Santa Croce / Sant'Ambrogio

Florence's liveliest, most authentic central quarter, anchored by the Sant'Ambrogio food market and Santa Croce's monumental basilica.

Updated May 22, 202610 min read

About Santa Croce / Sant'Ambrogio

Santa Croce pairs one of Florence's grandest churches, burial place of Michelangelo and Galileo, with the gritty, joyful daily theatre of the Sant'Ambrogio market. This is where Florentines actually shop, eat and drink, giving the area a lived-in energy the Duomo zone lacks. By night the Sant'Ambrogio bars and the streets around Piazza Santa Croce make it the city's nightlife core. It is central Florence with a beating local heart, and correspondingly strong long-term rental demand from students and residents.

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Santa Croce / Sant'Ambrogio in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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