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Just beyond San Niccolò, a busy road divides this riverfront lounge bar from the water. But once inside, a sharp contemporary design of soothing aqua blues and sea green soothes the soul. The cocktail list and accompanying food menu are equally enticing: oysters, oysters and more oysters, from Sardinia and France. Count €25 to €30 per delicious dozen.


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Nearby Florence attractions

1. Piazzale Michelangelo

0.47 MILES

Turn your back on the bevy of ticky-tacky souvenir stalls flogging David statues and boxer shorts and take in the spectacular city panorama from this vast…

2. Torre San Niccolò

0.5 MILES

Built in 1324, the best preserved of the city’s medieval gates stands sentinel on the banks of the Arno. In summer, with a guide you can scale the steep…

3. Basilica di San Miniato al Monte

0.55 MILES

Five minutes' walk uphill from Piazzale Michelangelo is this wonderful Romanesque church, dedicated to St Minius, an early-Christian martyr in Florence…

4. Fondazione Casa Buonarroti

0.7 MILES

Though Michelangelo never lived in Casa Buonarroti, his heirs devoted some of the artist’s hard-earned wealth to the construction of this 17th-century…

5. Clet

0.7 MILES

Should you notice something gone awry with street signs in Oltrarno – on a No Entry sign, a tiny black figure stealthily sneaking away with the white bar…

6. Basilica di Santa Croce

0.71 MILES

The austere interior of this Franciscan basilica is a shock after the magnificent neo-Gothic facade enlivened by varying shades of coloured marble. Most…

7. Piazza di Santa Croce

0.76 MILES

This square was cleared in the Middle Ages to allow the faithful to gather when the church itself was full. In Savonarola's day, heretics were executed…

8. Synagogue & Jewish Museum of Florence

0.79 MILES

Built between 1874 and 1882, just after the Jewish community in Italy had gained full emancipation after centuries of persecution, this vast Moorish…