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Is Piazza Santo Spirito Market worth it with kids?

DependsWith kids

With kids, it depends on the day.

A genuine neighbourhood market under Brunelleschi's deliberately bare Santo Spirito façade — produce and household stalls on weekday mornings, antiques and crafts on the monthly fair days. The honest read for a visitor: there's very little here to actually buy or do as a tourist (it's a working local market, not a crafts showcase), the daily version is small, and the square it sits in is the city's late-night drinking hub — by morning it can be litter-strewn and hungover, the residents' noise war with the bars a constant backdrop. The reward is simply seeing a market that isn't performing for you; go for the texture, not to shop.

Price
Free
Time
30–60 minutes
Last verified
2026-06-17
Is Piazza Santo Spirito Market worth it…
How we verified
  • Daily morning market plus larger second-Sunday and third-Sunday fairs in the square · model-knowledge
  • Set beneath Brunelleschi's deliberately unfinished Santo Spirito church façade · model-knowledge
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