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AboutA working index of places worth your time in Tuscany — cafés, kitchens, wine rooms, the occasional hotel. Every entry has been visited at least twice. None of them paid to be here.
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The relaxed, family-friendly dining room at Castello di Casole, A Belmond Hotel, set in the estate's ancient courtyard near Casole d'Elsa in the Sienese hills. It leans on a garden-to-table philosophy, with produce, herbs, honey and oil from the 1,700-hectare estate, and its signature is pizza fired in a 17th-century wood oven alongside Tuscan pastas and grills. Open to non-guests by reservation; dinner runs year-round while lunch is summer-season only.
A nine-room country charmer set in a beautifully restored 17th-century mansion amid the rolling, UNESCO-listed hills of the Val d'Orcia, between the medieval towns of Pienza and Montalcino. Days drift by at the olive-tree-lined pool with valley views, while the Taverna di Mozart serves a seasonal menu of traditional Tuscan dishes made from local ingredients.
A tiny, homey osteria tucked on Via dei Magazzini just off Piazza della Signoria, beloved for hearty, home-style Tuscan cooking at gentle prices. With only about 20 seats it fills fast on dishes like pappardelle in duck ragù and saffron pasta with zucchini flowers, so reservations are essential.
Florence's most local food market (since 1873), just off Piazza Ghiberti in the Sant'Ambrogio district. Far less touristy than the Mercato Centrale, it's where Florentines shop for fresh produce, meat and cheese, with celebrated street-food stalls like Da Rocco's tavola calda and lampredotto.
An iconic 1989 cafe of the Cibreo group in Florence's Sant'Ambrogio district, beside the historic market and the group's restaurants on Via dei Macci. Known for a theatrical late-19th-century bistro interior with red velvet armchairs from Teatro della Pergola, plus cappuccinos, custard budino and all-day dining.
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