Life in Florence

BARS AND CAFES 

Queer bars:  

• Quelo, Queer and Piccolo: the three historically queer bars in Santa Croce 

• Fake, just off Piazza le Cure close to the EUI  

• Twist Bistrot, next to the Cinema La Compagnia and right near Piazza San Marco: a café and bar with drag nights!  

Bars:

• Fico Bistrò, Area Pettini, Le Cure, outdoor bar close to the EUI down Via Faentina with a lovely park

• Mago Balducci, Le Cure

• Piatti e Fagoti, San Domenico

• Birreria Art. 17, Sant'Ambrogio  

• Bulli and Balene, on the lovely Piazza della Passera in Santo Spirito

• Mayday

• Soul Kitchen

• Monkey Bar

• Circolo ARCI "Il Risorgimento", Ponte alla Badia, behind the Cherlot and just below the Badia Fiesolana

• Casa del Popolo di Fiesole  

• Casa del Popolo di Settignano  

RESTAURANTS

• La Fiaschetteria delle Cure  

• Boutique della Pasta Fresca, Le Cure

• Casa Paloma, Le Cure

• I' giuggiolo, Campo di Marte

• Grazie Assai, Campo di Marte

• Il Vegetariano, San Marco

• The Antico Ristoro di Cambi, San Frediano

• Vinandro, Fiesole

• Le Lune, San Domenico  (also a plant nursery!)

• Trattoria Osvaldo, Ponte a Mensola

• La Capponcina, Settignano: a lovely local restaurant just outside Florence with a terrace built into the hills 

DANCING

• NOF in the Oltrarno

• The Jazz Club

• Hangar

• La Limonaia Villa Strozzi

See Arcigay Firenze  for queer drag nights, disco parties and other local parties and events: 

• The Shade Show

• Tango Queer Firenze every Tuesday from 21h30 – 23h at Circolo Arci Porta Al Prato (via delle porte nuove 33).  

FOR BRUNCH & TO WORK 

• Dolci Pensieri, Le Cure

• Caffè Lorenzo, Le Cure

• Gelateria Pasticceria Badiani, Le Cure

• Bar Maratona, Campo di Marte

• Bottega di Pasticceria, Campo di Marte

• Pasticceria Vilani, Campo di Marte

• Melaleuca, right along the Arno

• Ditta Artigianale (several locations)

• Todo Modo

• Shake Cafè, San Marco

• Le Vespe Cafe - for pancakes!

• C.Bio, Sant'Ambrogio

• Le Murate, Sant'Ambrogio

• La Cité, Santo Spirito

• Conventino Caffè Letterario Arte Artigianato, San Frediano

Only for work:

• Libreria Libri Liberi, San Marco

• Oblate Library

• Galileo Museum - when you enter, take the elevator at back to 3rd floor and you will find an archive and library, with a view over the Arno and Ponte Vecchio. You can request a card for free by registering at the desk, and showing your EUI affiliation. 

• RED Feltrinelli

TO HANG OUT

• Manifattura Tabacchi in Cascine (there is a flea market there every Tuesday morning), also near an outdoor pool!

• Parco di Villa Ventaglio - with turtles in its ponds! 

• Bardini, Bobolino and Boboli Gardens

• Piazza della Passera, Santo Spirito

• For a chill hike to enjoy the sunset or Florence’s hills, all the tiny roads between Fiesole, Maiano, Ponte a Mensola and Settignano 

• Cinema La Compagnia, which hosts the annual Florence Queer Film Festival and many others

• Teatro Reims, Gavinana for cheap local performances

• Vivaio Il Gardiniere, Le Cure - to buy plants

• Stibbert Museum Gardens

• Pratolino Park, accessible witht the 25 bus, and featuring the Appennino Colossus

• Asmana Wellness World Spa

FOR THE VIEW 

• Orti del Parnaso, just off Piazza Liberta

• Giardine delle Rose, below Piazzale Michelangelo

• The Grand Hotel Baglioni

• The Student Hotel  

• The Palazzo Guadagni Lower Loggia, Santa Spirito 

• Convento San Francesco, Fiesole

• Piazza Desiderio, Settignano