Top 10 Shopping
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1. San Lorenzo Market
A famous outdoor market offering leather goods, fashion items and marbled paper. The adjacent food market is open every morning except Sunday.
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2. Ferragamo
Flagship store (and museum) for the firm that made cobbling an art form during Hollywood’s golden age.
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3. Gucci
Former saddlemaker Guccio Gucci opened this leather-goods shop in 1904. The interlocking Gs are gone, but the quality remains high.
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4. Enoteca Alessi
This sweet shop’s basement wine merchant’s is the best in town.
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5. Pitti Mosaici
Highest-quality pietre dure – “mosaics” of semi-precious stones.
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6. Emilio Pucci
Pucci has had a fashion house in Florence for decades, offering his daring prints and colours.
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7. La Botteghina
Excellent hand-painted ceramics from some of central Italy’s best artisans.
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8. Viceversa
Modern Italian houseware designs, with friendly staff.
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9. Leather School of Santa Croce
High-quality, butter-soft leather. Artisans will personalize your purchase in gold leaf.
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10. Pneider
Stationery store of choice for celebrity and royalty.
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