Florence's historic markets
Engaging experiences in a historic marketplace
The Central Market of San Lorenzo: The many stalls inside the Central Market of San Lorenzo, on Via dell’Ariento, offer the opportunity to buy genuine food products and typical specialties of the region. A stroll through this historic market is an experience to be savored slowly. Upstairs is a complex capable of hosting as many as 12 stalls and show cooking spots, each dedicated to an Italian culinary excellence: from cheeses to Florentine lampredotto, from homemade pasta to pizza and the famous Chianti wine. This is a great historic market in Florence where you can stop by to pick up something to take away, or sit down to enjoy a freshly baked dish. An experience not to be missed whether for a quick lunch or dinner with friends. (It is open every morning from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sundays and holidays. The upper floor is open daily from 8 a.m. to midnight).
Surrounding the Mercato Centrale is the characteristic San Lorenzo Market, a lively and quaint place to buy clothing, leather accessories and typical souvenirs: the manufacturing soul of Florence is expressed here in its most authentic form.
Located in Piazza Ghiberti and Piazza Sant’Ambrogio, the Sant’Ambrogio Market has an indoor and an outdoor part. It is one of the Florentines’ favorite historic markets in which to walk among stalls of fresh fruits, vegetables, clothes, flowers, shoes and more. The market is open every weekend (except Sunday) from 7 am to 2 pm.
Finally, if you are in town on the last Sunday of the month, we recommend a visit to the much-loved Flea Market in Piazza Annigoni. Furniture and antiques, paintings, coins and jewelry, a historic market in Florence where you can rediscover the old-fashioned charm of reused objects, an experience to be won over by.
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