The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Florence

Beyond the city’s primary landmarks, Florence offers pockets of quietude for the observant traveller. This collection of properties turns away from the grand thoroughfares, favouring the narrow streets of neighbourhoods like Santo Spirito. Here, the experience is less about proximity to a famous piazza and more about a considered point of view. It is found in the integrity of the design—the precise joinery of a walnut cabinet, a view onto a private cloister, or the particular afternoon light caught by a wall of hand-applied plaster. It is an invitation to a quieter, more specific city.