Clementina Guide to Florence, Italy - Senza Turisti

Navigating my favorite Italian city and avoiding the crowds

Milan, Venice and Rome have grown on me, but Florence was immediate. An elegant city with gentle charm, a balance of history, craft, and countryside. In Florence, you get to know people quickly and see them regularly. The quiet moments and exploration are the most memorable here, so I try to go slowly, but that’s tricky with restaurants, shops, tailors and piazzas that I always want to visit—many listed below here.

I stay in Oltrarno, the calmer side of the Arno river. It’s more local and less touristic.

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Here’s where I send my friends, sorted by neighborhood…