Markets and Historic Cafés of Florence

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Caffè Gilli

   ~3 min here

   Caffè Gilli is the historic café occupying a corner of Palazzo Levi in Piazza della Repubblica, where it meets Via Roma.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Mercato di San Lorenzo

   ~3 min here

   Mercato di San Lorenzo is the open-air market surrounding Florence’s covered central market building, with stalls devoted mainly to clothing, leather goods and souvenirs.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Palazzo Antinori

   ~3 min here

   Palazzo Antinori is the Renaissance palace occupying the unusual corner where Via de’ Tornabuoni meets several adjoining streets.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Piazza della Repubblica

   ~3 min here

   Piazza della Repubblica is a broad rectangular square, about 75 m by 100 m, whose present form emerged from Florence’s nineteenth-century Risanamento works.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Fontana del Porcellino

   ~3 min here

   The Porcellino is a fountain whose animal is not a piglet but a wounded wild boar, cast in bronze by Pietro Tacca.

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   Stop 6: Piazza di Santa Croce

   ~3 min here

   Piazza di Santa Croce is a broad Florentine square shaped by the basilica that gives it its name.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio

   ~3 min here

   Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio is the market hall set in Piazza Ghiberti, where iron and glass give the building its distinctive character.

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