Shopping and Markets
Florence is a renowned home of leather goods and important fashion center for 'Made in Italy' creations. It is in Florence that fashion houses like Gucci, Ferragamo, and Pucci have chosen establishments. But besides the high fashion boutiques, mainly located in the area of Via Tornabuoni, Via Calzaiouli and Via della Vigna Nuova, Florence is noted for its characteristical flea markets found in the modern city which hasn't lost the charm of a city from the past.
Every day foreigners, and Florentines alike, are ready to visit the numerous local flea markets where one can purchase artisan crafts, antiques, extravagant objects, and to haggle with the merchants trying to get a better deal.
Refer to the following guide of the most important markets:
Mercato di San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo Market)
Found in Piazza San Lorenzo near the Basilica and in Via dell'Ariento. Probably the most important market place in Florence where one can find clothing articles, leather goods, souvenirs, etc.
Open from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm
Closed on Sundays and Mondays
Mercato Centrale (Central Market)
This food market, found around the market of San Lorenzo, offers the best selection of food and culinary delicacies found in Florence.
Open everyday except Sundays and holidays.from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
In Winter open only on Saturdays and days which proceed a holiday from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and again from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio (Saint Ambrogio Market)
Combination market selling food items and local artisan objects, both used and new.check out the great wicker work items, a real treat!
Found in Piazza S. Ambrogio and open everyday except Sundays and holidays from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
In Winter open only on Saturdays and days which proceed a holiday from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and again from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Mercato di Fiori (Flower Market)
A very characteristical market which sells plants and flowers found under the loggia in Via Pellicceria.
Open Thursdays from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Mercato delle Cascine (Cascine Market)
Open all day on Tuesdays only, the largest market in Florence where one can find almost any article of clothing or object. Found in Viale Lincoln in Cascine Park, it is advised that you arrive early in the morning so as not to miss out on the best deals!
Mercato delle Pulci (Flea Market)
This famous market found in Piazza dei Campi is open everyday from 9:00 am to 7:30 pm and all day on the last Sunday of the month extending its stands into the surrounding streets. Find antique furniture, paintings, coins, books, nick-nacks and jewelry all at a good price.
Mercato del Porcellino (Porcellino Market)
Found in Piazza del Mercato Nuovo only steps away from Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Vecchio, this market offers beautiful Florentine paper products, hand embroidered linens, bedding, and towels, objects in wood, leather and wicker.
Open everyday, except Sundays and Monday mornings, from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Every day foreigners, and Florentines alike, are ready to visit the numerous local flea markets where one can purchase artisan crafts, antiques, extravagant objects, and to haggle with the merchants trying to get a better deal.
Refer to the following guide of the most important markets:
Mercato di San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo Market)
Found in Piazza San Lorenzo near the Basilica and in Via dell'Ariento. Probably the most important market place in Florence where one can find clothing articles, leather goods, souvenirs, etc.
Open from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm
Closed on Sundays and Mondays
Mercato Centrale (Central Market)
This food market, found around the market of San Lorenzo, offers the best selection of food and culinary delicacies found in Florence.
Open everyday except Sundays and holidays.from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
In Winter open only on Saturdays and days which proceed a holiday from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and again from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio (Saint Ambrogio Market)
Combination market selling food items and local artisan objects, both used and new.check out the great wicker work items, a real treat!
Found in Piazza S. Ambrogio and open everyday except Sundays and holidays from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
In Winter open only on Saturdays and days which proceed a holiday from 7:00 to 2:00 pm and again from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Mercato di Fiori (Flower Market)
A very characteristical market which sells plants and flowers found under the loggia in Via Pellicceria.
Open Thursdays from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Mercato delle Cascine (Cascine Market)
Open all day on Tuesdays only, the largest market in Florence where one can find almost any article of clothing or object. Found in Viale Lincoln in Cascine Park, it is advised that you arrive early in the morning so as not to miss out on the best deals!
Mercato delle Pulci (Flea Market)
This famous market found in Piazza dei Campi is open everyday from 9:00 am to 7:30 pm and all day on the last Sunday of the month extending its stands into the surrounding streets. Find antique furniture, paintings, coins, books, nick-nacks and jewelry all at a good price.
Mercato del Porcellino (Porcellino Market)
Found in Piazza del Mercato Nuovo only steps away from Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Vecchio, this market offers beautiful Florentine paper products, hand embroidered linens, bedding, and towels, objects in wood, leather and wicker.
Open everyday, except Sundays and Monday mornings, from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Suggested Hotels
Hotel Jane
via Orcagna, 56
Zone: Lungarno Tempio
Hotel Jane, amongst one of the original and appreciated in Florence just 10 minutes from the Duomo and 5 mins from Santa Croce.
Hotel Kraft
Via Solferino, 2
Zone: Porta al Prato
This peaceful and luminous hotel offers the most modern and technological services.
Hotel Montreal
Via della Scala, 43
Zone: Santa Maria Novella
Hotel Montreal is located in the historic centre of the city, very close to the main Train Station of Santa Maria Novella and to the major city museums.
Residenze La Mongolfiera
Via Guido Guinizzelli, 1
Zone: Campo di Marte
Is found in an elegant and completely restored Chalet tucked at the foot of the Fiesole Hills.
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Florence Events
 Madonna in concert From 16/06/2012 To 16/06/2012 Madonna in concert in Italy! Only two dates, and one of them is Florence! Hour: 08:00 pm Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4, 50137 FLORENCE |
 Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band From 10/06/2012 To 10/06/2012 The Boss will be on stage in Florence for his 2012 Italian tour. Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4, 50137 FLORENCE Hour: 20:00 |
 At Palazzo Strozzi exhibition "Americans in Florence" From 03/03/2012 To 15/07/2012 An exhibition in Florence to tell the New World with 32 paintings by American artists who lived in Florence and Tuscany from the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War. |
 In Florence, the exhibition "A little craftsmen, some pioneers' From 15/03/2012 To 09/09/2012 Until 9 September at the Exhibition Area in the offices of the Savings Bank of Florence held a show the result of a long process of reordering of the photographer Pier Luigi Esclapon de Villeneuve. |
 Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in Florence on dinosaurs From 01/03/2012 To 01/09/2012 Large predators live in the Botanical Garden, popping up among the branches of old trees, and the Museum of Paleontology. We can see the show animals that are the fruit of the most modern and accurate anatomical and ecological research, combined[...] |
 Crystal: mineral exhibition to the Specola From 28/03/2012 To 30/06/2012 The exhibition 'crystals. The finest display of minerals in the world 'will remain open until June 30, 2012 to Florence. The collection consists of over 500 specimens, was collected by physicist Alberto Giazotto. |
 The Spring of the Renaissance in Florence From 23/03/2012 To 18/08/2013 From 23 March 2012 to 18 August 2013 at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence exhibitoni of the spring of the Renaissance by Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Marc Bormand. |
 Trip to Puglia From 14/04/2012 To 18/10/2012 From April 14 to October 18, 2012 at ilPlus Florence in Florence, the exhibition will be held in Puglia Travel Addamiano Christmas. The exhibition is part of the International Artistic conceived and directed by Carlo Franza. |
 Art and Tourism to Florence From 18/05/2012 To 21/05/2012 From 18 to 20 May 2012 in Florence's Art & Tourism, the first international fair dedicated to cultural tourism. At the fair, organized spaces of the Fortezza da Basso, will take part in museums, cities, art galleries and tour operators[...] |
 Ice cream festival in Florence From 23/05/2012 To 28/05/2012 From 23 to 27 May 2012 in Florence will host the ice cream, for the third annual Ice Cream Festival. The event will have three different locations: The Village of Emerging Masters Gelato and Gelato in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, the Village[...] |
 Florentine Musical May From 04/05/2012 To 11/06/2012 The 75th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino opens on the theme of travel: From Central Europe to South America. It 'a festival that recalls, with its theme, in Amerigo Vespucci five hundredth, and the tour that will take place just in Latin[...] |
| Madonna in concert From 16/06/2012 To 16/06/2012 Madonna in concert in Italy! Only two dates, and one of them is Florence! Hour: 08:00 pm Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4, 50137 FLORENCE |
| Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band From 10/06/2012 To 10/06/2012 The Boss will be on stage in Florence for his 2012 Italian tour. Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4, 50137 FLORENCE Hour: 20:00 |
| At Palazzo Strozzi exhibition "Americans in Florence" From 03/03/2012 To 15/07/2012 An exhibition in Florence to tell the New World with 32 paintings by American artists who lived in Florence and Tuscany from the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War. |
| In Florence, the exhibition "A little craftsmen, some pioneers' From 15/03/2012 To 09/09/2012 Until 9 September at the Exhibition Area in the offices of the Savings Bank of Florence held a show the result of a long process of reordering of the photographer Pier Luigi Esclapon de Villeneuve. |
| Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in Florence on dinosaurs From 01/03/2012 To 01/09/2012 Large predators live in the Botanical Garden, popping up among the branches of old trees, and the Museum of Paleontology. We can see the show animals that are the fruit of the most modern and accurate anatomical and ecological research, combined[...] |
| Crystal: mineral exhibition to the Specola From 28/03/2012 To 30/06/2012 The exhibition 'crystals. The finest display of minerals in the world 'will remain open until June 30, 2012 to Florence. The collection consists of over 500 specimens, was collected by physicist Alberto Giazotto. |
| The Spring of the Renaissance in Florence From 23/03/2012 To 18/08/2013 From 23 March 2012 to 18 August 2013 at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence exhibitoni of the spring of the Renaissance by Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Marc Bormand. |
| Trip to Puglia From 14/04/2012 To 18/10/2012 From April 14 to October 18, 2012 at ilPlus Florence in Florence, the exhibition will be held in Puglia Travel Addamiano Christmas. The exhibition is part of the International Artistic conceived and directed by Carlo Franza. |
| Art and Tourism to Florence From 18/05/2012 To 21/05/2012 From 18 to 20 May 2012 in Florence's Art & Tourism, the first international fair dedicated to cultural tourism. At the fair, organized spaces of the Fortezza da Basso, will take part in museums, cities, art galleries and tour operators[...] |
| Ice cream festival in Florence From 23/05/2012 To 28/05/2012 From 23 to 27 May 2012 in Florence will host the ice cream, for the third annual Ice Cream Festival. The event will have three different locations: The Village of Emerging Masters Gelato and Gelato in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, the Village[...] |
| Florentine Musical May From 04/05/2012 To 11/06/2012 The 75th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino opens on the theme of travel: From Central Europe to South America. It 'a festival that recalls, with its theme, in Amerigo Vespucci five hundredth, and the tour that will take place just in Latin[...] |
