Pitti Gola e Cantina

It is easy to think that Pitti Gola e Cantina is a tourist trap located opposite the well-visited Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens. But it's the other way around. Here they serve excellent Tuscan dishes made with the most delicious ingredients while the three owners help to choose the wine to go with it.

And there is plenty of wine; down in the cellar, there are more than three thousand labels to choose from. Here you can select different tasting menus, discover older vintages of Chianti and Italian sparkling wines, or take a tour of Italy – and again – it is not a tourist trap but genuine and authentic wine people behind the counter. The seats are few, so it can be wise to book a table.