Florence

The 8 Best Bars in Centro Storico

The Renaissance heart. Heritage cocktail rooms inside palazzos, the original Negroni bar, and the city's most beautiful aperitivo terraces overlooking the Duomo. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Florence.

  1. No. 01 · Cocktail Bars

    Locale

    Centro Storico · $$$$

    Inside Palazzo delle Seggiole.

  2. No. 02 · Cocktail Bars

    Manifattura

    Centro Storico · $$$

    Italian-spirits-only bar near Santa Maria Novella.

  3. No. 03 · Cocktail Bars

    La Ménagère

    Centro Storico · $$$

    Restaurant-bar-flower-shop hybrid.

  4. No. 04 · Cocktail Bars

    Caffè Casoni / Caffè Rivoire

    Centro Storico · $$

    Where the Negroni was invented.

You'll find Cocktail Bars, Date Night, Hidden Gems and Rooftop Bars here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.

The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Centro Storico like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.

A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.

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