Santarosa Bistrot in Florence's San Frediano runs a garden brunch programme inside the Arno-side park, with a focaccia carte, eggs benedict and a Sunday aperitivo set from 10:00 to 15:00.
Must order: Daily focaccia with eggs, cappuccino in the park, an aperitivo spritz to finish.
Tip: Walk-in only on weekdays; weekend brunch books out by 11:30. The garden seats 80 in summer.
Address: Lungarno di Santa Rosa, 50124 Firenze, Florence
Santarosa Bistrot in Florence's San Frediano runs a daily bakery-led breakfast in the Arno-side park, with a focaccia carte and sourdough breakfast plates from 08:00 to 12:00 every day.
Order: Daily focaccia with stracciatella, cappuccino in the park.
Tip: Open daily 08:00 to 23:30. The bakery slows from 13:00 onwards.
Amble in Florence's Santa Maria Novella corner runs an all-day breakfast and weekend brunch carte inside a Renaissance courtyard, with sourdough, eggs and the in-house bakery's daily focaccia.
Order: The breakfast tartine, sourdough toast with poached egg, V60 filter of the day.
Tip: Closed Monday. The courtyard seats 25; weekend tartines sell out by 12:30.
Caffe Gilli in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the city's oldest breakfast room since 1733, with the morning brioche-and-cappuccino set, the daily pastry case and a weekend brunch carte added in 2020.
Order: Brioche con crema, espresso, cantuccino with cappuccino.
Tip: Counter price is half of table service. Open daily until midnight; brunch carte 10:00 to 12:00.
Atrium Bar at Florence's Four Seasons runs a Sunday brunch buffet inside the 15th-century Palazzo della Gherardesca cloister, with a €95 all-you-can-eat Italian-Mediterranean set including a Negroni.
Order: The Sunday hotel buffet with garden seating, a Negroni from the bar.
Tip: Sundays only; book a fortnight ahead. The 15th-century cloister courtyard seats 60 in summer.
Santarosa Bistrot in Florence's San Frediano runs a daily bakery-led breakfast in the Arno-side park, with a focaccia carte and sourdough breakfast plates from 08:00 to 12:00 every day.
Order: Daily focaccia with stracciatella, cappuccino in the park.
Tip: Open daily 08:00 to 23:30. The bakery slows from 13:00 onwards.
Scudieri in Florence directly faces the Duomo's Baptistery, with a daily breakfast carte from 07:30, a pastry case rotating six items and a terrace looking onto the cathedral facade.
Order: Cornetto al pistacchio, cappuccino, schiacciata alla fiorentina in Carnevale.
Tip: Terrace pricing is double counter; counter espresso €1.50, cornetto €2.50. Open daily until midnight.
La Menagere in Florence's San Lorenzo runs an all-day breakfast-to-brunch programme inside a 19th-century housewares shop, with eggs, pastries and a weekend buffet at €28 per head.
Order: Weekend egg and pastry brunch plate, cappuccino in the flower-shop room.
Tip: Open daily 07:00 to midnight. Book the back dining room two days ahead for weekend brunch.
