Italy Travel - Florence Shopping in Oltrarno

If the glove fits, buy it in Oltrarno

Things seem to be a little less expensive in Oltrarno, the other side of the Arno.

For example, gloves are 19€ to 35€ in Oltrarno. In Florence center, they are 30€ to 70€. Same is true of luggage, shoes, and clothing.

Shops are smaller, some designer-owned, but the things are just as beautiful.

Italy Travel-Florence-Real Tuscan Food in Florence

Let's be honest. With a million-plus tourists flooding Florence, do you think you are really getting authentic Tuscan food in every restaurant?

Of course you must visit Florence to visit the Uffizi, the Duomo, the Arno, the Baptistry, etc., for jewelry and leather -

BUT for the real secrets of where the locals eat in Florence, follow us (at times it might be a short cab ride, but well worth being served what the Florentines themselves are eating).

Jump aboard, first stop, Oltrarno, Hosteria del Bricco.

Handwritten menu, crostini alla toscano a must, the wine list is a personal escort to the cantina, family run, and very reasonable.

Stay tuned for stop #2. And click here for more video about Italy travel to Florence

Hosteria del Bricco Via di San Niccolo 8r; 055 234 5037, closed Monday.

Italy Travel-Florence-Restaurant October 4 2008