Dear Diva Readers,
top: 5px; float: left; color: white; background: #781300; border: 1px solid darkkhaki; font-size: 100px; line-height: 90px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 5px; font-family: times;”>The ancient Tuscan city of Arezzo with its Roman ruins, medieval walls and renaissance architecture was home to many famed architects and artists alike – Piero della Francesca, whose murals adorn many of Italy’s great churches and Giorgio Vasari, creator of the Medici corridor that runs across the Arno – to name just two of Arezzo’s famous artisans. Arezzo has always been a magnet for art lovers. Susan P, my Antiques Diva & Co colleague in Italy offering Antique Shopping Tuscan Tours explains, “It’s no less so today – when the first weekend of the month the town centre is transformed into one huge flea market with over 500 vendors.”
Antiques Diva Tuscan Tour Guide Susan P shopping in Arezzo
Susan advises Italian Flea Market pilgrims to browse the stalls climbing up to Piazza Grande and San Francesco at your leisure, taking time to chat with the vendors, lingering over their Italian accents. “You’ll enjoy the cast of characters hawking their wares,” she explains with a twinkle in her eye. “The vendors love to share stories of their treasures – some of which are even true!” she adds, noting “Some stories the vendors tell have to be taken with a pinch of salt.” But what salt it is… regardless of pedigree, the treasures in Arezzo abound – whether vintage pieces from mysterious scientific instruments to antique toys and furniture, fascinating paintings and religious relics to second-hand crockery, glass, kitchen and cooking items. The market is filled with all varieties of silver as well as a slew of vintage and antique ceramics and yellow-paged books perfect for decorating your shelves. In short, Italian Diva Guide Susan P promises, “It’s impossible to go home empty handed!”
On my last trip to Arezzo, this Little Piggy came home with me!
“Oh the things you will see,” sighs Susan P, Tuscan Antique Shopping Tour Guide
“And that’s just the Flea Market in Arezzo,” she exclaims, “There is much more to discover once you venture off the main arteries from a gallery of small antique shops, to lampshade makers and great hardware stores.”
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Arezzo 2015 Dates:
January 3-4, 2015
January 31 – February 1, 2015
February 28 – March 1, 2015
April 4-5, 2015
May 2-3, 2015
June 6-7, 2015
July 4-5, 2015
August 1-2, 2015
September 5-6, 2015
October 3-4, 2015
October 31 – November 1, 2015
December 5-6, 2015
Ciao Bella,
The Antiques Diva®
(seen below, shopping in Tuscany)
I am trying to find dates for the June, 2015 Arezzo Antique Market. Will it begin on Saturday, May 30 & Sunday, 31st?
Or not until Sunday, June 7th? I will be in the area & am trying to book a hotel. Please answer ASAP. Thanks!