opening hours, prices and aims to re-educate you on the use of silver earrings and much more besides. Among The footwear, clothing and accessories of the UGG® brand, founded in 1978 by an Australian the accessibility of sites are all subject to surfer on the coast of California, which has become an icon of style thanks to its leather and in everyday life, breaking the habit of seeing the lines to be worn, standing out are the change, on a seasonal basis and also due to the silver item as a luxury piece to only be “timeless” hammered jewellery, elegant and restoration work, museum loans or changes reversed sheepskin boots, find space in the brand’s first Italian boutique. A brightly lit space, exhibited on special occasions. This is the sophisticated. of management. Ask your concierge which has been created using a combination of wood, wrought iron and glass furnishings, with pastel colours and themes taking up the decorative elements of the #UGGLIFE F/W 2019 workshop of Brandimarte, a company that In the boutique you will also find the ENTERTAINMENT was established in Florence in 1955 and that “Wine Collection”: decanters and tasting Several venues offering food are included in campaign. Inside, the more traditional models stand alongside new footwear from the Classic was run by the founder’s grandchildren, glasses made of 925 sterling silver. This metal, this section. These are considered as meeting Revolution collection, which reinterprets classicism with a contemporary touch, inspired by Stefano and Giada Guscelli. Since 2017 in fact, has organoleptic and antibacterial places rather than gourmet addresses and thus the vitality of San Francisco. Drawing inspiration from Classic Short II, Classic Mini II and Neumel explain our decision to list them here rather the brand is owned by Bianca Guscelli, properties, is a heat conductor and enhances models by the brand, the collection includes thirteen renovated models. Stylistic research than under “Dining”. Stefano’s daughter. the aromas within drinks. with the use of new materials, decorative elements such as straps and zippers and the addition Brandimarte is distinguished for the hand All details are correct at the time of going to of wedges are combined with an in-depth study of comfort, reaching its peak in the new Miwo press but several details can change: ask your crafting and sale of silverware for the www.brandimarte.com sneakers, with a gritty design and avant-garde Vibram® soles. In addition to footwear, lovers of >> concierge to double-check all information. table and 925 sterling silver jewellery, in Via del Moro, 92/r. shopping can also find a selection of outerwear and accessories. www.ugg.com addition to its collection of historical silver T: 055 2693384. Map D3

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CHANEL—www.chanel.com. GIORGIO ARMANI—www.armani.com MAX MARA—it.maxmara.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 10am- Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm; Piazza della Signoria, 10. T: 055 2pm/3pm-7pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 83/r. Sun 11am-7pm. Via de’ 2989699. Map F4. Fragrance T: 055 219041. Map E3 Tornabuoni, 66-68-70/r. & Beauty. Open Mon-Sat T: 055 214133. Map E3 • 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-7pm. Via GUCCI—www.gucci.com. Open Mon-Sat Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30; Sun dei Calzaiuoli, 47-49/r. T: 055 10am-7.30pm; Sun 10am-7pm. Via de’ 11am-7pm. Via de’ Pecori, 23/r. Tornabuoni, 73-81/r. T: 055 264011. Map E3 • From “The Originals” eyewear collection, BOTTEGA VENETA 298181. Map F3 T: 055 287761. Map F3 Duomo. Open daily 10-19. Via Roma, 32/r. proposes these orange sunglasses with contemporary stylised CHOPARD— www.chopard.com. T: 055 75923803. Map F3 • Garden. Open MICHAEL KORS—www.michaelkors.it. cat-eye design. Also available in the colours blue and crystal grey. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-7pm; Sun daily 10-19.30. Piazza della Signoria, 10. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30; 11.30am-7pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, T: 055 75927010. Map F4 Sun 10.30am-7.30pm. ALBERTA FERRETTI PHILOSOPHY— 30-32/r. Piazza della Repubblica, 43. www.albertaferretti.com. c/o Spazio A. T: 055 2670157. Map E4 HERMÈS—www.hermes.com. T: 055 290284. Map F3 Open daily 10am-7pm. Via Porta Rossa, 107/r. Open Mon-Sat 10.15am-7pm. Piazza degli T: 055 212995. Map E4 DAMIANI— www.damiani.com. Open Antinori, 6/r. T: 055 2381004. Map E3 MISSONI—www.misson.com. Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-7pm. Via de’ Open daily 10am-7pm. Via Porta Rossa, 77- ASPESI—www.aspesi.com. Women. Open Tornabuoni, 7/r. T: 055 290208. Map E3 HOGAN—www.hogan.com. 79/r. T: 055 215774. Map F4 Mon-Fri 10am-2pm/3pm-7pm; Sat 10am- Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm; The MAX MARA deerskin shopper, with double handle and 7pm; Sun 3pm-7pm. Via di Porta Rossa, 85. DIOR— www.dior.com. Women. Sun 2pm-7pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 97/r. MIU MIU—www.miumiu.com. two inside pockets, is fitted with an adjustable and removable T: 055 287987. Men Open Mon-Fri 10am- Open daily 10am-7pm. T: 055 2741013. Map E3 Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-7.30; shoulder strap. Available in sage green and ivory white. 2pm/3pm-7pm; Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 3pm- Via de’ Tornabuoni, 15/r. Sun 10am-7pm. Via Roma, 8/r. 7pm. Via di Porta Rossa, 51/r. T: 055 2669101. Map E3 T: 055 2608931. Map F3 T: 055 287931. Map E4 DOLCE&GABBANA— MONCLER—www.moncler.com. STEFANO RICCI—www.stefanoricci.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. BALENCIAGA—www.balenciaga.com. www.dolcegabbana.it Open Mon-Sat 10am-7; Sun 11am-7pm. Palazzo Tornabuoni - Via dei Pescioni, 1. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Piazza Santa Open daily 10.30am-7.30pm. Via degli Strozzi, Via degli Strozzi, 3/r. T: 055 2657583. T: 055 210856. Map F3 Trinita, 1/r. T: 055 9040090. Map E4 12-18/r. T: 055 281003. Map E4. Baby. Open Map E3 daily 10.30am-7.30pm. SWAROVSKI—www.swarovski.com. BOGGI MILANO—www.boggi.com. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 18/r. T: 055 2399909. MONTBLANC—www.montblanc.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 10am- Open Mon 3pm-7.30pm; Tues-Sat 10am- Map E4 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7. 7.30pm. Via dei Calzaiuoli, 43/r. 7.30pm; Sun 10.30am-1.30pm/3pm-7.30pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 63/r. T: 055 292050. T: 055 216227. Map F3 Via della Vigna Nuova, 27/r. EMILIO PUCCI—www.emiliopucci.com Map E3 T: 055 219179. Map E3 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-7pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 20-22/r. T: 055 2658082. POMELLATO—www. pomellato.com. TOD’S—www.tods.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am- 7.30pm; Sun 2pm-7pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, BORSALINO—www.borsalino.com. Map E4 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 1pm-7pm. 60/r. T: 055 219423. Map E3 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 89-91/r. ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA—www.zegna.it T: 055 288539. Map E3 Via Porta Rossa, 40/r. VALENTINO—www.valentino.com. T: 055 218275. Map F4 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 10.30am-7pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 3/r. PRADA—www. prada.com. Women. Open daily 10am-7pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 23/r. T: 055 293142. BOTTEGA VENETA—www.bottegaveneta.com. T: 055 264254. Map E3 Open daily 10am-7pm. Via Roma, 27/r. Map E4 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 2pm-7pm. T: 055 286035. • Open daily 10am-7pm. Via degli Strozzi, 6n. T: 055 284735. ETRO—www.etro.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am- Via de’ Tornabuoni, 53-67/r. Map E3 7pm; Sun 2pm-7pm. Palazzo Rucellai-via Among its accessories for this season, EMILIO PUCCI T: 055 267471 Map E3 della Vigna Nuova, 50/r. T: 055 2670086. proposes leather sandals with a colourful format in BRUNELLO CUCINELLI— Map D3 warm tones, with eye-catching plexiglass heel. SAINT LAURENT—www.ysl.com. www.brunellocucinelli.com. Open daily Open daily 10am-7pm. 10am-7pm. Via dei Pecori, 16/r. FENDI—www.fendi.com. Open Mon-Sat Via de’ Tornabuoni, 4-45/r. T: 055 285832. Map F3 10am-7.30pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 40/r. T: 055 9040100. Map E3 T: 055 212305 Map E3 HUGO BOSS—www.hugoboss.com. BULGARI—www.bulgari.com. Open daily Open daily 10.30am-7.30pm. SALVATORE FERRAGAMO— 10am-7.30pm. Via de’Tornabuoni, 56/r. FURLA—www.furla.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am- Via Por Santa Maria, 70-72/r. www.ferragamo.com. Open T: 055 2396786. Map E4 7.30pm; Sun 11am-7.30. Via de’ Calzaiuoli, T: 055 294909. Map F4 daily 10/r (corner of piazza della Signoria). 10am-7pm. Via de’ BURBERRY—it.burberry.com. T: 055 2382883. Map F4 LORO PIANA—www.loropiana.com. Tornabuoni, 4-14/r. Open daily 10.30am-7.30pm. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-7pm. T: 055 292123. Map E4 Via de’Tornabuoni, 29/r. T: 055 293811. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 34-36/r. Map E4 T: 055 2398688. Map E4

CARTIER— www.cartier.it. Open In the GUCCI fashion show for spring-summer 2020, stylist Alessandro Michele has presented a slim styling LOUIS VUITTON—www.louisvuitton.com. Produced by historic Italian manufacturers BORSALINO, the “Basta Così” model from the Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-7pm. with dresses with sleek lines enlivened by a few choice accessories, which are the jewel in the crown of the Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30; Sun 11am-7.30pm. “Borsalino by Nick Fouquet” line is characterised by a “6-centimetre” medium brim size, Via degli Strozzi, 36/r. Florentine fashion house. In the forefront are sunglasses with large-size frames, complete with maxi chain. Piazza degli Strozzi, 10/r. T: 055 266981. with matchstick and bow coloured and hand-sewn and handmade embroidery. T: 055 292347. Map E4 Map E3

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Tues-Sat 9.30am-1pm/3.30pm-7.30pm. formula used in its 15 outlets across the country. It also FINE ART Via V. Gioberti, 66-68/r. T: 055 660050. Off Map does simple quality food from the various regions. The Antico Setificio Fiorentino terrace has a wonderful view of the Arno and Ponte Galanti The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is the heir to a great Vecchio. www.signorvino.com. Open daily 9.30am- Delicatessen and wine shop. Classic dishes as well tradition of Renaissance textile art and history, thanks midnight. Via de’ Bardi, 46/r. T: 055 286258. Map F5 as soups, pappa al pomodoro, ribollita, chicken also to its famous warping machine based on a design galantines, to eat in, under the porticoes outside or to by Leonardo da Vinci. Since 1786 the workshop has take away. Wide selection of wines and home-made JEWELLERY & WATCHES been producing some of the most sumptuous silk jams. Everything made with extra-virgin olive oil and Angela Caputi Giuggiù brocades, damask, taffeta, and lampas in the world, prime quality ingredients. www.gastronomiagalanti. COSTUME JEWELLERY The brand is renowned 100% made in Italy. www.anticosetificiofiorentino.com. com. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-8pm. Piazza della Libertà, throughout the world. Sophisticated, original creations Open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm (by appointment only). Via 31/r. T: 055 490359. Off Map made from unusual materials such as plastic and resin, L. Bartolini, 4. T: 055 213861. Map B3 combined to create unique objects both in terms of Giumella Galleria Romanelli colour and shape. Her creations have been used as VEGAN With recipes based on the products of the The Galleria Romanelli has been handing down accessories by famous television and film producers. The delicate square shapes of the “Dune Cubic” Florentine countryside, this delicatessen offers organic precious sculpture artwork for six generations in The accessory as a focal point, capable of creating a rings by ANNAMARIA CAMMILLI envelope zero miles food, made the same day. Recipes with one of the most picturesque neighbourhoods of look or dressing up any type of garment. A magical and protect the cabochon cut semi-precious cereals and legumes, seeds and seasonal products. Florence, Borgo San Frediano. An artistic workshop, blend of contemporary and classical taste. www. stones enhanced by diamonds. Among the specialties: reseitan – stone-ground Tuscan a meeting place for buyers and artists, where angelacaputi.com. Shop and workshop: Open Tues- durum wheat semolina with water, salt and lentils – plus sculptors and their students carry out their work daily Sat 10am-1pm/3.30pm-7.30pm. Via S. Spirito, 58/r. vegan cheeses based on walnuts, almonds, sunflower IL BISONTE ANTICO SETIFICIO surrounded by the ancient tools of the trade. Work T: 055 212972. Map D4 • Boutique: Open Mon-Sat See page 26. unchanged since the company first opened its doors, seeds, oats or rice flour. www.giumellavegan.it. Open FIORENTINO See this page. is done by commission on original sculptures, chalk 10am-1pm/3.30pm-7.30pm. Borgo SS. Apostoli, 44- while others make use of advanced technologies Mon-Fri 10.30am-8pm. Via Lorenzo di Credi, 12/r. T: replicas, bronze and Carrara marble and restorations. 46/r. T: 055 292993. Map F4 and highly sophisticated machinery. 393 8221084. Off Map www.raffaelloromanelli.com. Open Mon-Fri www.richardginori1735.com. Open Mon-Wed Annamaria Cammilli 10am-1pm/2pm-6pm. Borgo San Frediano, 70. T: 055 Noberasco 1908 Elena Mirò Société Anonyme 10am-7pm; Thurs-Sat 10am-7.30pm; Sun 12 noon- A Florentine brand of reference in design jewellery, it 2396 0 47. Map C4 A gourmet world of dry or dehydrated fruit with An Italian prêt-à-porter brand dedicated to curvy An independent shop of North-European conception 6.30pm. Via dei Rondinelli, 17/r. T: 055 210041. has been present with its creations in shop windows healthy, natural delicacies including golden apricots, women, for over 30 years Elena Mirò has been inspired by the underground atmospheres of the Leone Cei & Sons Map E2 and display cases all over the world for over 30 years figs, sultanas, red plums, crunchy walnuts, almonds and synonymous with perfect-fit clothing items that hot-lazy neighbourhoods of London, Berlin and New Since 1902, an exceptional firm specializing in and is synonymous with a unique, unmistakable Italian Torchio (Il) colourful pistachios. The shop sign is reminiscent of the enhance every woman’s look with a contemporary, York (the name is a homage to Marcel Duchamp and dressing tables, appliqués, consuls, chairs and style. Attention to detail for rings, necklaces, bracelets Inspired by the ancient Florentine hand crafting charm of the old-fashioned grocery shop, in line with refined and ever new style. From dresses to outerwear, Peggy Guggenheim, who founded an avant-garde armchairs faithfully reproduced from antique models and brooches, often drawing inspiration from nature tradition, Il Torchio creates bookbinding products the values of the Ligurian enterprise that is now in its from trousers to accessories, to beachwear, the brand art gallery in New York called Société Anonyme from a rare and abundant archive. The production, and the floral world. www.annamariacammilli.com. with refined materials such as Florentine leather, hand- fourth generation and for over a century has cultivated expresses the pleasure of dressing a woman’s shape in the 1920s). Located in the literary artistic district entirely made in Florence, is destined for private Open Mon 3pm-7pm; Tues-Sat 11am-7pm; Sun 3pm- marbled paper and coloured cloths, also devising a passion for fruit, with research and innovation as with style. www.elenamiro.com. Open Mon-Sat of Sant’Ambrogio, it offers labels of international homes, hotels and private clubs all over the world. 7pm. Via Vacchereccia, 12/r. T: 055 2608617. Map F4 new artisan articles with contemporary materials and its watchwords but without ever forgetting tradition 10am-7.30pm; Sun 11am-7.30pm. Via dei Tosinghi, 8/r. renown and niche brands, as well as its own men’s The carving, gilding, burnishing and lacquering techniques. www.legatoriailtorchio.com.Open Mon-Fri and naturalness. Here you will not only find an T: 055 2657725. Map F3 and women’s collection that is only sold in-store work is performed rigorously by hand following Aprosio 10am-1.30pm/2.30pm-7pm; Sat 10am-1pm. Via de’ endless selection of dry fruit, soft, naturally dried and online. www.societeanonyme.it. Open Mon traditional procedures and using natural products Aprosio came about as a workshop in 1993 and creates Giovanni Raspini Bardi, 17. T: 055 2342862. Map G6 or chocolate-coated, but also the new spreadable 3.30pm-7.30pm; Tues-Sat 10am-7.30pm. Via G.B. and pigmentations. A huge department is dedicated jewellery accessories and products for decorating In the beating heart of the fashion district, the creams. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm; Sun 10am-7pm. Niccolini, 3/f corner of via della Mattonaia, 24/a/b/c/d. to fabrics for furnishings, with a collection of fabrics interiors, with glass beads from Murano and Bohemia boutique of the Tuscan jewellery brand based in www.noberasco.it. Via Gioberti, 146. T: 055 4936741. (Sant’Ambrogio District).T: 055 3860084. Map L3 still produced on ancient looms or limited editions, FOOD & WINE SHOPS crystal glass. www.aprosio.it. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am- Valdichiana (between Siena, Arezzo and Florence) is or produced on request and based on customers’ Off Map 7pm. Via del Moro 75-77/r, 12/r. T: 055 210127. Map E2 Caffè 1926 a genuine concept store that boasts a personalized Stefano Ricci designs. Qualified consultancy service provided on This bistrot in the Sant’Ambrogio district does a Pegna Cassetti 1926 layout design where a 15th-century tapestry stands Tailoring and Italian tradition “Made in Florence”, with antiques and on the reproduction of period items. selection of Tuscan wines, Italian spumanti and With over 150 years behind it, this shop has become In the spectacular context of Ponte Vecchio, the out. Fine jewellery - with a unique personality, often the purest male elegance as the watchword. These, www.leonecei.com. Headquarters & Showroom: champagne, served in a Bohemian atmosphere part of Florentine history. Just steps from the Duomo, Cassetti multibrand boutique is known for both fine animal-themed, sometimes oversized or limited in short, are the values of the company founded in Via dei Federighi, 15. T: 055 2381870. Map D3 • amidst little tables and large windows. Huge selection a historic drugstore with all kinds of Tuscan, Italian and watchmaking and haute joaillerie, and has a studio edition - silverware, objects for the home, hand- 1972 by Stefano Ricci and his wife Claudia, which, now Antiques: Via dei Fossi, 47/r. T: 055 2396039. Map D3 crafted white bronze creations, always having a style in its second generation, has become a successful of over 380 makes of rum, unique in the whole of international specialities: rare cheeses, salumi and that develops innovative projects with its own artisan that is midway between minimalism and classicism international group. From clothing (jackets, suits and Papiro (Il) Florence. Open from lunch to after-supper, also hosts prosciutti. Plus a vast choice of wines and imported collection. www.cassetti.it. Open daily 10am-7pm. as the common denominator. From the design to the high-fashion sports items, but also shirts and ties) Established in 1976 in Florence, Il Papiro produces events. cafe1926firenze.com. Via G.B. Niccolini, 30/r products like spices, coffee, tea and chocolate. Open Ponte Vecchio, 54/r. T: 055 287361. Map F5 wax model to “lost-wax” casting, to diamond-setting, to jewellery, from leatherwear to perfumes and the objects drawing their inspiration from the Florentine (Sant’Ambrogio district). T: 055 2346296. Map L2 Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm; Sun 11am-7.30pm. pegna.it. Via Damiani each piece is entirely hand worked. Open daily SR Home and SR Junior collections, Stefano Ricci tradition of marbled paper (diaries, address books, dello Studio, 8. T: 055 282701. Map G3 Enoteca Bonatti Master craftsmen since 1924, Damiani has a 10am-9pm. www.giovanniraspini.com. Via Porta Rossa, represents Italian excellence all over the world, making photo albums, articles for the desk) in addition Opened in Florence in 1934, this family-run wine shop Signorvino long goldsmithing tradition which it has always 82/r. T: 055 2741501. Map E4 production entirely hand-made by qualified Italian to a line of classic leather accessories. www. offers a wide selection of wines and spirits from all over In the heart of the city just steps from Ponte Vecchio, interpreted with innovative spirit. Line purity, a craftsmen its strong point. Faithful to the values of ilpapirofirenze.eu. Open Mon-Sat 10am-1pm/2pm- Luisaviaroma Italy and abroad, with a particular focus on France. the shop has a choice of 1500 labels of selected wines refined, elegant classic as well as contemporary the manufacturing tradition and the roots of the 7pm; Sun 10am-6pm. Via C. Cavour, 49/r. T: 055 MULTIBRAND STORE Founded in the early 1930s www.enotecabonatti.it. Open Mon 3.30pm-7.30pm; from the best Italian cantinas, applying the same spirit, are the distinctive values of Damiani jewellery. territory, in 2010 the firm acquired the Antico Setificio 6499151. Map G1 by Luisa Jaquin, today Luisaviaroma is a landmark for Fiorentino, a historic silk factory in the San Frediano lovers of fashion and luxury the world over. A global Pitti Mosaici district that has produced precious fabrics since 1786 powerhouse of e-commerce with 5 million visitors Since the early 1980s this studio right opposite and today still uses the original ancient hand looms. a month, its Florence store also offers a digitalized Palazzo Pitti keeps alive the ancient Florentine www.stefanoricci.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. purchasing experience: instead of displaying the tradition of marquetry with marble, hard and ANGELA CAPUTI GIUGGIÙ Palazzo Tornabuoni-Via dei Pescioni, 1. T: 055 210856. garments, they have been replaced with interactive semi-precious stones. Unique hand-made items Map E3 In the centre of Florence, in an old 17th-century building installations. Don’t miss the elegant terrace designed to provide coverings for walls, framed items and known as “Palazzetto Medici”, a few steps from the by Patricia Urquiola. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-7.30pm; furnishings recalling the atmospheres and style Ponte Vecchio, are the boutique and the creative heart Sun 11am-7.30pm. www.luisaviaroma.com. Via Roma, DEPARTMENT STORES of the Renaissance. Today the art studio creates of Florentine designer Angela Caputi’s brand Giuggiù. entire made-to-measure residential projects all over 19-21/r. T: 055 9064116. Map F3 Rinascente Her imaginative plastic jewellery items, much loved by the world. www.pittimosaici.com. Open Mon-Sat Marina Rinaldi In the heart of the city, Rinascente is the ideal place to international customers, are genuinely unique pieces 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-8pm. Piazza de’ Pitti, 23/24. T: Renowned for its tasteful, plus-size apparel for discover the best of fashion, accessories, beauty, home 055 282127. Map E6 of fine craftsmanship. In the Borgo SS. Apostoli boutique fashionable women, Marina Rinaldi offers a wide and design items. For women, proposals of the best it is also possible to purchase a selection of clothing items range of collections, featuring both contemporary Italian and international brands range from the classic Richard Ginori and accessories that complete the brand’s collections. and classic lines that are updated on a seasonal to the contemporary and for men from formal to smart Tradition and excellence in the high-quality basis. These include dresses, jackets, coats, bags casual. Rinascente is a point of reference for luxury artistic manufacture of porcelain. Richard Ginori www.angelacaputi.com and accessories for a total look that exudes class shopping and for new brands, exclusive products and “artistic manufacture”, of 18th-century origin, Borgo SS. Apostoli, 44/46. T: 055 292993. Map F4 the unveiling of innovations. www.rinascente.it. Open and elegance. it.marinarinaldi.com. Open Mon-Sat creates, produces and sells pure porcelain in Sesto Via S. Spirito, 58/r. T: 055 212972. Map D4 9am-9pm; Sun 10.30am-8.30pm c/o Rinascente-Piazza Mon-Sat 9am-9pm; Sun 10.30am-8.30pm. Piazza della Fiorentino (20 km from Florence) using a great della Repubblica. T: 055 219113. Map F3 Repubblica. T: 055 219113. Map F3 variety of procedures some of which have remained

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Their collections are realized by master goldsmiths 11am-7.30pm. Via de’ Tornabuoni 37/r. T: 055 215506. in full accordance with the best Italian tradition and Map C4 The best shopping admired throughout the world. www.damiani.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-7pm. Via de’ Vacheron Constantin Boutique Tornabuoni, 7/r. T: 055 290208. Map E4 In the unique and exclusive setting that is Ponte Vecchio, this boutique is the oldest fine watchmaking Dodo design house in the world, founded in 1755 in Geneva. The gold Dodo jewellery line, created in 1995 The façade of the boutique is also known for the by Pomellato, is by now a classic either for gift or tabernacle with a painting of the Madonna with Child collection purposes. It sells an array of animal charm and Saint John that marked the presence of an ancient pieces, each of which has a particular meaning. www. oratory of the Holy Sepulchre, which came under the dodo.it. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 11.30am-7pm. control of the Knights of Malta in the early 14th century. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 39-41/r. T: 055 2741573. www.cassetti.it. Open daily 10am-7pm. Ponte Vecchio, Map E4 52/r. T: 055 2396028. Map F5

Fani Gioielli Starting out as a family-run shop over 50 years ago, LEATHER Fani Gioielli is now an established fine jewellery and Cuoieria Fiorentina luxury watchmaking firm, with two points of sale, in From the famous ancient hand-crafting tradition of Florence and Siena. An extensive range of prestigious the Florentine “pellai” [leather craftsmen], typical of jewellery brands, including Pomellato, Dodo and this area of Tuscany, here unique, inimitable products Vhernier; it is also an official Rolex and Tudor retailer. are created with extreme care and top-quality natural www.fanishops.it. Open Mon 3pm-7pm; Tues-Sat materials. A vast range of leather handbags, travel 10am-7pm; Sun 3pm-7pm. Via de’Tornabuoni, 72/r. bags and accessories (belts, wallets, briefcases…), T: 055 212075. Map E3 for him and for her, offering excellent value for Massai Orafi money. Another strong point is the personalization Founded in 1950 by Florentine master goldsmith of the products, organised to satisfy the tastes and Franco Massai, it boasts over 60 years in the field of requirements of customers, who can count Michelle Florentine fine goldsmithery. With the techniques of Obama among their number. www.cuoieriafiorentina. the past it produces unique, rigorously hand-made it. Open Mon-Sat 9am-1pm/3.30pm-7.30pm. Via de’ Stylish creations pieces and is a point of reference for Florentines Nicola, 11. T: 055 6505091. Off Map and others besides. EDITOR’S TIP A visit to the Gianni Chiarini workshop is a unique experience: on the top floor of Established in the 1990s, this brand is the expression of by Giuggiù a 16th-century tower house, for over 200 years master ancient artisan wisdom in the creation of contemporary goldsmiths have practised the ancient fretworking, Angela Caputi Giuggiù’s innovative, bags and accessories, with an idea of pure design. carving and engraving traditions typical of the elegant jewels are the perfect addition to A fresh, modern and cosmopolitan brand, but at the Florentine goldsmithery art. www.massaiorafi.it. Open the wish list of every woman. Featuring same time sophisticated, which has its roots in the Mon-Fri 9am-1pm/3pm-7.30pm. Via delle Terme, 13. T: heart of Florentine beauty. giannichiarini.com. Open In the heart of Florence, you’ll find Rinascente: the ideal place a blend of art and fashion, her creations 055 294800. Map F4 Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 2pm-7pm. Via della Vigna are characterized by a continuously to shop for the best in fashion, accessories, beauty and design, Officine Panerai Nuova, 52/r. T: 055 2654306. Map D3 evolving creative process. Also known by Situated in the centre of Florence, birthplace of the where the renovation is in progress. The store has recently Il Bisonte the nickname Giuggiù, the Florentine fine watchmaking trade, this historic boutique boasts Florentine leather goods brand Il Bisonte came opened at the second floor a new remarkable area designer has become a byword across a unique design and a strong identity that Spanish about in 1970 thanks to Wanny Di Filippo’s passion designer Patricia Urquiola has enhanced by working dedicated to men’s collections and shoes. the globe. Her stunning creations have for leather objects. Housed in the boutique in Palazzo with the idea of the “art workshop”. A space on the been showcased at several of the most Corsini on the Lungarno are its beautifully hand- first floor is devoted to special sales and another is crafted bags, travel bags, briefcases, wallets, diaries, important museums worldwide and each reserved for periodic exhibitions of watches from the belts and other accessories epitomising the best of and every one of her sought-after designs historical Museum; on the ground floor, a watchmaker The Rinascente department store in Florence, products devoted entirely to women’s Tuscan workmanship. The brand’s key focus is on is at customers’ disposal to carry out repairs and share is handcrafted in Italy. materials, including its iconic cowhide: a natural, highly located in Piazza della Repubblica, which fashion. A new guise for the department his passion with Panerai enthusiasts. www.panerai. This season, the Italian jewelry designer sought-after vegetable tanned leather which has the has been the commercial heart of the city store, which proposes, side-by-side, clothes com. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 11am-7pm. Piazza brings us the new ‘Cartone’ line, a advantage of improving with age. www.ilbisonte.com. San Giovanni, 14/r. T: 055 9040013. Map F2 since the Roman Age, is spread over a total for her from accessible luxury and advanced tribute to Florentine craftsmanship, but Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm: Sun 11.30am-6.30pm. Via del Parione, 31-33/r. T: 055 215722. Map E4 area of 3,300 square metres with seven contemporary brands, ready to wear options, also a reference to the exquisite marbled Rolex Boutique-Cassetti 1926 In the unique and exclusive setting that is Ponte floors devoted to fashion, beauty, food and lingerie, bags, fragrances, jewellery, sunglasses, paper typical of Florence. A collection of Vecchio, the Rolex boutique has three storeys: the PASSION SHOPPING lifestyle. As with the other points-of-sale shoes from luxury brands as well as urban jewelry in synthetic resins characterized ground floor is dedicated to sales, with three display AquaFlor around the peninsula, the space is giving style sneakers. by natural colours, geometric lines and tables; the first floor has two rooms for reserved sales; A perfume shop with the charm of past times, its look a makeover to make shopping even Don’t miss the brand-new second floor, with the second floor has a fully equipped customer care a mixture of different shades including dedicated to the hand-crafted manufacture of centre, where qualified Rolex technicians are available more captivating and engrossing. The thread all the best of men’s clothing and shoes. brown, beige, ochre and burgundy – perfumes made using natural and rare raw materials, to look after the precious timepieces. www.cassetti.it. running through that is driving the renovation Foodies can enjoy the “Tosca&Nino, the personalisable through the choice of fragrances. A combined with timeless black – to create Open daily 10am-7pm. Ponte Vecchio, 29/r. studio run impeccably by maître parfumier Sileno of the Florentine store is artisanship, a taste of tradition” restaurant and bar, the marbled effect typical of historic T: 055 2741044. Map F5 Cheloni. www.aquaflor.it. - www.aquaflorfirenze.com concept that is very dear to the city. The open from breakfast till after dinner, which Florentine paper. The XXL and over- Tiffany & Co. Open daily 10am-1pm/2pm-7pm. Borgo Santa Croce, restyling involves all the store’s spaces and will focuses on rigorously selected Tuscan size shapes of several models make Located in the luxury shopping street par excellence, 6. T: 055 2343471. Map H5 be completed towards the end of 2020. After products to enable you to rediscover the this collection both captivating and the Tiffany & Co. boutique is housed in one of the most Dr. Vranjes contemporary.www.angelacaputi.com. beautiful Palazzi in the city. There is plenty of space the restoration of the fourth floor, offering a pleasure of local food, from pappa Home fragrances and elegant furnishing inside for gold and silver fashion collections, such as transversal shopping experience combining al pomodoro to ribollita. Borgo SS. Apostoli, 44/46. T: 055 292993. accessories made by hand in Florence for more ’Tiffany City HardWear’ and ’Tiffany T’, jewels with Map F4 •Via S. Spirito, 58/r. T: 055 212972. than 30 years. Florence is home to the laboratories fashion, quality craftsmanship, design, beauty purest diamonds, the iconic engagement rings, design STORE: Mon-Sat 9am-10pm; and the headquarters of the Florentine home Map D4 creations by Elsa Peretti and Paloma Picasso and products and food, the third floor featuring Sun 10.30am-8.30pm >> www.rinascente.it fragrance company founded and managed by rigorously Swiss-made men’s and women’s watches. the Women’s Clothing and the Women’s ROOFTOP | RESTAURANT | CAFÉ: Piazza della Repubblica. the “nose”, the perfumer, namely chemist and

www.tiffany.com. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm; Sun SPONSORED BY RINASCENTE IS KINDLY THIS PAGE Shoes areas truly is a hotbed for artisanal Mon-Sat 9am-midnight; Sun 10.30am-midnight T: 055 219113.

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The frescoed monumental environments - Sales Room, Green Room, Ancient Apothecary and Sacristy - have been returned to their former splendour thanks to restoration work. www. Tax Free smnovella.com. Open daily 9am-8pm. Via della Refund Guide Scala, 16. T: 055 216276. Map D2 The Merchant of Venice NEW The new boutique is structured into 1. VAT (in Italian: IVA) is a value added tax on goods a vast range of Eaux de Parfum and Eaux de and services, and is part of the European Union’s Toilette, completed by products for personal value added tax system. care, for the environment and accessories. 2. In some cases, travellers may be granted a The essences are contained in packaging with VAT refund. This refund does not cover the services designs inspired by the glassmaking tradition supplied by hotels, restaurants, taxis or agencies. of Murano. Furthermore, the single-brand store 3. You may be eligible for a VAT refund provided that: provides a personalized layering service. www. themerchantofvenice.com. Open Mon-Thurs • you are a non-EU resident; 10.30am-1.30pm/2.30pm-7.30pm; Wed-Sat • the goods purchased are intended for personal or 10.30am-7.30pm. Via degli Strozzi, 28/r. family use only and are carried in your luggage; SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME T: 055 216559. Map E3 • the overall value of the goods purchased exceeds See page 24. Valli Tessuti Alta Moda 154,94 Euro (VAT included); A reference point in Florence that offers its invoice • the purchase is certified by an . This invoice clientele the best made in Italy fabrics inspired should include a description of the goods purchased, by the most beautiful haute couture collections. your personal information as well as the details of cosmetologist Dr. Paolo Vranjes and his wife Anna The store carries a vast assortment of precious, your passport or any other equivalent document; Maria. In addition to the traditional production sought-after cuts to make elegant dresses, prêt- of ambient diffusers and “lamparfum” items, the • the goods leave EU territory by the end of the à-porter and ceremonial attire both for men and brand has diversified its production with linen, women, but also coats, shirts and bridal gowns. third month after the month that you bought them; cosmetics, perfumes and gift boxes, also giving vallitessuti.com. Open Mon 3pm-7pm; Tues-Sat • several specific customs formalities are a strong Florentine identity to the packaging, 10am-7pm. Via della Vigna Nuova, 81/r. T: 055 complied with; inspired by Brunelleschi’s Dome. drvranjes.it. 282485. Map D3

• the invoice is returned to the Italian retailer Open Mon 3pm-7pm; Tues-Sat 10.30am- within four months after the purchase was made. 2pm/3pm-7pm. Via San Gallo, 63/r. T: 055 494537 SHOES 4. The goods purchased and the relevant invoice must Off Map • Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm; Sun 11am-7.30pm. be shown at the customs exit point when leaving Aquazzura Via della Spada, 9/r. T: 055 288796. Map E3 Created in Florence in 2011 and inspired by EU territory (if you intend to pack the purchased items • Open Mon 3.30pm-7.30pm; Tues-Fri the luxury hand-crafting tradition, the brand into your check-in luggage, you must go to Customs 10am-1.30pm/3.30pm-7.30pm; Sat 10am-7.30pm. combines a typically European refined aesthetic BEFORE checking in). Borgo La Croce, 44/r. T: 055 241748. Map l3 sensibility with modern Latin American elegance. 5. After leaving EU territory, the traveller must return Aquazzura shoes have been worn by trendsetters, Marioluca Giusti the original invoice Hollywood stars, European royalty and fashion , regularly endorsed by the A Florentine Maison producing practical, elegant insiders around the globe. www.aquazzura.com. customs office, to the Italian retailer. Said invoice design objects for the table and more besides, Open daily 10am-7pm. Palazzo Corsini-Lungarno must be returned within four months from the date in a style between fusion and pop. Its synthetic Corsini, 42. T: 055 291242. Map D4 when the document was issued. crystal glass and melamine collections are 6. The refund can be made directly by the Italian enhanced every year with new models with colour Salvatore Ferragamo shades ranging from white to black to transparent, retailer (however, make sure that the shop you’ve Situated in Florence’s main street for shopping, to brighter colours such as fluo. Its products inside the medieval (the chosen displays a “Tax Free Shopping” or “Euro Tax are particularly appreciated by important company’s historic workshop since 1938 and Free” sign in its window). international personalities such as the Princes of the site of the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum), 7. Several Tax-Free companies are able to offer Monaco, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Steven the Ferragamo boutique hosts all its fashion immediate VAT cash refunds when the goods Spielberg, Valentino and the Missoni family. Its men’s, women’s, accessories and perfume leave either Italian or EU territory (thus exonerating boutiques are characterized by total white walls collections. The brand represents Italian quality, the passenger from having to return the invoice to with niches where the accessories are exhibited, contemporary elegance, innovation and tradition. as in a museum. It has several sites in Florence: Por the retailer). However, this procedure only applies at The boutique occupies the entire ground floor Santa Maria, 16/r (open daily 11am-7pm); Via della of the building, inside large spaces decorated major international airports or main border crossings. Spada, 16-20 (Open Mon-Sat 10am-1.30pm/2pm- with 18th-century frescoes. The wing of the store Most major department stores have Tax Free 7.30pm; Sun 11am-7.30pm). Flagship Store: Via that faces onto Piazza Santa Trinita hosts the Refund offices. della Vigna Nuova 88/r. Open daily 10am-7.30pm. “Ferragamo’s Creations” corner with the exclusive 8. The services provided by Tax-Free companies imply T: 055 2399527. Map D3 footwear line that revisits some of the brand’s the payment of a small administrative sum which Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica iconic models. www.ferragamo.com. Open daily 10am-7.30pm. Palazzo Spini Feroni-Via de’ is directly deducted from the amount of VAT di Santa Maria Novella Tornabuoni, 4/r. T: 055 292123. Map E4 refunded to the traveller. UNIQUE The oldest historical pharmacy 9. In the event of a traveller not receiving a VAT refund in Europe (established in 1221), the Officina UGG within a reasonable period of time, he or she Profumo-Farmaceutica is housed in a part of First single-brand boutique in Italy of the the Dominican convent complex of Santa Maria should re-contact the Italian retailer or one of the Californian lifestyle brand specialising in footwear. Novella and has been open to the public for over A brightly lit space with colours and themes aforementioned companies. four centuries (since 1612). Its products (perfumes, taking up the decorative elements of the UGG 10. However, please note, VAT cannot be refunded beauty products, medicinal herbs, herbal teas, 2019 campaign, in the heart of historic piazza della directly by customs offices. sweets and chocolates) are sold all over the Repubblica. Inside, the more traditional models Source: www.adm.gov.it/portale/ee/citizen/vta-refund world in 75 single brand stores and represent a stands alonside new footwear. www. ugg.com. production par excellence on account of their Open 3pm-7.30pm: Tues-Sat 10-30am-7.30pm; Sun quality raw materials and centuries-old handicraft 11.30am-7.30pm. Piazza della Repubblica, 30/r. techniques, with the aid of modern technologies. T: 055 0945430. Map F3

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LUGANO best local food and wines are on offer. MENDRISIO Open daily 10am-8pm. BERGAMO BRESCIA • WHERE: take the A1-E35 motorway in the Not far from direction of Rome and exit at Valdichiana NOVARA TRIESTE Florence, in MILANO Bettolle. Tuscany but also • WHAT: 140 designer and brand shops characterized by quality and convenience in nearby Emilia- ALESSANDRIA offering 30% to 70% discounts all year round Romagna, don’t TORINO FERRARA and further discounts during sale periods: ? miss a trip to PIACENZA MAR Adidas, Baldinini, Brooks Brothers, Calvin Klein, Fidenza Village Diadora, Geox, Guess, Levi’s, Massimo Rebecchi, these shopping GENOVA Castel GuelfoADRIATICO BOLOGNA ? The Style Outlets Samsonite, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour FORTE destinations The Mall Sanremo and many others. DEI MARMI THE APPENNINI ? MAR LIGURE LUCCA MOUNTAINBarberino RIDGE • NOT ONLY SHOPPING: ample choice of offering discounts ? Designer Outlet PISA the restaurants and refreshments, a modern year-round. FIRENZE VENTIMIGLIA playground, the possibility of recharging your SAN GIMIGNANO? The Mall Firenze electric car, free wi-fi, mobile phone recharge LIVORNO Valdichiana ANCONA and, in the event of rain, the possibility of SIENA ?Outlet Village walking in the dry beneath the porticoes. The Mall Firenze www.valdichianaoutlet.it PERUGIA BARBERINO DESIGNER OUTLET • WHAT: 110 boutiques by prestigious brands – THE MALL FIRENZE McArthurGlen Barberino is conveniently located such as Baldinini, K-way, Flavio Castellani, Guess, The luxury outlet centre The Mall Firenze is a adjacent to the A1 motorway, for easy access Pepe Jeans, Timberland, Trussardi and Vans – of gallery of the world’s most exclusive designers from Florence (just 30 minutes from the city clothing and accessories for the whole family, at truly advantageous prices, offeringPESCARA customers CORSICA centre). McArthurGlen also boasts “Serravalle” sportswear, items for the home and beauty a unique shopping experience. It is set in the near Milan (the largest Designer Outlet in products, with discounts of up to 70% on the heart of the Tuscan countryside, just 30 minutes Europe), “Castel Romano” near Rome, “La Reggia” retail price. from Florence.ROMA Open daily 10am-7pm (in June, near Naples and “Noventa di Piave” close • NOT ONLY SHOPPING: to make the day of July, August 10am-8pm). to Venice. Open daily 10am-8pm. shopping even more enjoyable, the centre also • WHERE: take the A1-E35 motorway in the • WHERE: take the A1-E35 motorway in the hosts art exhibitions, lots of eventsMAR and initiatives TIRRENO direction of Rome. Leave the motorway at the direction of Bologna and exit at Barberino. Daily designed to involve the whole family. “Incisa-Reggello” exit and proceed on the right shuttle bus service from Florence Santa Maria www.thestyleoutlets.it towards Pontassieve, as far as Leccio. DirectNAPOLI bus Novella train station (4 times a day). Meeting service from central Florence (Busitalia/Sita bus FIDENZA VILLAGE point: City Sightseeing Firenze Line A Stop No.1, station-Via S. Caterina da Siena, near the central This is one of the 11 Villages in Europe and China Florence SMN Train Station, left-luggage railway station, €7). Exclusive door-to-door of The Bicester Village Shopping Collection® by office side. minivan service from centrally located hotels in Value Retail: a place where hospitality makes the • WHAT: the perfect location to find your favourite Florence (€35 round trip). Ask your concierge. shoppingSARDEGNA experience memorable. The Village is Valdichiana Outlet Village Fidenza Village designer brands at up to 70% off, all year round. • WHAT: over 40 luxury stores (fashion, fragrance located in the Emilia-Romagna region, 2 hours With more than 120 boutiques, cafés and and footwear) featuring your favourite brands from Florence. Open daily 10am-8pm. restaurants, children’s play area and free parking, with discounts of up to 70% year-round: Gucci, • WHERE: halfway between Bologna and Milan, surrounded by wonderful Tuscany countryside Fendi, Salvatore Ferragamo, Dolce&Gabbana, near Parma. Take the A1-E35 motorway and exit and architecture, Barberino Designer Outlet offers Jimmy Choo, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and at Fidenza/Salsomaggiore Terme. something for everyone. McArthurGlen.it/Barberino Chloé (June 2018 Opening). • WHAT: an exclusive shopping experience with • NOT ONLY SHOPPING: the Gucci Caffè CASTEL GUELFO THE STYLE OUTLETS unique hospitality at the core of the services Restaurant, on the top floor of the Gucci store, The point where quality, style and convenience and with over 120 boutiques of the world’s is the perfect spot for a lunch break or just to meet: men’s, women’s and children’s clothes, leading fashion and lifestyle brands at reduced savour a moment of relaxation after a day’s sportswear, accessories and cosmetics with prices (up to 70% off ), including Missoni, shopping. www.themall.it discounts of between 30% and 70% all year Jil Sander, Sergio Rossi, Marni, Vivienne round. Castel Guelfo The Style Outlets is located Westwood and many more. VALDICHIANA OUTLET VILLAGE in the Emilia-Romagna region, 1.5 hours from • NOT ONLY SHOPPING: the Village pays An authentic “Shopping Village” in the province Florence. Open Mon-Fri 10am-8pm; Sat and Sun homage to the region’s rich cultural and of Arezzo (1 hour from Florence), offering a 10am-8.30pm. gastronomic heritage. After your day of pleasant, relaxing atmosphere and a unique • WHERE: take the A1 Bologna-Ancona and exit shopping, visit one of its restaurants to indulge shopping experience characterised by quality at Castel San Pietro Terme. A free shuttle service is in delicious homemade pasta with fresh and convenience. It has several facilities and available daily from Castel San Pietro Terme Parmesan cheese from nearby Parma. services, such as a beauty centre, a playground, Castel Guelfo The Style Outlets Barberino Designer Outlet railway station. www.fidenzavillage.com the library and several food courts where the

30 WHERE FLORENCE I MARCH 2020 www.wheretraveler.com 31 DINING FOR MORE LISTINGS VISIT WWW.WHEREITALIA.COM/FLORENCE TUSCAN CUISINE store. In an ambiance of industrial design, the restaurant offers a high quality menu at affordable Benedicta prices, combining traditional dishes based EDITOR’S TIP The Benedicta restaurant, to which strictly on seasonal products, with a penchant for Tuscan food the Michelin Guide 2017 assigned 3 forks, is a pearl experimentation in the mix of flavours and textures. hidden away in a side street near Santa Maria Novella, €€. www.lamenagere.it. Via De’ Ginori, 8/r. T: 055 inside the Rivoli Boutique Hotel. Italian and Tuscan 0750600. Map F1 cuisine revisited in a contemporary vein, with a menu based on locally sourced ingredients that changes Latini (Il) every two months depending on the season. Open Historic trattoria near Santa Maria Novella highlighted 7.30pm-11pm; closed on Sun. From late April to in the Michelin Guide. Besides bistecca alla fiorentina, October you can dine in the romantic flower garden. there are pork chops and ribs on the Il Latini grill, as €€. www.ristorantebenedicta.it. Via Benedetta 12/r. well as roast beef or lamb. Also available are Florentine T:055 2645429. Map D2 tripe and peposo (peppery Tuscan beef stew), depending on the season. The cantina is well stocked Bordino Trattoria with the best Tuscan wines, autochthonous and non, as High up in a little street just a stone’s throw from well as the big French labels. €€€. www.illatini.com Via the Ponte Vecchio, the Trattoria Bordino is always dei Palchetti, 6. T: 055 210916. Map D3 crowded with both locals and tourists because of its quality food at very affordable prices. The dishes are Locale Firenze traditional, with bistecca alla fiorentina grilled directly A restaurant steeped in history, in an ancient building on wood charcoal the speciality. A wide selection of where by just descending a few steps you can travel Italian wines accompanies the dishes in a pleasant, - like in a time machine - from the Renaissance to 13th- relaxed environment. €€. www.trattoriabordino.it. Via century Florence, to the wine cellars that conserve Stracciatella, 9/r. T: 055 213048. Map F5 Roman remains. It is possible to stop for just an aperitif with sophisticated cocktails or stay for dinner with Cammillo dishes from the tradition revisited in a contemporary Pappa col pomodoro A historic Florentine trattoria not far from Ponte vein. €€€. www.localefirenze.it. Via delle Seggiole, 12/r. Vecchio. Inside it is as if time stood still: the (very long) T: 055 9067188. Map H3 menu has practically all the classic Tuscan recipes, CANTUCCI. The finger-shaped almond plus a few you wouldn’t expect like prawn curry with Lungarno23 pilaf rice, actually one of Cammillo’s signature dishes. In the splendid setting of Lungarno Torrigiani, this biscuits are made by slicing up a long Also very good are the croutons with chicken livers, restaurant is famous for its Chianina meat hamburgers, roll of baked dough while still hot. the ribollita, tripe, bistecca alla fiorentina and stuffed which are certified with the I.G.P. mark and come The dough is made with flour, sugar, rabbit. €€. Borgo San Jacopo, 57/r. T: 055 212427. from small local farms. Forget the image of fast food, eggs, butter and raw almonds. Tuscans Map E5 because here the hamburger is accompanied by normally dunk their ’cantucci’ in a fresh ingredients, hand-made sesame seed bread, fortified local wine called Vin Santo. Cibrèo Ristorante freshly fried potatoes and browned onions. €€. www. In Florence and in the area near the Market of lungarno23.it. Lungarno Torrigiani, 23. T: 055 2345957. CIBREO. Dish for strong stomachs, Sant’Ambrogio, Cibrèo is a trademark for eating Map G6 Cibreo is a typical main course of well. The Cibrèo Restaurant offers territorial and Florentine “poor cuisine” containing liver, regional cuisine that is sincere and vigorous, with no L’Ortone chicken hearts, crests, eggs, lemon juice fear of strong ingredients such as olive oil, garlic or Situated in the emerging San Ambrogio foodie and onion. Tuscan kale, drenched in personality, in the image district, opposite the charming street market, the of its founder Fabio Picchi. The products are strictly menu is based on typical Tuscan dishes, with a focus LAMPREDOTTO. This is Florentine seasonal and arrive from rigorously selected farm, on traditional first courses and grilled specialities, street food par excellence. It’s a cow’s fisheries, sheep and cattle breeders. €€€. www.cibreo. including of course the fiorentina. If you want to try fourth stomach, known as the ’abomaso’, com/ristorante. Via Andrea del Verrocchio, 8/r. T: 055 something more adventurous you can’t go wrong with cooked in a herb broth and most Fish in Florence 2341100. Map L3 the pork liver confit with kale and Boretto onions. €€. commonly served in a panino soaked www.lortone.it. Piazza 87/r. T: 055 234 in the broth or topped with the local Da Burde 0804. Map L4 The La Pescatoria restaurant, a valid alternative to Tuscan “land-based” cuisine, proposes fish dishes prepared The menu changes with the mood of the kitchen, and parsley-based green sauce. according to the Mediterranean tradition. And once a week there are also aperitifs. By Chiara Zaccarelli the seasons. Here you’ll find croutons with chicken Marione Trattoria PAPPA COL POMODORO. Soup made livers, fiorentina, pappa col pomodoro, and ribollita. The atmosphere of an old-fashioned trattoria in the of stale bread (unsalted), tomatoes, Highlighted by the Michelin Guide as excellent historic centre of Florence. Here it is possible to taste garlic, basil, extra virgin Tuscan olive oil, value for money, the atmosphere has remained that the typical dishes of Tuscan cuisine surrounded by uscan cuisine is not just tripe and Bistecca and can be chosen directly via the display case salt and pepper. of the early 1900’s, as has the food, simple but rich barrel vaults and baked brick floors. Ribollita, taglierini alla Fiorentina. One alternative, for by the counter, while in the kitchen young Chef in flavour. A well-stocked cantina, with Tuscan and with truffle, bistecca alla fiorentina and Tuscan cured RIBOLLITA. Soup made of stale bread, example, is provided by La Pescatoria, a Claudio Lopopolo puts all his dedication into the Piedmontese wines but also French, including some meats are among the most popular dishes. If you go kale and beans (borlotti, toscanelli or T fine champagne. €€€. www.vinodaburde.com. Via fish cuisine restaurant not far from Santa Maria dishes. Among his signature dishes are home- at the weekend it is advisable to book in advance, cannellini). ‘Ribollita’ - literally means Pistoiese, 154. T: 055 317206. Off Map because there is usually a long queue of people Novella station, which is capable of transporting made Tortelli di bufala con astice, Spaghetti al nero boiled several times - derives from the waiting outside. €€. www.casatrattoria.com/trattoria- IO Osteria Personale fact that in the old days peasants used to you, as if by magic, right beside the sea. The di seppia con amatriciana di tonno, or Tonno in marione. Via della Spada 27/r. T: 055 214756. Map E3 In the neighbourhood of San Frediano, which still make a large pot and serve it, heated up, furnishings, the colours (with a preference for blue crosta di capperi con guacamole e riduzione di soia conserves the charm of the most authentic Florence, Opera over a number of days, each time tastier and white) and the warm, pleasant atmosphere and, to finish, delicate hand-made sorbets. Maître surrounded by wooden ceilings and brick walls, a Situated inside the Grand Hotel Adriatico, a few than before. are all reminiscent of ships. Large chandeliers Giuseppe Caggiano guides customers through modern tavern that has a preference for the products steps from the coolest “Oltrarno” district, the Opera SCHIACCIATA. In Florence you’ll find this light the set tables, while for quicker meals you the discoveries of the well-stocked wine list, with a of the territory, reinterpreting them in an innovative restaurant offers dishes from both the Italian and simple focaccia baked in a wood oven can sit at the informal counter. The menu is based good offer of bubbly and spirits from the territory. way. Among the titbits are crispy vitel toné, ravioli the typical Florentine and Tuscan culinary traditions. of wild salmon, whipped cream, ginger, herring and dressed with olive oil and salt at any on meticulous research into raw materials: fish Furthermore, every Thursday, from 7.30pm to In a relaxed and elegant atmosphere, with a music caviar and dill or tagliatelle with raw red shrimps and background of the most important operas, you can baker’s, but of course everyone has their breeders, fishermen, cooperatives and production 10pm, the venue proposes aperitifs with small seasonal mushrooms. €€. www.io-osteriapersonale.it. taste tortelli,tagliata, steak alla Fiorentina and the own preference: soft and well oiled, crisp companies are carefully selected; the dishes are fish-based tapas and a DJ set. Borgo San Frediano 167/r. T: 055 9331341. Map B4 traditional Florentine dessert ’zuccotto’. Its wine cellar and salty, or made with ancient grains. prepared following a classic Mediterranean line, deserves a special mention. Open 7.30pm-10.30pm; La Ménagère (C.Z.) closed on Sun. €€. www.hoteladriatico.it. Via Maso but enriched with a few creative contemporary >> www.lapescatoria.it A concept restaurant not far from Battistero, Finiguerra, 9. T: 055 294447. Map C2 touches. The fish arrives fresh each morning Via Palazzuolo, 80/r. T: 055 2657782. Map D2 combining restaurant, bistrot, florist and design

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Osteria Badalì cuisine (although you can still request a private room Located in the heart of a rather quiet district, San for up to ten people in classic 16th-century Florentine Niccolò. A culinary proposal that revisits the traditions style). The bistecca alla fiorentina is excellent, as is the The “fiorentina” Michelin-starred restaurants of the past, all about long cooking times and ribollita or pappardelle with Maremma boar ragù. €€. essentials, starting with the study of old cooking texts www.bucamario.com. Piazza degli Ottaviani, 16/r. T: found on the second-hand book stalls and based 055 214179. Map D3 above all on homemade pasta and traditional soups, Giovannini. A breathtaking view over Florence and Buca Poldo as well as pork products. €€. www.badaliosteria.it. Via across vineyards at the rear, these are just the cherry on A few yards from Piazza della Signoria and Ponte dei Renai 11/r. T: 055 2264422. Map H6 the cake of a creative culinary proposal, which in this Vecchio, Buca Poldo serves characteristic Tuscan case too draws its inspiration from the local tradition, Touch Bistrò Toscano dishes including ribollita, pappa al pomodoro, with a propensity for quality meat (the boiled sausages Three young entrepreneurs who met over the hobs fiorentina and boar stew, as well as a few forays into and ’soppressata’ are self-produced), but also for of the hotelier institute have made their dream a other regional cuisines. Although the majority of the vegetables picked directly from the restaurant’s own reality by opening this bistro that favours the use of courses are meat based, some fish dishes are also vegetable and herb garden and for the hand-made seasonal ingredients selected from the nearby market available. The kitchen is open on two sides, so that bread using flour from ancient grains. of Sant’Ambrogio in the neighbourhood of the same diners can watch the chefs at work. www.bucapoldo. name. The menu, which gives a touch of freshness to com. Chiasso degli Armagnati, 2/r. T: 055.239.6578. Ora d ’Aria the Tuscan tradition, proposes, among other things, Map F4 Via dei Georgofili 11/r. T: 055 200169 ravioli di ossobuco, fried egg and fagioli all’uccelletto, Buca San Giovanni www.oradariaristorante.com but also monkfish and squid. €€. touchflorence.com. Buca San Giovanni is another of Italy’s historic An hour of air to escape from culinary boredom. Via di Mezzo 42/r. T:055 2466150. Map I3 We don’t know if the owner had this in mind when restaurants. Originally the sacristy of the nearby he gave this name to his restaurant, just a stone’s Tuscani 3 (I) Baptistery of Saint John opposite , Buca Mario throw from Ponte Vecchio, but it certainly gives that If you love “ciccia” (which is what Tuscans call red it was also the Rosicrucian masons’ secret initiation impression. Tuscan chef Marco Stabile is playing at meat), you must not miss this steakhouse and venue and countless notables from Florence and Bistecca alla fiorentina is one of home with dishes that are a reminder of granny’s delicatessen that is very famous in the city. Located elsewhere have enjoyed a meal under its ancient the most iconic dishes in Florence recipes but tending towards a more creative in the heart of the historic centre, a few steps from vaults. There is no lack of classic dishes such as cuisine. But be careful: to recognize contemporary style. Lovers of strong flavours can Piazza della Repubblica, it obviously offers the ossobuco alla Fiorentina (oxtail) and stracotto al the original and tell it apart from the Chianti (beef braised in Chianti), but the cuisine also delight in dishes such as soft-crisp piglet or pigeon typical bistecca alla fiorentina but also selections of hundreds of impostors, there are cooked in three ways. For lunch the choice of the Tuscan pork, cured meat boards or steak tartare and stretches to other Italian regional specialities, such as a few tips you need to know. “tapas” formula allows you to try a selection of small hamburger made rigorously with Chianina meat. €€. bucatini all’amatriciana, spaghetti alla carbonara or Bottega del Buon Caffè portions of gourmet dishes. The wine cellar boasts http://ituscani3.com.Via Dante Alighieri 18/r.T: 055 linguine al pesto. www.bucasangiovanni.it. Piazza San Tuscan wines, but also prized Italian and French labels 285356. Map F4 Giovanni, 8. T: 055 287612 Map F Cooking a “fiorentina” is a genuine ritual In addition to the historic and well established Enoteca Pinchiorri, with its and a highly select menu of beers. with unwritten rules that the visitor Zeb Fiaschetteria Nuvoli prestigious three Michelin stars, there are six other Florentine restaurants needs to know to avoid falling foul Il Palagio Just moments away from and Just a few steps from Piazza Duomo is an obligatory of the restaurant owner, paying over that have been awarded one star. Let’s enjoy them together. the , Zeb - highlighted by the destination for anyone who has ever wondered what Borgo Pinti, 99. T: 055 2626450 the odds and to make sure they get www.ilpalagioristorante.it Michelin Guide - serves a host of traditional Tuscan Florence’s old wine cellars were really like in the dishes such as cappellacci, tripe, lampredotto, meat past. Open from 8.30 in the morning until evening, it the real thing. Enoteca Pinchiorri vegetable garden that the restaurant possesses in the Inside the Hotel Four Seasons, in a sophisticated balls and stuffed rabbit. A tiny place, the diners eat serves typical Tuscan specialities such as chicken liver Via Ghibellina, 87. T: 055 242757 Florentine countryside, meat reared by local farms and environment with tables both indoors and outdoors, WHAT. This succulent steak is obtained at the bar, like a delicatessen (actually, its former croutons, cold cuts, tagliatelle al ragù, fried chicken enotecapinchiorri.it fresh fish. These are the strong points of the Bottega Il Palagio bases itself on a culinary proposal that looks from a specific cut of a young Chianina identity). There is a large selection of Italian wines, or brains, ribollita, pappa col pomodoro and roast How do you manage to be honoured with three del Buon Caffè. On the Lungarno, in the shadow of to the Italian and regional tradition with a touch of cow, a part of the loin near the backbone with a special focus on small local producers. €€. porchetta. There is also a vast choice of Tuscan wines, Michelin stars, the highest recognition, which is only the medieval Tower of San Niccolò, chef Erez Ohayon modernity, as in the terrine of foie gras with Vin Santo which has a T-bone in the middle. www.zebgastronomia.com. Via San Miniato, 2. T: 055 also available for aperitifs. Piazza dell’Olio, 15/r. achieved by a hundred restaurants worldwide? In proposes a cuisine based on the use of seasonal gelée or cheese and pepper cavatelli with red shrimps It should be grilled at a very high 2342864. Map H6 T: 055 239 6616. Map F2 the case of the Enoteca Pinchiorri, it comes from the ingredients, with a predilection for herbs and spices and baby squid. Chef Vito Mollica offers a menu that temperature, so that a fine crust forms winning combination of prime quality raw materials, to bring out the flavours. The seasonal tasting menus is a symphony of flavours, raw materials and colours, rapidly on the meat. All the flavour of this at times venturing far beyond the confines of Tuscany CANTINE the search for innovation, yet without forgetting the include gems such as amberjack served in three ways PIZZA dish depends on the cooking: the meat territory’s (great) culinary tradition, obsessive attention (tartare, ’ventresca’, fillet) or home-made cappelletti with dishes based on truffle, wagyu beef or three kinds Antica Mescita San Niccolò Pizza Man must be brown on the outside but red, to every detail and an unrivalled wine menu, which with pigeon, butter and thyme. of caviar. The wine menu includes more than 400 Ever wanted to eat lunch in a 1000 AD Romanesque Right in the city centre, this colourful Neapolitan includes highly prized labels, along with others that are labels, 50 of which also served by the glass. soft and juicy on the inside, hot, but not crypt? In Florence you can, at the Antica Mescita San school pizzeria with a fun atmosphere does gluten- little known but equally interesting. Then we can add Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura cooked through. This is the first vital rule: Niccolò, which also used to serve as a customs post free and 100% vegan pizzas as well as the traditional the fact that the restaurant is located inside the 18th- Piazza della Signoria, 10. T: 055 75927038 a fiorentina must be eaten rare. for wine originating from Chianti. Naturally, the wine variety. Now those with a food intolerance or special century Palazzo Jacometti-Ciofi and that its desserts www.gucci.com/it/it/store/osteria-bottura Borgo San Jacopo is excellent and predominately Tuscan and the food dietary needs don’t have to go without a tasty pizza. HOW. It should also be at least 3 or 4 cms are a delight for the senses. Located inside inside the Gucci Garden, the creative Ribollita calssica..e croccante also reflects the season and the local territory, with €. www.pizzaman.it. Via dell’Agnolo 105/107r. thick, and weigh between 1.2 kg and 1.5 liaison between Gucci and Bottura celebrates two dishes such as cold cuts and mixed cheeses, ribollita, T: 055 2480200. Map H4 kgs, although bigger steaks are easily Borgo San Jacopo c /o Hotel Lungarno Borgo things Italy is renowned for: fashion and fine cuisine. Ora d’Aria bistecca alla fiorentina and lampredotto, to name just available. And here is another sore point. San Jacopo, 62/r. T: 055 281661 Head of the team is Mexican chef Karime Lopez Kondo. Pizzaiuolo (Il) a few. €€. www.osteriasanniccolo.it. Via San Niccolò, At a restaurant you pay for a fiorentina www.borgosanjacopo.com The menu is an explosive blend of flavours ranging 60/r. T: 055 2342836. Map H6 Just steps from the Sant’Ambrogio market, this is Overlooking the banks of the Arno, with a picture from Italy to the Orient and offers cosmopolitan titbits one of Florence’s oldest pizzerias. Here again the by weight. An average price to be sure of postcard view of Ponte Vecchio, the restaurant Borgo such as the “Taka-ban”, the classic Japanese steamed Buca Lapi pizza is Neapolitan: wood oven cooked, with quality getting the real thing is around 50 euros San Jacopo is perfect for a romantic evening. In this bun with pork belly and spicy sauce, or marinated This is one of Florence’s oldest eating places. Crafted in-season toppings, mostly sourced from Campania. a kilo. case the winning recipe is one that blends creativity, Adriatic palamita with tortilla or fried aubergines in out of the wine cellars of the Renaissance Palazzo The rest of the menu also follows Neapolitan WITH. The traditional accompaniment is tradition and quality ingredients (lamb in sea water or shiso sauce. In a very intimate setting, the bistro plays Antinori, it still preserves traces of over a century of tradition, with first courses of fish and local desserts usually cannellini beans, washed down Bresse rooster and octopus are an example of this), all around the tones of green and pistachio and can history thanks to the meticulous restoration of the such as babà and pastiera. €. www.ilpizzaiuolo.it. Via with a glass of Chianti. washed down with wines chosen from a cellar of 900 welcome up t o 35 diners indoors. internal frescoes. Buca Lapi is particularly popular with dei Macci, 113/r. T: 055 241171. Map I3 labels. You can opt for the tasting menu (the potato- lovers of the real fiorentina, but the other local Tuscan WHERE. Here are four restaurants where based one is unmissable) or à la carte. La Leggenda dei Frati c/o Villa Bardini dishes are worth trying too, such as croutons, ribollita Santarpia you can’t go wrong: Il Latini (www. In a room with blue and brown tiles, the wood oven Costa S. Giorgio, 6/a. T: 055 0680545 or wild boar with polenta. €€€. www.bucalapi.com. Via illatini.com), Buca Lapi (www.bucalapi. La Bottega del Buon Caffè www.laleggendadeifrati.it del Trebbio 1/r. T: 055 213768. Map E3 turns out pizzas made with choice, slow-rising SHUTTERSTOCK.COM com), Da Burde (www.vinodaburde.com) Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 69/r. T: 055 5535677 Inside the Villa Bardini museum complex in Costa San flours, tomatoes from Vesuvius and mozzarella from and Perseus (www.casatrattoria.com/ www.borgointhecity.com/it/la-bottegadel-buon-caffe Giorgio is the one-star restaurant La Leggenda dei Frati Buca Mario Campania cheese makers. All accompanied by craft Zero food miles products gathered from the organic helmed by chef Filippo Saporito and his wife Ombretta For years ordinary folk have rubbed shoulders with beers or wines from small producers. €. ristorante-perseus-firenze). PHOTO © famous names beneath the bare brick ceilings of www.santarpia.biz. Largo Pietro Annigoni, 9/c. (C.Z.) Buca Mario to enjoy simple, genuine Florentine T: 055245829. Map L3

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Il Conventino a Marignolle c/o Villa Tolomei Hotel & Resort wVia di Santa Maria a Marignolle, 10. T: 055 3920425 www.ilconventinoamarignolle.com A very romantic view and frescoed rooms in a wonderful 12th-century villa surrounded by a vast estate comprising 20 hectares of olive groves, Il Conventino a Marignolle Il Palagio vineyards and orchards. The kitchen proposes traditional Tuscan and Italian dishes, prepared with seasonal products from the estate or the nearby of truffles. Truffles are served all year round: from countryside. Regional specialities typical of Tuscany, as antipasto to dessert, savour the best varieties of well as the favourites of Italian cuisine. fresh Tuscan truffles, from the Black Truffle and Tuber Borchii, to the more expensive White Truffle Il Palagio and Tuber magnatum Pico. Classic truffle items are Bristol Winter Garden c/o Four Seasons Hotel Firenze flanked by other sophisticated dishes: tagliolino, Borgo Pinti, 99. T: 055 2626450 egg, tartare. The menu also includes classic Tuscan www.ilpalagioristorante.it dishes. Tradition, innovation and creativity: Flora & Fauno A sophisticated ambiance with tables both inside Where® highlights some culinary c/o Hotel Ville sull’Arno and outside, Il Palagio is a Michelin-starred restaurant Se•Sto on Arno Lungarno Cristoforo Colombo 3/5. whose culinary offering looks to Italian and regional c/o The Westin Excelsior Florence destinations to whet your appetite T: 055 670971 tradition with a modern touch. Chef Vito Mollica Piazza Ognissanti 3. T: 055 27152783 in several top hotels in Florence. www.hotelvillesullarno.com ventures far beyond the confines of Tuscan cuisine www.westinflorence.com Facing the river and immersed in the lovely garden of with dishes based on truffles, wagyu beef and three Local flavours and seasonal products for a the Hotel Ville sull’Arno, Flora & Fauno offers a peaceful types of caviar. The wine list comprises more than 400 Tuscan cuisine with a touch of innovation and an Borgo San Jacopo spot with a vintage country feel in which to explore labels, of which 50 are also served by the glass. The unforgettable view of Florence. On the sixth floor c/o Hotel Lungarno the flavours and aromas of Tuscany. Classic traditional hotel also has two other restaurants: La Magnolia and of The Westin Excelsior, SE•STO on Arno combines Borgo San Jacopo, 62/R. T: 055 281661 recipes revisited in a contemporary accent. The Trattoria al . a restaurant, lounge, bar and garden enclosed by www.borgosanjacopo.com protagonists on the menu are the local ingredients, sweeping picture windows that make the most of On the banks of the Arno, with a postcard view of juxtaposed sometimes in new and unexpected ways, Irene the unique position and breathtaking view over Ponte Vecchio, the Borgo San Jacopo restaurant at other times sticking to tradition. c/o Hotel Savoy La Loggia the city. is the perfect place for a romantic evening. The Piazza della Repubblica, 7. T: 055 273 5891 traditional Italian dishes are reinterpreted using fine Golden Restaurant www.roccofortehotels.com Villa La Vedetta quality ingredients by Michelin-starred chef Claudio c/o Golden Tower Hotel & SPA Inside the Hotel Savoy, a sumptuous fin-de-siècle Le Bistrot Ristorante La Chiostrina c/o Villa La Vedetta Mengoni, accompanied by collector wines from a Piazza Strozzi 11/r. building with an extraordinary collection of art works, c/o Villa Cora c/o Bernini Palace Viale Michelangiolo, 78. T: 055 681631 cantina of 900 labels. T: 055 287860 the restaurant boasts a menu inspired by chef Fulvio Viale Machiavelli, 18. T: 055 22 87 90 Piazza San Firenze, 29 (Piazza della Signoria). T: 055 288621 www.villalavedettahotel.com www.goldentowerhotel.it Pierangelini, who together with head chef Giovanni www.villacora.it hotelbernini.duetorrihotels.com Just moments away from the Piazzale Bristol Winter Garden The cuisine is based on the authentic flavours of Cosmai has designed a series of classic and new The location in itself is extraordinary: an ancient park One of the most elegant and sophisticated restaurants Michelangelo belvedere, with a breathtaking c/o Helvetia & Bristol Florentine and Italian wine and food, whose trump versions of Tuscan tradition, using the best local and that dominates the Boboli Gardens, the aristocratic in the historic centre, housed under a 16th-century view over Florence, is this discreet and elegant Via dei Pescioni, 8/r. T: 055 2665620 card is the guaranteed freshness and quality of the seasonal products. residence that once hosted princess Eugenia, wife of portico. The menu draws on the most genuine local restaurant with a rich wine list, mainly focused on www.starhotelscollezione.com ingredients, chosen personally by the chef. Intimate Napoleon III, and the French pianist Claude Debussy, flavours, such as the celebrated pappa al pomodoro, fine Tuscan reds. Local cuisine, with products and The restaurant is located inside the evocative and refined atmosphere, with high class furnishings J.K. Lounge Restaurant & Bar among others. The menu, created by Executive Chef for a sensory journey through Tuscan cuisine. Besides recipes typical of the region, so with meat, though Winter Garden, covered by the historic Liberty- and fittings. c/o JK Place Firenze Alessandro Liberatore, offers traditional Tuscan dishes regional specialities, the menu also offers international there are plenty of vegan and vegetarian options style glass ceiling. A versatile ambience with Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, 7. T: 055 5321910 made exclusively with seasonal and for the most part dishes. too. classic motifs of 18th-century chinoiserie. Among Il Giardino Restaurant www.jkplace.com locally sourced products. In winter the restaurant the proposals of Chef Pasquale D’Ambrosio the c/o Sina Villa Medici Here are Tuscan and Italian specialities made with occupies the exquisite oriental Sala Moresca with its Ristorante La Loggia Winter Garden by Caino inimitable roasted rock octopus and the most Via Il Prato, 42. local and seasonal ingredients, preferably organically frescoed cupola ceiling, while in the summer it moves c/o Belmond Villa San Michele c/o The Saint Regis Florence traditional Chianina tenderloin, a true tribute to T: 055 2771891 farmed. In the summer months the elegant dining poolside to the winter garden. Via Doccia, 4 - Fiesole (FI). T: 055 5678200 Piazza Ognissanti, 1. T: 055 27163770 the Tuscan land. The Winter Garden opens into the www.sinahotels.com room, styled as a cosy living room, opens onto the www.belmond.com www.wintergardenbycaino.com Tinello, the beating heart of the hotel, designed by A temple of flavours in the sophisticated ambiance of terrace in the marvellous Piazza di Santa Maria Novella. Relais Le Jardin This imposing 15th-century loggia is worth the Immersed in the fin-de-siècle atmosphere of the Riccardo Barthel, that hosts a variety of gastronomic the Sina Hotel Villa Medici, an aristocratic 18th-century c/o Hotel Regency visit even just for its magnificent position looking over Hotel Saint Regis Florence, the Michelin-starred appointments in different moments of the day. palace, recently renovated and restored to its former La Cucina del Salviatino Piazza M. D’Azeglio, 3. T: 055 245247 Florence. Regional Tuscan specialities revisited restaurant Winter Garden by Caino, was born out splendour. The restaurant, with its winter garden c/o Il Salviatino www.regency-hotel.com in a contemporary accent by Executive Chef of a creative liaison between chef Valeria Piccini Capriccio Restaurant which can be opened during the summer months, Via del Salviatino, 21- Fiesole (FI). T: 055 9041111 Located in the elegant Sala Zodiaco, amidst huge Alessandro Cozzolino. and executive chef Gentian Shehi. Their menu c/o Hotel Montebello Splendid has been studied in every detail with an exclusive www.salviatino.com mirrors, candles and a veranda that in summer opens shines an innovative spotlight on the wonderful Via G. Garibaldi, 14. T: 055 27471 design. Seasonality and territoriality are the basis for Il Majestic 15th-century villa in the hills of Fiesole, with onto the private garden, the restaurant’s chef Sandro Savini Tartufi Truffle Restaurant local cuisine, with suggestions from all parts of the www.montebellosplendid.com Giardino’s cuisine, interpreted by chef Luigi Incrocci. a captivating view of Florence. Cuisine with strong Baldini proposes a rich array of Italian and Tuscan c/o NH Collection Firenze Porta Rossa globe. It ranges from the classic Tuscan dishes for The restaurant is designed to ensure tranquility, out The menu presents interesting creations of the best links to the local territory and the seasons, with a dishes (home-made pasta and regional specialities Via Porta Rossa, 19. T: 055 3995913 strong stomachs such as tripe and lampredotto to of the tourist circuit, and to satisfy you with class Italian and international tradition, revisited in a modern prevalence of meat courses, though there is no such as truffles, porcini mushrooms, costolette alla www.savinitartufi.it/restaurants/savini-firenze more refined proposals like lobster tail on cream service and haute cuisine dishes. Quality products mood. The philosophy behind the restaurant’s cuisine shortage of fish and vegetarian dishes. The historic fiorentina and others besides) that vary depending Palazzo Bartolini houses one of the three restaurants of topinambour and mandarin. The desserts, too, and absolute freshness for a couple’s candlelight is to amaze the guests dish after dish. The wine cellar orchard and organic vegetable garden ensure zero on the season’s ingredients, always fresh and of the in Italy run by Savini Tartufi, a family-owned business are a joy for both eyes and palate, in particular their dinner or a special event. has 60 wine labels. food miles. highest quality. famed for nearly 100 years for its exclusive selection original take on tiramisù.

36 WHERE FLORENCE I MARCH 2020 www.wheretraveler.com 37 ENTERTAINMENT FOR MORE LISTINGS VISIT WWW.WHEREITALIA.COM/FLORENCE bistrot in the Santa Croce district. www.foodyfarm.it. dates back to the second half of the 19th century. APERITIVI Corso dei Tintori, 10/r. T: 055 242327. Map H5 www.operadifirenze.it. Corso Italia, 16. T: 055 27791. Easy living Map B2 Procacci Better known to Florentines as the “spiaggina” This delicatessen founded in 1885 has become an Teatro Goldoni (little beach), its location is quite singular: this strictly institution, and not only in Florence, especially for its Inaugurated in 1817 in the presence of Ferdinand summer-only bar is built right on the river-bed of truffle-based specialities and impeccable selection of III of Habsburg-Lorraine, thanks to its proximity the Arno, opposite Torre San Niccolò, from where wines. Combines a gourmet food shop and wine bar to Palazzo Pitti it soon became the court theatre. patrons can enjoy a leisurely aperitif with a stunning in a relaxing atmosphere, with delicious snacks to eat Oval-shaped, with 80 boxes distributed over four view of Ponte Vecchio, often with live music. There in. 10am till 9pm (Sunday from 11am till 8pm). Historic orders, it experienced a period of abandonment. is always a cooling breeze, a big plus in a sweltering venue in the heart of Florence. www.procacci1885.it. After a restoration, it returned to its original pomp Florence summer. www.easylivingfirenze.it. Piazza G. Via de’ Tornabuoni, 64/r. T: 055 211656. Map E3 in 1998, with a historical design by Italian director Poggi. T: 055 2341112. Map I6 and actor Luca Ronconi. www.operadifirenze.it. Via Il Rifrullo CONCERT VENUES Santa Maria, 15. T: 055 2779309. Map C6 In 1981 it was the first American Bar in Florence and Teatro del Maggio it has never lost its appeal as a rendezvous for both & THEATRES The theatre is in the centre, beside the old city Florentines and visitors, renovated several times Teatro Comunale walls, next to the historic Stazione Leopolda. The but still a landmark. You can enjoy its rightly The city’s largest theatre occupies approximately garden that welcomes visitors is Piazzale Vittorio acclaimed aperitifs and abundant buffet in the half a block between corso Italia, via Magenta and Gui, named after the founder of the Stabile garden in summer or in front of the fire in winter. via Solferino. The main theatre has seating for around Orchestrale Fiorentina and the Florentine Maggio www.ilrifrullo.com. Via San Niccolò, 55/r. 1800, but also part of the complex is a foyer called Musicale. Symphony concerts and operas are T: 055 2342621. Map H6 the “Piccolo Teatro”, which can hold a little under 600 performed in a contemporary space in a large spectators. The name “Comunale” [Municipal] dates Rivalta Cafè wood-covered hall. www.operadifirenze.it. Piazzale back to 1933, when the Florentine Maggio Musicale Aperitifs, DJ set and Italian menu in a chic venue that V. Gui, 1. Off Map was established (see entry), but the theatre itself combines modern furnishings and frescoed ceilings. The sight of the Arno at dusk always attracts a crowd. www.rivaltacafe.it. Lungarno Corsini 14/r. T: 055 289810. Map E4

Rooftop Bar La Terrazza Cocktails and champagne on an elegant patio furnished to contemporary taste, looking over at the medieval Consorti Tower. On the top floor of the Hotel Continentale. www.continentalehotel.com. Vicolo dell’Oro, 6. T: 055 27265987. Map F4

Se·Sto on Arno The Westin Excelsior opens its bar for aperitifs every evening from 7pm to 9pm. Two large terrazze provide a 360° view over the marvels of Florence. www.westinflorence.com. Piazza Ognissanti, 3. T: 055 27151. Map C3

Three Sixty From May to September the Grand Hotel Minerva, next to Santa Maria Novella, opens its magnificent panoramic terrazza with swimming pool to outside guests. Aperitifs from 7pm. Exploring the land of flavour www.grandhotelminerva.com. Piazza di Santa Maria Less than two hours from Florence it is possible to try out a new concept of “slow travel” personally, thanks to Novella. T: 055 27230. Map E2 a trek immersed in greenery on a tour of discovery of the most authentic Tuscan tastes. By Giulia Minero BRUNCH Ditta Artigianale Founder Francesco Sanapo finished sixth in a contest ith the arrival of the fine weather, Montalcino wine, precious extra virgin olive >> ADLER Spa Resort THERMAE held in Melbourne in 2013 involving competitors few things make it possible to oils and pure saffron, are the protagonists Strada di Bagno Vignoni 1. T: 0577 889000. from 60 countries to find the world’s best coffee W immerse yourself in the luxuriant of tastings and investigations into local San Quirico d’Orcia (Siena). barista. Back in Florence, he opened this bistrot Solve the mystery and save Tuscan countryside and appreciate its beauty cultivation and production techniques. www.adler-thermae.com which, besides the exceptional coffee, serves a brunch menu (from 9am to 3.30pm) ranging from as much as a stay surrounded by nature, The itinerary of discovery of local flavours Greek yogurt and crudités to bacon and French toast. the city of Florence! maybe also discovering local products. On then continues in the restaurant of the Spa Designer atmosphere. www.dittaartigianale.it. Via “The Medici Game. Murder at Pitti Palace”, is the first videogame devoted to the famous the basis of this idea, ADLER Spa Resort Resort, with a gourmet dinner celebrating the dei Neri, 32/r. (Santa Croce district). • T: 055 2741541 grand ducal dynasty. Specially created for the Uffizi Galleries, the game is structured as an THERMAE, a resort located in the Sienese philosophy of the return to the use of seasonal, or Via dello Sprone, 5/r. (Santo Spirito district). T: 055 investigative adventure where the player, in the guise of young scholar Caterina, moves 0457163. Map E5 countryside in the town of San Quirico locally sourced raw materials, the origins of through the richly furnished rooms of the palace, tackling dangerous adversaries and solving d’Orcia, has devised a special “Spring Trek”: which can be verified thanks to a special label Foody Farm countless riddles concealed within the masterpieces of its museums, while the secrets of a tour of discovery of the outstanding food certifying the name of the product and its “The right food from the right places” is the motto of the legendary family are revealed before her eyes. The plot is dotted with historical-artistic this little restaurant where the quality and traceability and wine products of the Val d’Orcia, where specific place of origin. The menu is rooted in insights into the protagonists of the events of the Medici, while the locations have been of the ingredients is the holy grail. An original relaxing walks immersed in greenery are the dishes of the Tuscan tradition, such as and genuine light lunch, with the option of half faithfully reconstructed based on a meticulous photographic campaign intended to give the combined with tastings at small, high-quality meat-based specialities, or schiacciata breads portions. Tuscan street food and fast food, including players every detail of the fascinating aura of the grand ducal palace and the Boboli Gardens. firms offering local delicacies. Products of the and oven-baked products prepared using lampredotto and pecorino, chianina and croutons, Download from Google Play and AppStore (€2.29) - 7 languages (Italian, English, Spanish, besides pasta and soups. 11am till midnight. Intimate Tuscan culinary tradition, such as pecorino di organic flours from the Val d’Orcia, to which Russian, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese). www.themedicigame.com Pienza cheese, Cinta Senese pork, Brunello di more creative proposals are added.

38 WHERE FLORENCE I MARCH 2020 www.wheretraveler.com 39 MUSEUMS & SIGHTSEEING | ATTRACTIONS FOR MORE LISTINGS VISIT WWW.WHEREITALIA.COM/FLORENCE www.museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it. Piazza della Piazzale Michelangelo ATTRACTIONS Signoria. T: 055 2768325. Map G4 Piazzale Michelangelo is the most famous and appreciated panoramic point in Florence, with its & MONUMENTS Ponte Vecchio views seen all over the world in million of postcards There has been a bridge at this point of the River Duomo and Cupola and reproductions. Dedicated to the city’s most Arno ever since before the year one thousand; yet, Completed in 1436, the religious building, whose famous artist, the square has bronze copies of some between floods and reconstructions, the official date official name is “Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore”, of Michelangelo’s most famous sculptures. Access of foundation of the current Ponte Vecchio is given as is third in terms of dimensions after St. Peter’s in to the Piazzale can be gained by car, along the tree- 1345. For the entire Middle Ages the bridge hosted Rome and St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The most lined Viale Michelangelo, or on foot, by climbing the greengrocers’, fishmongers’ and butchers’ shops, important artists of the period participated in its monumental flight of steps known as the “Rampe who used the river to dispose of their waste in a creation (the bell tower is by Giotto), while the famous del Poggi”. Map I7 multi-coloured marble façade dates back to the hurry. At the end of the 16th century, however, when it 19 th century. Brunelleschi’s Dome, still the tallest became the “noble” zone of the city, the goldsmiths San Miniato al Monte construction in the city, is a symbol known all over the and jewellers started to arrive, and they have been Not far from Piazzale Michelangelo, stands the world: it is possible to climb to the top (exclusively on there uninterruptedly to this day. To celebrate this Abbey of San Miniato al Monte, a medieval religious foot) up its 463 steps. www.ilgrandemuseodelduomo. history, on prominent display on the bridge is a building situated at one of the highest panoramic it. Piazza del Duomo, 3/5-6. T: 055 2302885. Map F2 bust of Benvenuto Cellini, the greatest goldsmith points in Florence. The most spectacular access is of the Renaissance. Access is gained to the bridge gained via the monumental flight of steps (which Battistero between via Por Santa Maria and Lungarno degli is not advisable, however, for those with problems Located opposite the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Archibusieri and between Borgo San Jacopo and via walking). The outside of the church is decorated Fiore, the Baptistery of St. John the Baptist is the de’ Guicciardini. Map F5 with green and white marble, typical of Florentine building that completes the considerably striking Romanesque, while a 12th-century mosaic Palazzo Pitti and Giardino di Boboli appearance of the square. Its origins are uncertain, decorates the central part of the façade. www. th The symbol of wealth and power, the building was but its first official dating is at least in the 12 century. sanminiatoalmonte.it. Via delle Porte Sante, 34. inhabited by the Medici, then by the Habsburg- It is characterised by an octagonal plan, lined with a T: 055 234 2731. Off Map dome of eight segments, covered by a pyramid roof. Lorraines and, after the Unity of Italy, by the Savoy The outside is decorated with white marble from family. The original architecture dates back to the Mercato Centrale Carrara and green marble from Prato, characteristics 15th century and “Pitti” is the surname of its first Built at the end of the 19th century, the project was of the Florentine architecture of the Romanesque owner. The building is located on the left bank of the entrusted to Giuseppe Mengoni, the architect of period. It has three famous doors, sumptuously river, at the foot of Boboli Hill. They are one of the the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, who was decorated, and an interior that, with its marble and most important examples of Italian-style gardens inspired by Les Halles in Paris. Since 2014, on the first mosaics, is reminiscent of that of the Pantheon. Used in the world and are considered a genuine open-air floor of the historic covered market there has been in antiquity for the investiture of knights and poets, museum. Currently they are the site of four different a complex containing dozens of small restaurants, its praises are sung by Dante in the Divine Comedy. museums: the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, the leisure activities and street food options, and this www.ilgrandemuseodelduomo.it. Piazza di San Palatine Gallery and the Royal Apartments, the Gallery has now become a point of reference for informal Giovanni, 8. T: 055 2302885. Map F2 of Modern Art and the Museum of Fashion and but good quality cuisine for both Florentines Costume. They are connected to Forte di Belvedere. and tourists. www.mercatocentrale.it. Piazza del Campanile di Giotto www.uffizi.it/palazzo-pitti. Piazza de’ Pitti, 1. T: 055 Mercato Centrale/Via dell’Ariento. T: 055 2399798. 84.70 metres high and around 15 wide, a manifestation 294883. Map E6 Map F1 of 14th-century Florentine Gothic architecture, the Giotto’s bell tower is one of the four main components Salone del Paradiso, ground floor of the complex of Santa Maria del Fiore, in piazza del Duomo. Lined with white, red and green marble, like that adorning the Cathedral, the majestic square- based bell tower, designed by Giotto in 1334, can be visited by climbing no less than 414 stairs up to the top, from where you can enjoy extraordinary views of Brunelleschi’s Dome. www.ilgrandemuseodelduomo. The entire history of the Duomo it. Piazza del Duomo. T: 055 2302885. Map F3 Almost a treasure within a treasure, the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo gives visitors an overview of the Piazza della Signoria This is the central square of Florence, the seat of past and present of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Baptistery and Giotto’s Bell Tower. By Chiara Zaccarelli civil power and social heart of the city. L-shaped, it is located at the centre of medieval Florence south of the Cathedral. Already important in the Roman n that treasure chest to explore that is as Brunelleschi’s models for the dome, the Age, the square has been gradually enhanced over Michelangelo, Deposition (1547-1555) Piazza del Duomo, the Museo dell’Opera various 16th- and 17th-century projects for the the centuries; facing onto it are Palazzo Vecchio (see entry), the splendid Loggia della Signoria, the del Duomo definitely merits a visit. It façade. The Museum also possesses numerous I Tribunale della Mercanzia, Palazzo Uguccioni and gathers together works of art coming from Roman finds used in the construction of Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali. Also prominent the entire sacred complex of the Duomo temples, sculptures and bas-reliefs and a vast in the square are the Fountain of Neptune and a and works by Andrea Pisano, Arnolfo di collection of sacred art. Furthermore, the Opera series of statues of Renaissance origin, representing Palazzo Pitti and its dynasties one of the most important sculptural cycles in the Cambio, the original tiles by Lorenzo Ghiberti di Santa Maria del Fiore organises initiatives world. The most famous is certainly Michelangelo’s A palace for three dynasties, Palazzo Pitti is an extraordinary building located in the Oltrarno from the Gates of Paradise of the Baptistery, of a cultural nature, such as concerts, musical David: the one on display in its original position is a district, at the foot of ther Boboli Hill. The famous Boboli Gardens, which are the park of Michelangelo’s Deposition (Pietà Bandini) events, conferences, academic meetings, copy, whereas the original is conserved in the Galleria the palace, take their name from this hill. Palazzo Pitti contains four different museums: the and one of the most extensive collections of exhibitions and popular celebrations. May we dell’Accademia. Map F4-G4 Treasures of the Grand Dukes (ground flloor and mezzanine) with vases made of semi-precious works by Donatello in the world, including remind you that with a single cumulative ticket Palazzo Vecchio stones, rock crystals, ambers and ivories and an exceptional collection of Oriental porcelains; the moving wooden sculpture of the Penitent you can access also the Cathedral, Brunelleschi’s Located in piazza della Signoria, today it is the seat the Palatine Gallery and Monumental Apartments (noble floor) with the world’s largest Magdalene. Over the centuries, an amazing Dome, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistery of the Municipal Council of Florence. It is the finest concentration of works by Raphael, the Gallery of Modern Art (second floor) hosting an synthesis of 14th-century civil architecture and is one series of finds coming from the three of St. John and Santa Reparata. important group of paintings by the Macchiaioli school; the Musem of Fashion and Costume of the best known civic buildings in the world. Its monuments has been gathered together here, imposing façade, abounding in history, the charm of (Palazzina della Meridiana) with 6,000 items from the 18th century to today. inestimable historical items relating to the >> www.ilgrandemuseodelduomo.it its magnificent courtyards and its precious interiors Open Tues-Sun 8.15am-6.50pm. www.uffizi.it/palazzo-pitti. Piazza de’ Pitti, 1. Map E6 construction of Santa Maria del Fiore, such Via della Canonica, 1. T: 055 2302885. Map G2 make it a site visited daily by hundreds of people.

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Santa Croce precious artworks by Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Chapel by Filippino Lippi. The cloisters present rare relationship between fashion and art. The museum Together with Santa Maria Novella, San Lorenzo FIRENZECARD www.firenzecard.it Ghirlandaio, Bartolomeo di Giovanni, Piero di examples of the Florentine painting of the 14th and is situated in Palazzo Spini Feroni (1289) – which and Santo Spirito, it is one of the “great basilicas”, Cosimo, Neri di Bicci and Luca and Andrea della 15th centuries. Open: Mon-Thurs 9am-7pm. Full ticket was purchased by Ferragamo in 1938 to make it the a point of reference of the Franciscan order: a Robbia. EDITOR’S TIP On the terrace the elegant price: €7.50. www.smn.it, www.museicivicifiorentini. headquarters for his company and his workshop – radiant example of Tuscan Gothic, it owes its sober Caffè del Verone offers beautiful panoramic views. comune.fi.it. Piazza Stazione, 4 - piazza Santa Maria and in its rooms it displays masterpieces of Florentine appearance of wooden trusses and terracotta floors to Open daily 10am-7pm. www.istitutodeglinnocenti. Novella, 18. T: 055 219257- 055 282187. Map E3 art from the 17th and 18th centuries. Open daily it. Piazza Santissima Annunziata, 13. T: 055 2037308. 10am-7.30pm. Full ticket price €6. www.ferragamo. Franciscan charisma. Giotto painted some of his great Museo Giardini di Boboli masterpieces here and the French writer Stendhal Map H1 com/museo. Palazzo Spini Feroni, Piazza Santa Trinita, Stretching out behind Pitti Palace are the marvellous 5/r. T: 055 3562-846/466. Map E4 experienced that profound artistic agitation that has Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure Boboli Gardens. It was the Medici who were first been known since then as the “Stendhal syndrome”. An elegant collection of works made of semi- responsible for designing their layout, creating the Museo Stefano Bardini The basilica contains the monumental sepulchres precious stones and multi-coloured marble and model of the Italian-style garden that was to become A connoisseur of art and an unbridled merchant in of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli. www. scagliola, paintings on stone and oil paintings, an example for many European courts. Populated antiquities, Stefano Bardini (1836-1922) donated his santacroceopera.it. , 16. T: 055 instruments, plus an extensive collection of stone by ancient and Renaissance statues, adorned with private collection to Florence, where it was displayed 2466105. Map H4 samples. The works are displayed in chronological grottos - including the famous Buontalenti Grotto - in the Neo-Renaissance building that housed his Santa Maria Novella order from the early 17th century to the 1880s. Open and large fountains, such as those of Neptune and antiquarian gallery. There are over 2000 items there, Together with Santa Croce, San Lorenzo and Santo Mon-Sat 8.15am-2pm. Closed on Sundays and the Ocean, they are a genuine open-air museum. The including sculptures, paintings and objects of applied Spirito, it is one of the “great basilicas”, a point of Firenzecard costs €85, allows access to 78 museums and is valid for 72 hours from holidays. www.opificiodellepietredure.it. Via degli terraced area includes the Rococò pavilion known as arts, from ancient art to that of the 18th century, with reference of the Dominican order. Its foundation dates the initial entry to a museum on the Circuit. It can be purchased online or from one Alfani, 78. T: 055 218709. Map H1 the Kaffeehaus and the Limonaia, the Lemon House. a major presence of works from the Middle Ages and At the centre of the Rose Garden is the Palazzina the Renaissance. Open Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon 11am-5pm. back to the end of the 13th century but work on it of the authorised sales points in Florence. It includes: Museo di Palazzo Vecchio continued for centuries, so the church, with its elegant del Cavaliere, which houses the Porcelain Museum. Full ticket price €6. www.museicivicifiorentini.comune. • 1 entry ticket + 1 exhibition supplement + 1 priority ticket for each museum on For over seven centuries Palazzo della Signoria, Closed first and last Monday of the month. Full ticket fi.it. Via dei Renai, 37 (Ponte alle Grazie). T: 055 façade by Leon Battista Alberti, is a harmonious or Palazzo Vecchio, has been the symbol of the synthesis of Gothic and Renaissance styles. The church the Firenzecard circuit price: €10. www.uffizi.it. Piazza Pitti, 1. T: 055 23885. 2342427.Map G6 city’s civil power, and today it is still the seat of the Map E6 of Santa Maria Novella hosts exceptional works of • Priority access to museums without booking, except for the Dome, Galleria Municipal Council of Florence. Built in 1299, over Orsanmichele art by Masaccio, Giotto, Brunelleschi, Filippino Lippi, degli Uffizi and Galleria dell’Accademia, where the booking is required but free. time it has undergone numerous enlargement and Museo Nazionale del Bargello A unique, extraordinary monument, in which civil and Paolo Uccello. www.smn. transformation projects. Along its labyrinthine routes This imposing building, built between the 13th and religious functions are combined. Built as a it. Piazza Stazione, 4 - piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18. T: are rooms and private environments sumptuously and 14th centuries as the seat of the Podestà and granary, in the mid-14th century it was consecrated Library €8.50. www.bmlonline.it. Piazza di San Lorenzo, Forte di Belvedere 055 219257. Map D2-E2 decorated by some of the most famous artists of the the Council of Justice, was a lowly prison between for Christian worship. On the ground floor the Church 9. T: 055 2937911. Map F2 At the end of the 16th century, Ferdinando de’ Medici Florentine Renaissance, with period furnishings and 1574 and 1858. The Museum conserves a highly houses a grandiose marble tabernacle by Orcagna. Santo Spirito commissioned Bernardo Buontalenti to design a exceptional masterpieces. Open daily, 9am-11pm; important collection of Renaissance sculptures, The originals of the numerous sculptures (works by Together with Santa Croce, San Lorenzo and Santa Cappella Brancacci fortress on the top of Boboli Hil. The fort currently Thursdays throughout the year: 9am-2pm. Museum with masterpieces by Donatello, Luca della Robbia, famous Florentine artists from the 15th and 16th Maria Novella, it is one of the “great basilicas”, a The Church and the Convent of Santa Maria del hosts top-level events and exhibitions. Open full ticket price: €10. www.museicivicifiorentini. Verrocchio, Michelangelo, Cellini and Giambologna, centuries) that adorned the niches outside on the point of reference of the Augustinian order. The Carmine, dating back to the mid-13th century, house exclusively on the occasion of temporary exhibitions. comune.fi.it. Piazza della Signoria. T: 055 2768325. and prestigious collections of “lesser arts”. Open four sides of the imposing stone cube are conserved church has given its name to the entire surrounding the , a masterpiece that is universally Full ticket price: €3. www.museicivicifiorentini.comune. Map G4 daily 8.15am-1.50pm. Museum full ticket price: €9. in the museum on the first floor. On the second floor neighbourhood, “Borgo Santo Spirito”, located renowned for the frescos of the cycle of Scenes fi.it. Via San Leonardo, 1. Map F7 from the Life of St. Peter by Masaccio and Masolino www.bargellomusei.beniculturali.it/musei/1/bargello. you can enjoy a fine panoramic view of Santa Maria “Oltrarno”, that is on the left bank of the river. A Museo di Santa Maria Novella da Panicale. Executed in 1425-1427, they were left Galleria degli Uffizi Via del Proconsolo, 4. T: 055 282902. Map G4 del Fiore. Classical music concerts are held here. jewel of Renaissance architecture, the church was The complex of Santa Maria Novella includes the unfinished and were eventually completed by Filippino The Gallery occupies the whole of the first and second Church (ground floor): open daily 10am-4.50pm. Free the last great project by Filippo Brunelleschi. www. 13th-century Dominican Basilica and the monumental Museo Salvatore Ferragamo Lippi between 1481 and 1482. You are advised to book floors of the large building erected between 1560 and entry. www.bargellomusei.beniculturali.it/musei/3/ basilicasantospirito.it. Piazza Santo Spirito, 30. T: 055 cloisters. The church contains extraordinary works This is a museum devoted to the history of the (T: 055 2768224-8558). Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, 1580 based on a project by Giorgio Vasari; it is one of orsanmichele. Via dell’Arte della Lana, 1. T: 055 210030. Map D5 such as Giotto’s Crucifix, Masaccio’s Holy Trinity, Ferragamo company, to the life of its founder, Sun and holidays: 1pm-5pm. Full ticket price: Wed-Fri the most famous museums in the world on account 2388606. Map F4 Brunelleschi’s Crucifix, the Salvatore Ferragamo, and to his creations. Every San Lorenzo €6; Sat-Sun-Mon: Brancacci Chapel+Fondazione of its extraordinary collections of ancient sculptures by Ghirlandaio and his workshop and the Strozzi year it organises exhibitions that investigate the Santa Maria del Fiore Together with Santa Croce, Santo Spirito and Santa Salvatore Romano €7. www.museicivicifiorentini. and paintings. The collections of paintings from the The monuments of the complex of Santa Maria Maria Novella, it is one of the “great basilicas” of comune.fi.it. Piazza del Carmine, 14. T: 055 2768224- 14th century and the Renaissance contain a number del Fiore, the symbol in Florence throughout the Florence, founded, according to the tradition, by 558-2382195. Map C5 of absolute masterpieces: from Giotto to Botticelli, world, are a single large open-air museum, a unique Saint Ambrose, the first bishop of Milan, in the fourth from Leonardo to Canaletto. There are also important combination of art, faith and history located in the century AD: it is therefore one of the oldest churches in Cappelle Medicee collections by German, Dutch and Flemish painters, city’s main square, the religious, historical and artistic the city. Its current appearance, however, is the result Since 1869 the Medici Chapels have been a state including Dürer, Rembrandt and Rubens. Open Tues- centre of Florence. The Duomo (Santa Maria del of the last major reconstruction work that took place in museum, but their history is closely associated with Sun 8.15am-6.50pm. Closed on Mondays. Museum full Fiore), Brunelleschi’s Dome, the Baptistery the 15th century at the wishes of the Medici and under that of the Basilica di San Lorenzo, of which they ticket price: €20. www.uffizi.it. Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6. T: of Saint John, Giotto’s Bell tower , together with the direction of the great architect Filippo Brunelleschi. are part. The museum consists of the New Sacristy, 055 23885.Map F5 Its bare stone façade was intended to receive a designed and conceived as regards its sculptural the Crypt of Santa Reparata and the Museo rich marble decoration designed by Michelangelo, furniture by Michelangelo, the Chapel of the Princes, Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze dell’Opera del Duomo are all visitable with a single which unfortunately was never executed. The interior a monumental mausoleum built using semi-precious The Galleria owes its vast popularity to the presence of ticket that can be purchased online (full price €18), is a masterpiece, also embellished by sculptures stones, the Crypt, where the Medici Grand Dukes and a number of sculptures by Michelangelo: the Prisoners, with prior booking necessary for the Dome. by Donatello of rare expressive intensity. www. their relatives are buried, and the Lorenese Crypt, St. Matthew, but above the famous David, transported www.ilgrandemuseodelduomo.it. Piazza del Duomo. operamedicealaurenziana.org. Piazza di San Lorenzo, which contains the funeral monument to Cosimo the here from Piazza della Signoria (where it was T: 055 2302885. Map G2-G3 Elder. Open daily 8.15am-1.50pm. Closed: 1st, 3rd, 5th replaced by a faithful copy) in August 1873. Housed 9. T: 055 216634-055 214042. Map F2 Villa Bardini and Gardens Monday and 2nd, 4th Sunday of the month,. Full ticket in the adjacent premises are works coming from the The most beautiful view of Florence earned it price: €8. www.bargellomusei.beniculturali.it/musei/2/ Academy of Design, the Academy of Fine Arts and the name “Villa Belvedere”. Today Villa Bardini, a MUSEUMS & medicee | www.operamedicealaurenziana.org. Piazza the convents themselves, which were abolished in the place rich in history, art and culture, has become Madonna degli Aldobrandini, 6. T: 055 282984. Map F2 Napoleonic Age. And also, the Gipsoteca, or Hall of EXHIBITION SITES an exhibition centre, which, along with temporary Models, the collection of Russian icons and musical exhibitions, also hosts the Pietro Annigoni Museum Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi instruments of the courts of the Medici and Lorena (www.museoannigoni.it), dedicated to the great Part of the museum complex of the Basilica di San Palazzo Strozzi is one of the finest examples of private families. Open Tues-Sun 8.15am-6.50pm. Closed realist painter, and the Roberto Capucci Museum Lorenzo, it is one of the finest examples of the architecture of the Renaissance and a dynamic cultural on Mondays. Museum full ticket price: €12. www. (www.fondazionerobertocapucci.com, currently being architecture of Michelangelo. Commissioned by Pope centre that hosts international level exhibitions, galleriaaccademiafirenze.beniculturali.it. Via Ricasoli , restructured). In addition, there is also a Michelin- Clement VII (a Medici) and completed at the wishes ranging from ancient art to the Renaissance, to 58/60. T: 055 2388609/612. Map G2 of Grand Duke Cosimo I in 1571, entry is gained by contemporary art. Always present are an exhibition UFFIZI GALLERIES starred restaurant inside it, La leggenda dei Frati ascending the monumental staircase designed by devoted to Palazzo Strozzi, the café and the museum Museo degli Innocenti Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi in two splendid portraits by Raphael, among the most (see "Dining"), and surrounding it are four hectares Michelangelo and built by Bartolomeo Ammannati shop, which looks out onto the Renaissance courtyard, The Museum is located in the ancient Spedale degli famous masterpieces held in the museum. The Doni family, wealthy Florentine collectors and of woodland, an Italian-style garden and a kitchen garden and orchard. Open Tues-Sun 10am-7pm. in 1559. The Library conserves approx. 11,000 Greek, where concerts, performances, contemporary art Innocenti, designed by Brunelleschi. Opened in 1445 patrons who celebrated the couple’s marriage in 1503, were among the protagonists of the Latin and Oriental manuscripts, often richly miniated, installations and theatrical plays are organised. Open as a refuge for abandoned children, today it continues Closed on Mondays. Full ticket price €8. Full ticket art market between the late 15th and early 16th centuries: apart from the Pope, only they had dating from the 5th to the 19th century, in addition daily and holidays 10am-8pm, Thurs 10am-11pm. its function as the “Institute of the Innocents”. The price €10 (with Boboli Gardens and the Porcelain to papyruses and rare print editions. Open Mon-Fri Museum full ticket price: €12. www.palazzostrozzi.org. museum itinerary combines the documentary and the possibility of commissioning works by both Raphael and Michelangelo. www.uffizi.it Museum). www.villabardini.it. Costa San Giorgio, 2 - 9.30am-1.30pm. Full ticket price: Basilica + Medici Piazza Strozzi. T: 055 2645155. Map E3 historical-artistic heritage, and in its Gallery hosts Via dei Bardi, 1/r. T: 055 20066233. Map G6-G

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Emergency UNIQUE | FAST TRAINS NETWORK FROM FLORENCE AMBULANCE – T: 118 POLICE – T: 055 3285 FIRE SERVICE – T: 115 PASSPORTS Questura di Firenze, Via Zara, 2. T: 055 49771. Taxi TAXI FIRENZE 4242.IT T: 055 4242 - www.4242.it TAXI FIRENZE 4390 T: 055 4390 - www.4390.it www.apptaxi.it/firenze: available for iOS and Android, it has more than 4045 licensed taxi drivers. Fixed taxi fares to airports From Amerigo Vespucci Airport to Florence (city centre): €22 (plus baggage supplements and extra fee for night or holiday travel). From Florence (city centre) to Pisa: €140 / Bologna: €180 / Rome Fiumicino: €550 / Milan Linate: €550 / Milan Malpensa: €650 Trains The most important railway station is Santa Maria Novella (SMN), in the central Piazza della Stazione, and regional, interregional, high-speed and international trains arrive at and depart from there. Florence offers fast-track access to major cities across Italy thanks to its high-speed trains: • Bologna: 35 min • Rome: 1 hour 20 min • Milan: 1 h 40 min • Venice: 2 hours 5 min • Naples: 2 hours 52 min • Turin: 2 hours 55 min TRENITALIA Railway Company - Info T: 892021. www.trenitalia.com.

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PHOTO © Airports of Florence (which is approximately the part AEROPORTO DI FIRENZE PERETOLA Getting around Florence located within the 19th- century ring-roads or viali, “AMERIGO VESPUCCI” (FLR) - ATAF - Azienda Trasporti dell’area Fiorentina/ which is a protected UNESCO heritage site) is a (4 km from the centre of Florence). The airport, Local Public Transport Company - www.ataf.net “Zona a Traffico Limitato” (ZTL), or restricted traffic to the North-West of Florence, lies between Infoline daily 6am-9pm. Green Line T: 800 424500; zone. Bicycles, electric vehicles, motorcycles and the “Firenze Nord” exit from the freeway and from mobile: T: 199 104245. ATAF Point-Customer scooters are allowed to enter. The museum city Florence’s industrial area near Prato. Call centre Care Railway Station Firenze S.M. Novella – Offices T: 055 30615. www.aeroporto.firenze.it no. 8 and no. 9. Open Mon-Sat 6.45am-8pm. Lost Within its historic centre (declared a “UNESCO world heritage site” en bloc) Florence contains a unique • Connections to the airport and Found on ATAF vehicles: Mon-Wed-Fri 9am- Tourist Information VolaInBus Shuttle Service (www.fsbusitalia.it) from 12.30pm; Tues-Thurs 2.30pm-4pm. Via Veracini, 5 INFOPOINT FIRENZE TURISMO - concentration of historical and artistic attractions. Here is some guidance for you to enjoy it. S.M. Novella Station (Piazza della Stazione). Every (int. 5). T: 055 334802. www.firenzeturismo.it 30 min, travel time approx. 30’ (5am-8pm) and Ordinary ticket (€1.20) valid for 90 minutes. 1. Train Station Infopoint > Piazza della Stazione, 4. approx. 1 h (10pm-midnight). Tickets can be T: 055 212245. Open Mon-Sat 9am-7pm; Sun and lorence’s labyrinthine plan, made up of only allowed into the centre to load and unload Boboli Gardens and Borgo Santo Spirito, the city’s Can be used on buses, trams or trains. purchased on board, at the BusItalia-Sita Nord Ticket 2x90’ (€2.40). Ticket 4x90’ (€4.70). holidays 9am-2pm. Multilingual tourist information alleyways and sidestreets, derives from your luggage at your hotel (but always ask your most bohemian neighbourhood. For decades the ticket office near the S.M. Novella Station Daily ticket: 24-hour ticket (€5). 3-day ticket (€12). and sales point for Firenzecard. its medieval origins. Yet the city’s period concierge, also so you can receive indications of Florentine naming system has had a peculiarity (Via S. Caterina da Siena) or at ATAF ticket offices 7-day ticket (€18). Daily Family: one-day ticket for 2. Tourist Information Office > Via C. Cavour, 1/R. F (www.ataf.net). One-way ticket: €6 - round trip T: 055 290832. Open Mon-Fri 9am-1pm. Free of maximum splendour was undoubtedly the where the car parks are located in the centre). To that is gradually disappearing, but some traces one family of 4 (€6). Nottetempo Ticket: one-day ticket: €10. brochures and complaints service. Sales point for Renaissance, of which countless masterpieces find your way around the city, it is a good idea of it can still be found: the civic numbers, in fact, ticket from 10pm to 3am). A further step in the digital Firenzecard. remain. With less than four hundred thousand to keep well in mind that Florence is developed were divided between “black”, which denoted he NEW AEROPORTO DI PISA “GALILEO GALILEI” (PSA) transformation of Florence’s public transport: 3. Bigallo Infopoint > Piazza San Giovanni, 1. T: inhabitants and covering an area of little more along the two banks of the River Arno. All the residences, and “red”, for businesses. Some red - (80 km from the centre of Florence). today you can travel on buses (ATAF, Volainbus 055 288496. Open Mon-Sat 9am-7pm; Sun and than a hundred square kilometres, Florence roads that run alongside the river, on both sides, numbers still remain, so bear that in mind. Call centre T: 050 849300. and The Mall) by paying fast and safe with your holidays 9am-2pm. Quick information service. 4. Airport Infopoint > Piazza San Giovanni, 1. T: 055 is practically impossible to tour by car, and in are called “Lungarno” and it is only the second Finally, some suggestion for improving your visit. www.pisa-airport.com debit/credit/pre-paid contactless cards. 315874. Open daily 9am-7pm. fact the centre is to a large extent prohibited to part of the name that changes. Lungarno degli The Tuscan regional capital is one of the cities with • Connections to Florence-S.M. Novella The Tramway T1 “Leonardo” connects S.M. Station and Aeroporto di Firenze Peretola Novella Station in Florence to Scandicci TOURIST CONTACT CENTRE – T: 055 000 vehicle traffic. We suggest, if possible, that you Archibugieri, for example, is right in the centre: the highest tourist density on the entire planet: Shuttle Services: 1) Terravision – One-way ticket: (www.gestramvia.com). The new line Tramway Info about services for tourists, exhibitions, tour it on foot, to best enjoy its beauties, but it is there that the Vasari Corridor passes and wherever you wish to visit, book in advance €4.99 - round trip ticket: €9.98. Every 30 or 60 min, T2 “Vespucci” connecting the Airport with events, opening times of museums, how to you can also count on quite an efficient public the Uffizi looks out over it. The whole area on (or have them book for you at your hotel). travel time approx. 70’ (9am-midnight) and approx. S.M. Novella Station has been activated on move around the city. Available daily 9am-7pm transport network (which, however, is severely the other side of the river, to the south, is called You should also bear in mind that the serious 1 h (10pm-midnight). www.terravision.eu February 2019. Electric buses move around the in Italian, English, French, German and Spanish. 2) Autostradale – T: 02 30089000. One-way ticket: historic centre and also reach the pedestrian Via email ([email protected]) you can limited during the nighttime hours, so take care “Oltrarno” by the Florentines. It was originally overcrowding takes place around mid-morning, €7.50 - round trip ticket: €13.50. Every 30 or 60 min, areas (C1-C2-C3-D lines). WHERE TIP Route ask for information in any language, including after midnight). Taxis and bikes can reach all the outside the historic centre, but today it contains so if you are an early bird then that could give you travel time approx. 70’ (9am-midnight) and approx. C1 is convenient for visiting the most important Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Arabic strategic points, whereas private cars are usually important attractions, such as Pitti Palace, the a significant advantage. 1 h (10pm-midnight). www.autostradale.it museums in Florence.The entire historic centre (answers within 24 hours).

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