Welcome to the 1950s!
An American Diner restaurant in this historic district of Florence, Italy.
One of the last things I would have expected to see in Florence was an American Diner – complete with servers on roller-skates!
A lot of people come to Tuscany for the Italian food – but if you’re from the States and you need a Tex-Mex fix, or a good old fashioned hamburger, this is the place for you.
As long as you don’t look out of the windows at the view, and don’t listen to everyone speaking Italian (or the Italian menu), you could imagine yourself transported back to rock and roll 1950s USA.
Piazza della Signoria This amazing space was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio (or Old Palace). Here you will find the Palazzo Vecchio, that is also the Town Hall, the Loggia dei Lanzi, The Tribunale della Mercanzia (Tribunal of Merchandise), Palazzo Uguccioni, the Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali, a replica of…
The stunning Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It looks out onto the Piazza della Signoria (I cover that in a separate post). For me, the most impressive part of the building (goodness, there are SOOO many impressive features!) is The Salone dei Cinquecento ('Hall of the…