SAN LORENZO MARKET AND THE "MERCATO CENTRALE "

SAN LORENZO MARKET: From Piazza S. Lorenzo to Via dell'Ariento, all around the Basilica of San Lorenzo (in the very historical center of the city) you can find probably the most important market of the city. Just walk around searching for clothing, articles in leather, souvenirs, etc. It is Closed on Sundays and Mondays.

MERCATO CENTRALE: Stalls inside the San Lorenzo central market, in Via dell'Ariento you'll find the best food market of the city. Walk in and discover. It opens every morning from 7.00 to 14.00, except for Sunday and public holidays. In winter it is open only on Saturdays and days before holidays.

Located in Piazza Ghiberti and Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, the market is either indoor or outdoor. Just walk around it and discover fresh fruits and vegetables, clothes, flowers, shoes and houseware stands, then enter on it if you're searchinf for fresh meat or fish, pasta, general groceries or good cheeses. You're hungry? Then you've to take a seat in the inside restaurant (good and cheap). The merket it's open every weekday (except for Sunday) from 7 to 14.

MERCATO "DELLE CASCINE"

Situated in the very beautiful Parco delle Cascine (the bigger "park" of Florence) each Tuesday morning opens (from 7 to 14) the probably biggest and cheapest market in town! If you're searching for fruits, vegetables, clothing, general groceries, houseware stands, antiquities, telephone cards, shoes and whatever you can need than come here. And after shooping don't forget to take a walk on the park :)

MERCATO DELLE "PULCI"

The famous FLEA MARKET of Florence is located in Piazza dei Ciompi and it's opens (every day from 9 to 19.30. An if you're lucky go there on the last Sunday of every month, when the stalls extend into the surrounding streets. On it you can find furniture and objects from the past, prints, coins and jewellery. You can also find affordable treasures amidst the bric-a-brac and dusty books. It's worth a trip if only to get insights on Italy's past through the artifacts displayed in these cluttered stalls.

List of other "food markets" in Florence:

Fruit and Vegetables Main Market
Address: Viale Guidoni
Opening times: From Tuesday to Thursday from 10 to 11am; Saturday from 9 to 10 am

Le Cure market
Address: Piazza delle Cure
Opening times: every morning except Sunday and public holidays

Santo Spirito market
Address: Piazza Santo Spirito
Opening times: every morning except Sunday and public holidays; all day on the second Sunday of every month

List of other "clothing, leather and straw goods markets" in Florence:

Mercato del Porcellino
Articles in Florentine straw, hand embroidery, leather goods, objects in wood, flowers
Address: Piazza del Mercato Nuovo
Opening times: every day from 8am to 7pm, except Sundays and Monday mornings

Straw Market
Address: Piazza del Mercato Nuov
Opening times: every day from 9 to 18,30 pm, except Sunday and public holidays

List of other "second-hand furniture, household
articles and books markets" in Florence:

Oltrarno Flea Market
Address: Piazza S. Spirito
Opening times: Second Sunday of the month, from 9 to 19

Rare books
Address: Loggia del Grano
Opening times: From Thursday to Saturday, from 10 to 18

List of "plants and flower market" in Florence:

Flower market
Address: under the portico in Piazza della Repubblica (via Pellicceria)
Opening times: every Thursday morning, from 10 to 19