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

The flagship of the Picchi culinary universe at Sant'Ambrogio

The affordable face of Fabio Picchi's Sant'Ambrogio cult kitchen

Francesco Sanapo's specialty-coffee roaster on the artisan left bank

The original 2013 specialty-coffee bar minutes from Santa Croce

Florence's legendary flourless chocolate cake, since the 1980s

Family wine shop and tasting since 1934, beyond the tourist belt

Boutique enoteca facing Palazzo Pitti, 3,000 labels deep

Sibling-run natural-wine kitchen near Piazza Santo Spirito

Simone Cipriani's open-kitchen counter cooking by Cestello

The Florentine name for schiacciata, on Piazza San Marco since 1925

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

Tiny Oltrarno gelateria of organic, seasonal, natural-colour gelato

Michelin-listed kitchen bridging Basilicata and Tuscany

No-frills San Frediano trattoria for peposo and fiorentina

1981 San Niccolo bar-bistrot with a hidden garden

Frescoed 15th-century villa retreat in the Fiesole hills

Tiny exposed-brick enoteca for small Tuscan growers and cured plates

Candlelit Oltrarno bistro-cum-wine-bar, modern Florentine since 2002

Twenty-room townhouse hotel on Piazza Santa Maria Novella

Neighbourhood wine shop and aperitivo room in Le Cure

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

Panoramic Fiesole terrace with the classic view over the duomo

Café, aperitivo and culture inside a Renzo Piano-restored former prison

Revered since-1992 wine bar of small independent growers near Ponte Vecchio

Tiny Lebanese saj kitchen with home-cook authenticity

World's-50-Best cocktails inside a 13th-century palazzo

Cult San Frediano craft-cocktail bar with an irreverent list

Shabby-chic neighbourhood wine bar in Le Cure

Made-in-Italy cocktail bar of all-Italian spirits, speakeasy mood

Twentieth-century and contemporary art in a former Leopoldine hospital

The antiquarian's jewel-box museum, blue walls and the Devil's bronze

Greenhouse dining room reinventing Tuscan cooking in Sant'Ambrogio

The world's oldest pharmacy-perfumery, in continuous craft since 1221

Old-Tuscan tavern right on Fiesole's main piazza

Florence's leading stage for international contemporary art

Artisan pastry shop in San Frediano since 1949

1928 pasticceria-cafe with Piemontese roots near Annunziata

Ferragamo-family riverside hotel with Michele Bonan's 1950s-cinema rooms

Belle-Epoque truffle-panini and Antinori wine bar since 1885

The schiacciata benchmark of Florence, on Piazza San Marco since 1925

Hidden 1920s-speakeasy cocktail bar off Santo Spirito

Charcoal-grilled Ottoman and Anatolian cooking, the city's credible Turkish room

Vintage San Frediano bakery-grocer with an on-site oven

Greenhouse wine bar in a riverside garden by Porta San Frediano

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

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

Renaissance monastery hotel and the Antesi loggia restaurant above Florence

Late-night neighbourhood wine room on Borgo San Frediano

Florence's gelato dynasty, the same family since 1929

Carpenter's-workshop cafe-bar on Piazza Santo Spirito with live music

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