Forno Pugi is a bakery in Santa Croce, Florence.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Make authentic Italian pizza and artisan gelato with a local chef in Florence’s Oltrarno district, then enjoy your creation with Tuscan wine. Learn to cook like a true...
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Learn how to make pizza from scratch with a local in Florence. Roll out the dough, add the sauce, and bake your pizza in a wood-fired oven. Enjoy your pizza and a wine...
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Enjoy a pizza dinner in a stylish restaurant, then end the night with a live opera concert in a historic Florentine church. Experience famous arias performed by talent...
Address: Viale De Amicis 49r, 50137 Firenze, Florence
Pasticceria Gualtieri in Florence's southern Oltrarno corner has run as a family pasticceria since 1937, with the bignoletti cream pastries.
OrderBignoletti panna (cream-filled choux), the schiacciata alla fiorentina in Carnevale, chocolate pralines.
TipClosed Monday. Standing-room counter; bignoletti sell out by 11:00 on weekends.
Santarosa Bistrot in Florence's San Frediano runs an Arno-side bakery inside the park on Lungarno di Santa Rosa, with a daily-baked focaccia.
OrderThe daily-pressed focaccia, the slow-rise sourdough loaf, a cappuccino in the park.
TipOpen daily 08:00-23:30. Bakery slows from 14:00 onwards; arrive before 11:00.
Pasticceria Buonamici in Florence's Santa Maria Novella has run a family-owned pasticceria since 1971, with the daily cantucci, the schiacciata con l'uva.
OrderCantucci con mandorle, schiacciata con l'uva in autumn, the chocolate panforte.
TipClosed Monday; cash only on small purchases. Cantucci ship vacuum-packed.
Pasticceria Gualtieri in Florence's southern Oltrarno corner has run as a family pasticceria since 1937, with the bignoletti cream pastries.
OrderBignoletti panna (cream-filled choux), the schiacciata alla fiorentina in Carnevale, chocolate pralines.
TipClosed Monday. Standing-room counter; bignoletti sell out by 11:00 on weekends.
Amble in Florence's centro storico runs the bakery-cafe-bar format steps from Ponte Vecchio, with a daily sourdough programme, focaccia. Booking recommended.
OrderThe slow-rise sourdough loaf, the daily focaccia, the breakfast tartine.
TipClosed Monday. The seating is limited; loaves often sold out by 13:00 at weekends.
Cantinetta da Verrazzano in Florence's Via dei Tavolini runs a wood-fired forno inside its wine bar, with bread, focaccia and warm schiacciata.
OrderSchiacciata calda con prosciutto e stracchino, focaccia, a glass of estate Chianti.
TipClosed Sunday. The schiacciata-to-order counter is on the right of the entrance.
Scudieri in Florence's Piazza San Giovanni is the 1939 cafe-pasticceria facing the Duomo, with a daily-rotating pastry case, the chocolate-cream schiacciata.
OrderSchiacciata alla fiorentina (in Carnevale), the daily bignoletti, a chocolate praline.
TipOpen daily until midnight. Pastries are €2.50 standing; €5 at the Duomo-side terrace.
