Florence: San Lorenzo Shopping
When in Florence do as the Florentines do: do your shopping at the street market in San Lorenzo, just a short walk (30 secs) from the Piazza del Duomo of Florence. Shine or rain the market is there. Prices are considerably cheaper than a shop, but the quality is nonetheless high, also because many of these sellers have their more expensive counterpart in a shop in the heart of Florence, at times right in the expensive Tornabuoni street, left of the Duomo and parallel to Via dei Rossi.
The environment is friendly and sellers are neither pushy nor intrusive. Many speak several languages, almost all a very good English.
If you are looking for inexpensive leather jackets or pants or anything, here you have the after-sale rebates you have been looking for. If you are looking to do some home decor shopping, here ytou will find many exotic solutions or extra classic ones. Here I found a gorgeous Mahogany vase from Africa, and an iron-cast bed frame for my son.
The inside of the market, the covered part, has all sorts of local Tuscan food, vegetables, cheese of any kind, fresh fish, and more. The only thing is that here prices are not as on the cheap as outside, but with one stop you can get the true Tuscan taste in an environment where the true Florentine spirit is still alive. I loved getting mixed to Italians and do my grocery shopping there. Those old ladies can be fisty sometimes!
The SAN LORENZO MARKET is in Florence everyday close to the Duomo. Open in the morning ONLY. Closes at 1,30.
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