Plekken 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

Boutique enoteca facing Palazzo Pitti, 3,000 labels deep

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

Art Nouveau bolthole with a handwritten daily menu on Piazza Ghiberti

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

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

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

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

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

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