Florence · Firenze · Tuscany
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Six neighborhoods
Each quarter has its own pulse: where the locals eat, where the artisans still work, where the day starts and where it ends. Pick a side of the Arno.
01 / Centro Storico
The postcard. Duomo, Uffizi, Signoria — and the cafés that still serve locals before tourists.
02 / Santa Maria Novella
Station-side. Where you arrive, eat your first lunch, and find more rooms than anywhere else in town.
03 / Santa Croce
Leather, basilica, Sant'Ambrogio market. The neighborhood that still feels like a Florentine working day.
04 / Oltrarno
Across the bridge. Artisans, aperitivi, sunsets on Piazzale Michelangelo. Where the locals go when tourists win.
05 / San Lorenzo
Mercato Centrale, leather stalls, and the trattorias that have been feeding the same families for sixty years.
06 / San Marco
Botanical garden, the Accademia, quiet streets. The university quarter — half student, half David.
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06 / Guides
Editorial itineraries and neighborhood walks, clearly marked, separate from our algorithm-ranked listings.
12 Oct 2026 · 10 min read
€32.50 a head, a hundred metres from the Signoria, and the best meal we know in Florence. A year of visits to Tehran, the Persian restaurant on Via dei Cerchi.
2 Sept 2026 · 9 min read
Florence's new riverside adventure park closes at the end of September. A father and son review of the Net Experience, the harness course, and the costs.
1 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Every guide on this site says eat Tuscan. This review is for day four, when you cannot. A Japanese dinner at Hoseki in Florence, €30.83 a head, reviewed.
