Mekane in Florence

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

Florence's oldest historic cafe, founded 1733

Tuscan table on the ground floor of Palazzo Antinori

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

The flagship of the Picchi culinary universe at Sant'Ambrogio

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

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

Art Nouveau bolthole with a handwritten daily menu on Piazza Ghiberti

Michelin-listed kitchen bridging Basilicata and Tuscany

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

Contemporary Sant'Ambrogio trattoria facing the market

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

Panoramic Fiesole terrace with the classic view over the duomo

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

Greenhouse dining room reinventing Tuscan cooking in Sant'Ambrogio

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

Marco Stabile's creative Italian table behind the Uffizi

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

Hidden 1920s-speakeasy cocktail bar off Santo Spirito

Working leather school and atelier inside the Santa Croce friary

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

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

Family-run since 1945, the Oltrarno trattoria Florentines and insiders book

Since-1869 'Il Troia', home of the butter chicken and tortino

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