Price€€
NeighborhoodSanta Croce
HoursTue-Sun 22:00-04:00, closed Mon
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Tip: Ten euro membership at the door includes a drink; sets begin around 22:30. Notable Italian players including Stefano Bollani and Enrico Rava have passed through, so check the calendar before booking.

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Florence Cocktail making class★ 3.9 (8)

1.5 hours

Florence Cocktail making class

Join a hands-on cocktail class in the heart of Florence. Learn mixology basics from a professional bartender, craft classic cocktails, and enjoy a tasting in a stylish...

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Address: Via Nuova de' Caccini 3, 50121 Firenze, Florence

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Empireo at Plaza Hotel Lucchesi ★ 4.4

€€€ Santa CroceMay to Sep daily 19:00-24:00, seasonal opening

Empireo has run on the rooftop of the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi since 2014, with a pool deck, an American bar and a wraparound terrace that takes in the Duomo, Santa Croce and the Arno bend, paired with the Segno kitchen for an early-evening dinner service through the warm months.

TipNon-guests need a reservation after 19:30; the pool is hotel-guest only. The view across to Santa Croce works best at sunset with a Negroni in hand.

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Caruso Jazz Cafe ★ 4.1

€€ Centro StoricoThu-Sat 19:00-01:00, sets from 21:00

Caruso Jazz Cafe occupies a brick-vaulted basement on Via Lambertesca a step from the Uffizi, with live jazz sets Thursday through Saturday starting around 21:00 and a small Italian kitchen that runs through service for early-evening diners.

TipItalian and touring jazz players cycle through weekly; reserve a table close to the stage for sightlines in the narrow vault. The Risotto Caruso with prawns and prosecco is the house plate.

NOF Club ★ 4.4

€€ San FredianoTue-Sun 19:00-02:00, closed Mon

NOF runs a small Borgo San Frediano room with nightly live music since September 2011, programming Italian songwriters, rock, blues, funk and jazz quartets across a free-entry calendar that has logged more than a thousand concerts in its first decade.

TipDoors at 19:00 for aperitivo, sets from 22:00. The room fits perhaps fifty so arrive early on weekends. Cocktails and a short small-plates kitchen run through service.

701 Rooftop Bar ★ 4.6

€€€€ Centro StoricoTue-Sat 16:00-22:30, closed Sun-Mon

701 Rooftop opened in summer 2024 on the seventh floor of the Lungarno Collection's Gallery Hotel Art a step from Ponte Vecchio, with two panoramic terraces pointing at Brunelleschi's Duomo, Giotto's Tower and Palazzo Vecchio and an interior by architect Michele Bonan in warm boiserie and English-club lines.

TipCocktails sit around 22 euros and the bar opens for sunset only, Tuesday to Saturday. Book a terrace table well ahead for the Duomo sightline; the room is small and reserves out fast.

Empireo at Plaza Hotel Lucchesi ★ 4.4

€€€ Santa CroceMay to Sep daily 19:00-24:00, seasonal opening

Empireo has run on the rooftop of the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi since 2014, with a pool deck, an American bar and a wraparound terrace that takes in the Duomo, Santa Croce and the Arno bend, paired with the Segno kitchen for an early-evening dinner service through the warm months.

TipNon-guests need a reservation after 19:30; the pool is hotel-guest only. The view across to Santa Croce works best at sunset with a Negroni in hand.

Cosimo Rooftop Restaurant and Bar ★ 4.5

€€€€ Santa Maria NovellaBar daily 12:00-01:00, restaurant 12:00-14:30 and 18:30-22:30

Cosimo opened in summer 2025 on the sixth floor of the Excelsior on Piazza Ognissanti, taking over the rooftop that traded for years as Se-Sto on Arno, with a glass-walled dining room, open-air terrace seating and a 360-degree sightline that picks up the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio and the Oltrarno hills across the Arno.

TipThe bar runs from midday to 01:00, so a terrace drink does not need a dinner booking. Restaurant main courses run €40 to €90 and the dress code is smart casual.

Divina Terrazza at Grand Hotel Cavour ★ 4.3

€€€ Centro StoricoTue-Sun 17:00-23:00, closed Mon

Divina Terrazza crowns the Grand Hotel Cavour on Via del Proconsolo with a covered sixth-floor terrace that frames the Bargello, the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio, running year-round with heat lamps in winter and vaporizers in summer alongside an American bar programme.

TipReservations are essential since the deck is small; cocktails sit around 18 to 20 euros. The covered terrace works in the cooler months when other Florence rooftops shut.

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