Firenze

Alessi's family-run business began in 1952, initially as a confectionery shop. In 1970 the shop was expanded with a wine shop, and in 2007 with a wine shop. Over time, three generations succeeded each [...]

The Romano jewellery and goldsmith shop in Via Cerretani was established in January 1973. Founded by Romano Balatri, employees Giovanni Mugnaini, Leonardo Balatri and Patrizia Marinari have been [...]

The Sabatini restaurant, opened in 1924 in the nearby Via Valfonda, moved to its current premises in 1932 during the construction of the new Santa Maria Novella station. The last transformation of the [...]

Il Civaiolo was established in 1948, when Alfredo Poggesi together with his wife Dina decided to open a shop for the sale of warmers, oil lamps, earthenware pots and pans, chickpeas, beans [...]

In 1929, Serafino Vivoli founded a dairy in Via Isola delle Stinche, where they could get coffee and buy whipped cream. His brother Raffaello joined them, giving the business a further boost, so much [...]

The Foto Locchi photographic art and technique workshop has been in business since 1924 and is one of the oldest photo shops in Florence. It has had a photographic archive since 1934, placed under the [...]

Campolmi Filati has its origins in the haberdashery shop opened in the 1930s by Emilio and Ida Campolmi, while their son Giampaolo decided to specialise in yarns in 1954. The shop is located in the [...]

Ottica Tulini was founded in 1961, when Renzo Tulini opened his optician's business in the premises that once housed the Sbolci flower shop. After the damage caused by the 1966 flood, the business [...]

Profumeria Invicta was founded in 1946 by Mario Nassi. The business, housed in a historic building, initially specialised in the production of hairdressing helmets, and later in the sale of [...]

The tradition of Florentine craftsmanship expressed through historic shops greets the rock world in Florence this June. A circuit of long-lived workshops, with a tradition proudly asserted, where you [...]

The Matrinalia project transforms Florence’s public toilets into a unique urban art trail. 14 spaces, 30 artworks and 26 artists tell stories, figures and themes connected to women’s culture and [...]

The Roberto Longhi Foundation was born from the testamentary will of the great art historian Roberto Longhi. Located in the hills above Florence, it is housed in the villa where the art historian [...]

In the immediate vicinity of Florence, on the summit of a small hill on the slopes of Fiesole and Settignano, is this small, large church, an authentic jewel set in the typical Tuscan landscape [...]

Public Toilet - Piazza San Giovanni, at the Centro Arte e Cultura, Opera del Duomo

At Teatro Verdi in Florence, on 10 November, Maestro Riccardo Bisatti conducts the Orchestra della Toscana, with Bruno Canino and Emanuela Piemonti at the piano. Programme: Alessandro Solbiati / Eine [...]

The new tourist information office for the city of Florence, the Area and the entire region is located in Piazza Stazione 5, in the historic but renovated premises of the Santa Maria Novella Complex [...]

The Fiera di Ognissanti ( All Saints’ Fair), featuring a large special market at the Cascine Park on Sunday, November 1, 2026, will bring hundreds of stalls to Florence’s largest park. This event has [...]

H/EARTHbeat, Heartbeats of the Earth, the festival dedicated to the music of the world, returns to Florence from October 23rd to November 27th, 2026. Concerts, talks, dance performances and workshops [...]

If you feel like disconnecting with the background noises that don't leave us, sometimes, even at night, then it means you are looking for a quiet area! A quiet area is not necessarily silent, but [...]

This itinerary will take us to discover some of the lesser-known places in the center of Florence, along an unprecedented route outside the circuits of mass tourism. Starting right from Santa Maria [...]