Mekane in Florence

16-room design retreat over Europe's largest private garden

Florence's oldest historic cafe, founded 1733

Red-velvet, Pergola-theatre seats — the see-and-be-seen Sant'Ambrogio bistrot

Mid-century-art design hotel on Piazza Santa Maria Novella

All-day concept space: restaurant, cocktail bar, florist and design store

Panoramic Fiesole terrace with the classic view over the duomo

Greenhouse dining room reinventing Tuscan cooking in Sant'Ambrogio

Peruvian-Nikkei cooking that grew from a cevicheria into a gourmet destination

Eclectic 13-room Oltrarno B&B of salvaged antiques and frescoes

Mother-and-son counter for handmade Tuscan dishes in San Niccolo