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Dining
You and your guest will have the opportunity to explore the Italian cuisine scene at your leisure on April 15th and April 17th. While the hotel concierge will be able to help you with options in the city, we wanted to send some recommendations in case you would like to book in advance. April is considered busy season in Florence, so reservations are highly recommended. Open Table is also an easy way to make reservations at great spots around the city.
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Florence's an iconic food market known for its vibrant atmosphere and diverse culinary offers an array of local Tuscan produce, meats, cheeses, and other Italian specialties on the ground floor and on the upper level, a modern gastronomic haven, hosts various artisan food stalls and eateries, offering an array of high-quality Italian and international dishes.
Simply a small door and an ancient window frame the entrance to this "hidden" restaurant in Via delle Belle Donne. The small tables and their equipment are traditional in style but at the same time intimate and elegant, which will allow you to immerse yourself in a family atmosphere and enjoy the true flavors of the Tuscan tradition. The Osteria Belle Donne is on two levels: on the ground floor the characteristic counter distinguishes the main room, on the lower floor you can admire a room with a terracotta floor and walls with exposed stones, ideal for taking a dip in the flavors of the past.
For the Tuscans, the Florentine is a real faith. We are not talking about the football creed but about the most famous steak in Italy, a bulwark of Tuscan-Florentine cuisine. In via Nazionale 36, in the historic center, after a walk to the San Lorenzo market, at the Braciere Malatesta you can taste the Florentine as tradition dictates: selected heifer meat, grilled and meticulous cuts.
A charming neighbourhood restaurant, located in the heart of the city; a true gateway to gourmet farm-to-table dining, inspired by seasonal products and province's local suppliers. e. Chefs, pizza chefs and pastry chefs manage and organize the cooking philosophy conceived by master Nicola, creator of the INDUSTRY company, who observes foods from the preparatory phase to presentation to the customer, collects ideas and invents new dishes between colors, flavors, materials, industry, history and art.
Located just a few steps from Piazza Santa Croce and within close walking distance to the Ponte Vecchio, Toricoda offers a unique Tuscan dining experience in the heart of Florence. Torcicoda proposes two unique dining options: a pizzeria with a wood oven as well as a gourmet restaurant with the best Florentine steak, a full bar and a cantina with over 300 wine labels. The menus and selection are characterized by high quality, authenticity and research.
The right word is "suggestive“ or the place that was missing. La Ménagère, was the first Florentine home store in 1896. It is now, a sensational idea: open space, peeling walls, captivating furniture, old-style seating, an environment with attention to detail, even where it seems to be random. La Ménagère divides equally in a "tapas bar", restaurant, store and flower shop. The kitchen is visible and the tables are minimal, without tablecloth, but of timeless elegance. Wherever you look, you see something special.
Located in the typical Cestello square, in the most genuine heart of Florence, Cestello Ristoclub immediately took a peculiar role in the nightlife of the Tuscan capital, offering a new and original way to go to the restaurant and specially to taste fish. Inside the restaurant, indeed, there is a real fish market, where the customer can choose and buy the favorite species, and besides, he can decide on the specific cooking recipe.
Over twentyfive years ago, a Hapsburg Prince and his 3 children, joined together to share their family traditions and ancient recipes with the people of Florence. The sixteenth century brick arches and ancient walls that once housed the shiny horses of a nearby carousel, “giostra”; now hold the 16 tables where new stories begin each night. Under the twinkling amber lights, couples in love, family and friends unite for the love of good food and charmed hospitality in an atmosphere that feels like home.
Olio Restaurant is set in Palazzo Capponi, a beautiful building in the center of Florence, which was acquired in 1500 by the wealthy Capponi family, one of the most prestigious of the Renaissance Florentine aristocracy, and now owned by the famous Ferragamo family. The elegant and welcoming interior of the restaurant was designed by the famous architect Riccardo Barthel.
Konnubio is a harmonious embrace of flavors, architecture and beauty. Konnubio is an oasis of unusual beauty halfway between an art gallery and a design boutique. The creamcolored tones and soft lighting give the environment the charisma of a refined and elegant but not too formal place. Luminous bulbs that drop from the ceiling illuminate the fine upholstery of chairs and sofas that occasionally give way to wooden chairs and benches.
The restaurant, with over 650 square meters of space, is well finished with much attention paid to details, and its four ample dining rooms allow guests to maintain the required distances. Windows afford breathtaking and stunning views of the Ponte Vecchio, the Vasari Corridor, the Uffizi, and the Arno river.
The Golden View Menù is a result and the mix of the experience, love for good food, creativity and imagination of Chef Paolo Secci.
The Cantinetta Antinori in Florence is located on the ground floor of Palazzo Antinori, one of the most beautiful examples of Florentine architecture of the mid-fifteenth century, in the historic center of the city. Strongly desired by the Antinori family, it represents a return to tradition. In fact, already in past times the Florentine nobles had the custom of selling the products of their country properties from a small window, called "porticciola", which overlooked the public street from the ancient buildings.
The Concini Palace has an extensive and unique history strongly tied to Florentine politics during the time of the Medici family. Undergoing a recent restoration, the space has been brought back to life. The ground floor exhibits life of the palace during the 1500s. The actual entrance was a spacious courtyard where carriages and wagons drove up to the edge of a lavishly covered loggia in front of the main entrance. Adjacent to the official meeting rooms, some rooms were used to store products from the Concini’s farms located on the hills around Florence where wine and oil was produced, as Florentine families used to do.
SE STO on Arno is a futuristic structure made with windows on each side, so as to let in natural light and emphasize the enviable position that offers a breathtaking view over the whole city of Florence, the Arno and the hills that form the frame. Inside a bar, a restaurant and a lounge area, new spaces that will allow you to relax in the heart of Florence, while outside you can find two terraces that offer a magical atmosphere overlooking Florence.The SE · STO restaurant combines Mediterranean and contemporary cuisine with a unique environment: a culinary experience with cuttingedge ideas is born.
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