Oltrarno
This upcycling store stocks cute and quirky items, unique homewares and one-off custom-made furniture for the design curious – think along the lines of…
Must-see shopping in Florence
Duomo & Piazza della Signoria
Historic biscotti makers Biscottificio Antonio Mattei have opened a central Florence museum and cafe dedicated to its cantucci biscuit to celebrate its…
Santa Croce
From a tiny bottega (workshop) overlooking Piazza dei Ciompi, Fabio Figus handcrafts items from olive wood that will jazz up any kitchen, from pepper…
Boboli & San Miniato al Monte
Duck into this old-fashioned atelier to watch revered Florentine goldsmith Marco Baroni at work. Using all types of gold as well as iron, he crafts…
Oltrarno
Florence resident since the '80s, British-born Jane Harman is an antiques restorer with more than 30 years' experience. She's opened this quaint store by…
Santa Croce
Set up by three friends with a focus on fashion accessories and jewellery, this quaint boutique displays many of the clutches, bags and backpacks created…
Duomo & Piazza della Signoria
A wonderland of leather and other luxe items, all beautifully crafted in Italy. Bags are made of naturally tanned leather, and clothing is of the finest…
Boboli & San Miniato al Monte
Peek into Erin Ciulla’s workshop for a contemporary insight into traditional Florentine bookbinding. Among the treasure trove of gifts to buy are hand…
Oltrarno
This fragrance store by Ponte Vecchio offers a colourful collection of soaps, perfumes and room scents inspired by Sicily and its native plants. Owner Sue…
Boboli & San Miniato al Monte
The showroom for this Tuscan linen house, creator of fine textiles since 1842, is tucked within a decorative side room in medieval San Niccolò Sopr'Arno…
Santa Croce
A leather and jewellery emporium hidden in stunning Palazzo Tornaquinci della Stufa, tucked neatly near Museo del Bargello. Leather goods take centre…
Oltrarno
Peruse this Arezzo-born designer's quaint boutique for unique artisan purchases and retro-style clothing and accessories. Notebooks covered in wallpaper…
Boboli & San Miniato al Monte
Anita Russo's passion for pottery is ever present in her boutique Oltrarno workshop. Each piece is handmade and fired on-site, plus the artist hosts…
Santa Croce
With a focus on up-and-coming Italian designers, this fashion shop and showroom is ideal for savvy shoppers looking to find a unique item to take home,…
Santa Maria Novella
An old family name dressing the aristocracy for eons, this utterly gorgeous shop with frescoed ceilings, polished parquet and bijou winter garden sells…
Santa Maria Novella
Gucci's flagship store on Florence's most swish shopping strip is as much a lesson in sensational interior design as an enticing space in which to ogle at…
Santa Maria Novella
The voluptuous jugs, beakers, glasses and other colourful tableware items in this eye-catching boutique look like glass – but are not. Everything created…
Santa Croce
In a city known for its specialist independent boutiques, stumbling upon this colourful backstreet shop specialising in hip-hop fashion and street-art…
San Lorenzo & San Marco
Step into old-world Florence at this family-run, 16th-century pharmacy and herbalist – an elegant mirage of dark wood cabinets, colourful tiled floor and…
Santa Maria Novella
Swatches of vintage cloth are woven into new garments to create unique, one-off pieces at this fashionable women's ready-to-wear boutique. The bold prints…
Santa Maria Novella
Elena is the passion and knowledge behind this astonishing chocolate shop that sells only the best. Think black-truffle-flavoured chocolate, an entire…
Santa Maria Novella
This Florentine house has pampered well-heeled locals with its natural skincare, fragrance and wellbeing products since 1843. Be it an invigorating…
San Lorenzo & San Marco
This permanent market stall (inside Mercato Centrale) is the place in Florence to taste and buy bitter and spicy, typically Tuscan olive oil on white…
Santa Maria Novella
It is impossible to miss the stylish boutique of Florentine designer Marioluca Giusti, an all-white space that shows off to perfection the brilliant…
San Lorenzo & San Marco
Renaissance jewels and gems inspire the designs of third-generation jeweller Paolo Penko, who works with his son in the atelier his grandfather opened in…
Boboli & San Miniato al Monte
Bespoke shoes for gents – complete with original sixpence coin embedded in the sole of the left shoe for good luck – is what this Florentine shoemaker…
Oltrarno
Pop into this pocket-sized boutique and artist studio to shop for 'made in Tuscany' crafts and admire the colourful, floral-inspired contemporary…
Santa Croce
This tiny enoteca (wine bar) is a wine-buff one-stop shop. Tuscan wines range from as cheap as chips (bring your own bottle and fill it up for €3.40 per…
Duomo & Piazza della Signoria
This third-generation silver shop, which started out as a tiny workshop on the Ponte Vecchio in 1902, is the epitome of elegance with its sleek silver…
San Lorenzo & San Marco
A well-curated collection of vintage fashion for men and women fill this twinset of neighbouring boutiques, a short hop, skip and shopping-bag flick from…
Santa Croce
Each Friday a colourful fresh-flower market spills across spruced-up Piazza del Ciompi, a historic market square once home to Florence's fish market and,…
San Lorenzo & San Marco
This unassuming little shop resembles dozens of others, but closer inspection reveals one of the city’s best purveyors of ceramics. Specialising in wares…
San Lorenzo & San Marco
The entire Scarpelli family works hard to preserve the art of pietre dure, puzzle-like marble mosaics, at this lovely boutique and workshop tucked beneath…
San Lorenzo & San Marco
A mooch around this upmarket boutique is worth it, if only to dip into the utterly cinematic courtyard of 16th- to 18th-century Palazzo Pucci in which it…
Santa Maria Novella
The glitz, glam and romance of bygone eras are evoked at this wonderful antiquarian boutique specialising in vintage fashion. Garments and accessories…
Oltrarno
One of Florence's oldest and most reputable fashion houses, this lovely boutique across from Palazzo Pitti keeps its edge thanks to American-Florentine…
Oltrarno
This quaint old shopfront has watched Palazzo Pitti turn pink with the evening sun since 1856. One of Florence's oldest artisan families, the Gianninis –…
Duomo & Piazza della Signoria
Modern, colourful designs for women and children are the signature of this Florentine fashion house, created in 1993 by creative spirit Patrizia Bambi and…
Duomo & Piazza della Signoria
Fashion-conscious males with a penchant for high-end and avant-garde fashion should look no further than this chic menswear boutique near the Dante house…
