Florence · Italy
Florence by neighborhood.
2 neighborhoods profiled, each written by an editor who's slept in a hotel there, eaten at the locals' spot, and sent postcards home.
Oltrarno
Florence's 'other side of the Arno' — artisan workshops, San Frediano trattorias, and the Pitti Palace garden above it all
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Santa Croce
Florence's medieval wool-workers' quarter — the Basilica with the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and the trattoria around the corner the tourists miss
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