What to do after dinner in Florence

The best nightlife and entertainment venues in town

The birthplace of the Renaissance and the cradle of art and architecture, Florence is also a crossroads of fashionable venues and the city never lacks an opportunity to break the weekly routine and keep company until late at night with music, concerts and cocktails to enjoy.

Between historic haunts and many new additions, here are the nightclubs where events and drinks are for all tastes.

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Locale Firenze
Via delle Seggiole, 12
ph. +39 055 906718

A restaurant and cocktail bar where Renaissance aesthetics combine perfectly with the contemporary, a dimension suspended between historicity and the avant-garde, where the value of craftsmanship and research into the materials used are indispensable. We are at the Locale, inside the historic Palazzo Concini where the De Medici family lived. In the magical renaissance and medieval ambience you come to drink cocktails ranging from signature to the great classics, from aperitifs to late evenings, accompanied also by good music.

il locale ph. Dario Garofalo

Serre Torrigiani
Via Gusciana, 27
ph. +39 328 9666268

A splendid Italian-style garden opens up to view as soon as you cross the threshold of the Serre Torrigiani and invites your gaze to take in the panorama. All the gastronomic proposals and cocktails on offer are enriched by the aromatic herbs cultivated inside and cared for with expertise and dedication for generations. Imagination, creativity and passion combined with the beauty and uniqueness of this extraordinary place make for a unique experience. It is the ideal place to listen to live music by bands and DJs from the current artistic scene.

Serre Torrigiani

The Lodge
Viale Giuseppe Poggi, 1
ph. +39 055 284874

Famous DJs, live performers and live music are the hallmark of The Lodge, the innovative dining and cocktail bar immersed in the greenery of Piazzale Michelangelo that enlivens Florence's summer nights every day of the week. A place for entertainment with a profoundly international flavour and a breathtaking view of the city. The perfect place to be, especially during the beautiful Florentine season.

The Lodge (ph. Alessandro Moggi)

Santa Cocktail Club
Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, 1
ph. +39 337 1625009

In one of the most beautiful settings in Florence, Piazza Santa Maria Novella, the Santa Cocktail Club is the perfect cradle for an evening to remember. Until late in the evening you can enjoy innovative cocktails, mixed by exceptional barmen who propose new flavours in a young, dynamic and distinctive environment both in taste and appearance. A melting pot of international experiences to take all guests on an all-round sensory journey.

Santa Cocktail Club

Atrium Bar – Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Borgo Pinti, 99
ph. +39 055 2626450

For elegant after-dinner drinks prepared to perfection, we recommend the Atrium Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze. A meeting point for hotel guests but also for Florentines, the Atrium Bar fascinates and amazes both with the presentation of the individual cocktails and the incredible mixing. Here you can also enjoy the famous Vintage Negroni, or other cocktails, also custom-made, served on the iconic bar trolley.

Atrium Bar - Four Seasons Hotel Firenze

Colle Bereto
Piazza Strozzi, 5r
ph. +39 055 286601

Not only a cocktail bar, but also a reference point in town for those who want to enjoy the best selection of cocktails and wines from the most important national and international labels. These include those of the Colle Bereto wine estate of the same name. All to be enjoyed and savoured strictly to the notes of DJ sets and international music. On the upper floor, the private area of Colle Bereto, with tables upon reservation, is able to transform itself into the ideal location for any event you desire, always maintaining its unmistakable style: events and unforgettable evenings with a refined and entertaining allure.

Colle Bereto

Caffè Paszkowski
Piazza della Repubblica, 6
ph. +39 055 210236

Opened as far back as 1846, under the name Caffè Centrale, Paszkowski took on its current name when in 1903 it was acquired by the Paszkowski & C. Company, one of Tuscany's oldest brewers, which transformed it into a café-concert venue. Since then, it has cheered up Florentine evenings with live music and signature drinks, and has retained its timeless charm. Here tradition does not age and is renewed from cocktail to cocktail and from generation to generation between quality and simplicity.

Paszkowski

House of Nine
Via dei Conti, 7
ph. +39 055 293777

Spend an evening of music, good food and fun at the House of Nine members' club in Florence for a revolutionary experience open to all. Weekly entertainment from 8pm, Daisy's Dining awaits you for dinner shows and great entertainment by Arachel Dolphie and The Daisy's Cuban Band. With her spirit, Arachel Dolphie is ready to take you into an extraordinary world that celebrates the true essence of Cuba. Bring all your energy to dance and sing the night away.

Daisy's Dining (photo credit: Claudia Cataldi The Factory)

Volume
Piazza Santo Spirito, 3
ph. +39 055 2381460

A place that was born inside a historic hat workshop in Piazza Santo Spirito, where space is given to young aspiring musicians. Halfway between a museum, a bookshop and a cocktail bar, Volume is a must in the Oltrarno, where you can breathe in an atmosphere of yesteryear. Classic and more sophisticated drinks are on the menu, to be sipped at outdoor tables on the square from where you can enjoy a fantastic view of the Santo Spirito basilica.

Volume

The alternatives are diverse and all valid, from music that makes the speakers vibrate to international DJ sets, from special events to unmissable live shows, these are just some of the proposals that await you in the famous evenings in Florence, where to have fun and dance all night long, you will be spoilt for choice. From the era of the first discotheques - of which Florence is one of the true proponents with the timeless Space Electronic, designed by the Florentine avant-garde group of radical architecture Gruppo 999 - today there are a multitude of spaces that lend themselves to remarkable musical immersions, especially when it comes to electronic sound. For those who prefer to dance until the morning, here are some of the most popular clubs.

Tenax
Via Pratese, 46
ph. +39 393 9204279

It is September 1981 and Florence is in the grip of the fury of new wave, dark, punk. A group of young people decide to create a new, alternative disco, attentive to new styles: thus Tenax is born. Sacred monsters of house and electronic music have played here over the years, sometimes with live insertions, and the atmosphere continues to be the same, year after year: fashionable and dreamlike.

Tenax

Yab
Via dei Sassetti, 5r
ph. +39 055 215160

Another giant of the Florentine nightlife, hidden by the history of the monuments that surround it, is Yab, a stone's throw from Piazza della Repubblica. Synonymous with Monday is the Yab Smoove night. It was founded in 1976 with DJ Ciso at the helm and over the years the night has become a national and international reference point. Celebrities of the calibre of Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Sean Penn, Madonna, David Bowie, Fiorucci, Renato Zero, Yves Saint Laurent, and many other stars, as well as football and sports aces, have passed through here. A reference point for generations in Italy and abroad, embracing everyone's tastes.

Yab