Visit the Scuola del Cuoio located in the back of the Santa Croce church to shop an assortment of high-quality handmade leather goods made onsite. Photography Peter Vitale
1961 pink satin-and-silk model for a sandal based on one of Ferragamo’s drawings. Photography courtesy Museo Salvatore Ferragamo
It may not match Milan in terms of resident design
two floors of market stands with the most unusual ingre-
houses, but Florence lives fashion. Via de’ Tornabuoni
dients. From numerous types of pecorino cheeses, Tuscan
is a plethora of high-end Italian designers, from Bulgari,
proscuitto, black and white truffles and the internationally
Armani, Ermenegildo Zegna and Cavalli. There is also the
famous Chianti wine and local olive oil, this is a food lov-
Museo Salvatore Ferragamo with 10,000 pairs of shoes
ers’ paradise.
in its archives, it is a collectors’ heaven. Another must for fashion lovers is the Gucci Museum. Here there are original designs throughout the years on display - from shoes and bags to cutlery and saddles to even a Gucci Cadillac. For the true epicurean, there is something for every taste in Florence’s San Lorenzo Market. Here there are
At the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, known simply as the Duomo, head inside and look up; within the dome itself is The Last Judgment, a painted fresco designed by Giorgio Vasari in 1572. Photography Thinkstock
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