Friendly staff, cheerful decor and consistently good food ensures that this family-run restaurant remains a stalwart of the San Marco dining scene. The focus is traditional regional cuisine, so expect antipasti of crostini, cured meats and cheeses, homemade pastas, meaty mains and a good selection of wood-fired pizzas (€6 to €18).


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1. Museo di San Marco

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At the heart of Florence's university area sits Chiesa di San Marco and an adjoining 15th-century Dominican monastery where both gifted painter Fra'…

2. Galleria dell'Accademia

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A queue marks the door to this gallery, built to house one of the Renaissance's most iconic masterpieces, Michelangelo's David. But the world's most…

3. Piazza della Santissima Annunziata

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Giambologna's equestrian statue of Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici commands the scene from the centre of this majestic square, dominated by the facades…

4. Cenacolo di Sant’Apollonia

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Once part of a sprawling Benedictine monastery, this cenacolo (refectory) harbours arguably the city’s most remarkable Last Supper scene. Painted by…

5. Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

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Established in 1250 by the founders of the Servite order and rebuilt by Michelozzo and others in the mid-15th century, this Renaissance church is most…

6. Museo Archeologico

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7. Museo degli Innocenti

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8. Giardino dei Semplici

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