| Mercato Centrale tips, reviews and photos posted by real travelers and Florence locals. Mercato Centrale • 24 Photos • 17 Reviews See all Florence Shopping |  | Florence Mercato Centrale Reviews | 11 - 17 of 17 |  |
 Mercato Centrale, Florence by sphynxxs A big building, combining industrial architecture with a hint of art noveau, the market halls of Florence are heaven for all those who hate supermarkets and the sight of plastic wrapped food. Here, shopping means an experience for all your senses - watching the merchants and their customers, smelling, listening, tasting, chatting while you shop. On a Saturday morning it will be cramped with Florentinian housewifes preparing for the Sunday menu, but no tourist should leave without getting some culinary souvenir to bring back just a taste of Italy
there are dozens of stalls, if you have an apartment where yiu can do some cooking during your stay in Florence, you can buy fruit, vegetables and meat or poulty, otherwise you might stick to classics like pasta, wine, olive oil, dried herbs, dried mushrooms or tomatoes, parma ham and cheese. The selsection is huge and the prices are much better that in delicatessen shops.
this really depends on the article you buy, but expect to pay considerably less than at specialty food stores at home Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkDirections: Near San Lorenzo
|  | |  |
Visiting Florence?
Read reviews about Florence Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
Mercato Centrale is simply the place where you purchase all of your foodstuffs. If has two floors if I remember correctly and has every kind of food, drink and vegetable that you want, including food stalls where you could grab a quick lunch. I love food and I loved visiting, unfortunately we were staying in a hotel and I couldn't bring anything back except a bottle of limoncello! Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkDirections: Near San Lorenzo
|
 Fresh ravioli from the market by RoarTheLion There is a fresh pasta shop in the Mercato Centrale. It is to die for. We've got these spinach and ricotta ravioli twice and there is nothing better. They also have homemade sauses and cut their fresh egg pastas as you order it. They have a preperation room which is open by windows to the public eye and you can see the whole production taking place. We had a great time watching them make the ravioli. The price is fairly resonable. If you go on Tuesday they have a special price on the ravioli for almost half the price. Granted you have to have a place to cook them but if you are staying in a hostel or appartment it works out great.
1 kg is about 7-8 euros (the picture shows about 1/3 kilo). On Tuesday get the ravioli for 5 euros a kg. This even rivals the supermarket price for the prepacked assortments which go for around 8 euros a kg and are not that flavorful. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkDirections: Near San Lorenzo
|  | |  |
by RoarTheLion There is a fresh pasta shop in the Mercato Centrale. It is to die for. We've got these spinach and ricotta ravioli twice and there is nothing better. They also have homemade sauses and cut their fresh egg pasta as you order it. Their preperation room is open by windows and you can see the whole production taking place. We had a great time watching them make the ravioli. The price is fairly resonable. If you go on Tuesday they have a special on the ravioli for almost half the price. Granted you have to have a place to cook them but if you are staying in a hostel or appartment it works out great.
1 kg is about 7 euros. This even rivals the supermarket price for the prepacked assortments Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkDirections: Near San Lorenzo
|
This is the largest covered market in Europe and you can buy all kinds of ingredients from there. You can get some things incredibly cheap at times.
I bought every day bit of fresh cherries, 3 ? per kg and fruits. As a souvenir, I bought a bottle of 15 years old balsamico, around 8 ?. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
|
Visiting Florence?
Read reviews about Florence Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
You can find anything you want in the Mercato Centrale.
Once you find something you want, look for a low price and then start you haggling.
You can get a low price just compare and offer what you think you should pay. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftDirections: north of S. Lorenzo
|
by lamentforicarus Information coming soon Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: Near San Lorenzo
|
 | 1 | 2 |  | |
- Relais del Duomo
Piazza dell'Olio, 2, Florence - Lombardi Hotel Florence
Via Fiume 8, Florence - Soggiorno Pitti
Piazza Pitti 8, Florence - Ognissanti Apartments
Via Montebello 6, Florence - Hotel D'Azeglio
Via della Mattonaia n°43, Florence - Hotel Alex
Via Baccio da Montelupo 18/20, Florence - Villa Undulna and Terme della Versilia
V LE MARINA ANGOLO VIA GRAMSCI, Florence - Villa Gamberaia
Via del Rossellino, 72 Settignano, Florence - Panerai & Panerai
Via dei Servi 49, Florence - Residenza Vespucci
Via Lungarno Vespucci 2, Florence - Airport Hotel
Via Don Perosi 39, Florence - Donatello Hotel
Piazza Indipendenza 23, Florence - Hotel Londra
Via Jacopo da Diacceto, 16 - 20, Florence - Hotel Loggiato del Serviti
Piazza Santissima Annunziata 3, Florence - Gemini Studios
VIALE FRATELLI ROSSELLI 55 VIA ALAMANNI LUIGI 35 FOR CORRESPONDANCE AND KEYS, Florence
|