Antique and food markets in Umbria, Tuscany and Lazio
On any day of the week, you can find unique items and the freshest food at outdoor markets all over Italy. We've listed many options in the three provinces closest to us.
If you are able to attend any of these markets more than once, you will have the opportunity to experience getting to know the individual vendors. Treasures can be found, both in the way of valuable artifacts as well as just-out-of-the-earth fresh fruits and vegetables.
An attempt at a friendly conversation with a seller can work wonders, for your pocketbook as well as your soul. Wanting to talk about the freshness of the produce or the age of the antique is what makes these markets so characteristic. You'll notice many vendors will rather talk to their friends than bargain, but if you strike up a conversation, you'll see eyes light up and a new friendship begin.
Here is a partial calendar of outdoor markets in Umbria, Tuscany and Lazio. Keep in mind that special outdoor markets are almost always held on the occasion of town fairs and festivals.
ANTIQUE MARKETS IN UMBRIA
Bastia Umbra
Sunday before the 21st in March, June, September and December - Piazza Mazzini.
Inexpensive items, sold at the beginning of each season
Castiglione del Lago
3rd Saturday of the month, April to September
local ceramics, antique archery equipment. The little town overlooks Lake Trasimeno.
Città di Castello
3rd Saturday of the month - Town center
Gubbio
2nd weekend of the month - Town center
Narni
3rd Saturday of the month - Piazza dei Priori
Perugia
Last weekend of the month
summer - Palazzo della Prefettura
winter - Rocca Paolina
Highlighting ceramics and antique costume jewelry.
Pissignano
1st Sunday of the month
Via Flaminia
San Gemini (TR)
3rd Sunday of the month - Piazza San Francesco
Spoleto
2nd Sunday of the month
historic center of town
Todi
Last week in March - Piazza Comunale
Leading antique dealers from all over Italy gather to sell furniture, paintings, rugs, bronze figures and antique ceramics.
FOOD MARKETS IN UMBRIA
Mondays
Montefalco, largo Santa Chiara and largo Buozzi
Panicale, frazione Tavarnelle
Amelia, piazza XX Settembre
Tuesdays
Deruta
Foligno
Penna in Teverina
Wednesdays
Spello, piazza Matteotti Baschi, piazza Italia
Castiglione del Lago (PR)
Thursdays
Attigliano (TR)
Città di Castello
Trevi, piazza Garibaldi
Orvieto, campo Mercato
Fridays
Spoleto, piazza del Mercato
Tuoro sul Trasimeno, via Annibale Cartaginese
Montevecchio, piazza Garibaldi
Saturdays
Assisi
Passingano (PR)
Todi
Montecastrilli (TR), viale Verdi
Sundays
Guardea (TR), via del Giuoco and piazza Panfili
ANTIQUE MARKETS IN LAZIO
Rome
Porta Portese
Every Sunday of the monthThis is one of Europe's famous flea markets. Be sure to get there early and be prepared to walk for miles. A great place to have lunch afterward.
Week days - Via Sannio
flea market specializing in clothes and personal accessories. Next to San Giovanni in Laterano, the Pope's personal church.
Campagnano
Last Sunday of the month - historical center
This is an unspoiled medieval town just a few miles from Rome. One hundred or so stands of ceramics, antique furniture, silver, and trinkets, then have lunch at Da Righetto (Corso Vittorio Emanuele 70), an unpretentious local trattoria which serves great abbacchio, the exquisite Roman lamb. Inexpensive to moderate.
Bracciano
2nd Sunday of the month - historical center
FOOD MARKETS IN LAZIO
Mondays
Calcata
Pontecorvo, Civita quarter
Grottaferrata
Bagnoregio, via Garibaldi
Tuesdays
Isola del Liri, piazza De Boncompagni
Sabaudia
Stimigliano
Collalto Sabino, via IV November
Genzano di Roma
Bolsena, piazza Matteotti
Calcata
Wednesdays
Anagni, via Vittorio Emanuele
Gajeta, corso Italia
Rieti
Anticoli Corrado
Civitavecchia
Capranica
Thursdays
Fiuggi, piazza Trento e Trieste
Terracina, via Posterula
Rocca Priora
Cerveteri
Nemi
Tolfa, piazza Sant'Antonio
Farnese, piazza Del Comune
Farnese, piazza Regina Margherita
Fridays
Patrica
Sermoneta, piazza del Popolo
Amatrice, piazza Cavaliere di Vittorio Veneto
Tuscania
Saturdays
Ferentino
Sperlonga
Magliano Sabina
Viterbo
Sundays
Sgurgola, via Matteotti
Torri di Sabina, corso Foronono
Campagnano di Roma
Morlupo, piazza Diaz
ANTIQUE MARKETS IN TUSCANY
Arezzo
1st weekend of the month - Piazza Grande
The cr?me de la cr?me of flea markets, this one almost resembles an outdoor furniture museum. More than two hundred stalls, with items at all prices and qualities.
Florence
October 21-22 - Teatro Tenda/Lungarno Aldo Moro
The famed Straw Market is an annual gathering
Lucca
3rd Saturday and Sunday of every month - Piazza San Giusto and surrounding area
Specializes in furniture, also a selection of antique ceramics, handmade lace and beaten tin implements
Wednesdays - Piazza Marconi
Mostly clothes, including market for cashmere
Prato
Saturday before Easter, September 8 and Christmas Day Piazza del Comune
antique books and linens
Porto Santo Stefano
April 15-17, July 28-29, August 25-26
furniture and equipment salvaged from sailing boats and cruise ships
Cortona
3rd weekend of every month - Palazzo Casali
Pistoia
Wednesdays and Saturdays - Via Cigliegiale
A bustling market that winds through dozens of streets surrounding the glorious square.
antiques and an assortment of newer items
FOOD MARKETS IN TUSCANY
Every day
Carrara, covered market
Montecatini Terme
Pisa, piazza delle Vettovaglie
Mondays
Bagnone
Castagneto Carducci, piazza del Popolo
Castelfranco di Sotto, piazza XX Settembre and piazza Garibaldi
Lido di Camaiore
Foiano della Chiana
Porto Ercole
Prato, viale Galilei
Talamone
San Casciano in Val di Pesa, piazza della Repubblica
San Giovanni d'Asso
Tuesdays
Carmignano
Cecina, piazza del Mercato
Chiusi
Figline Valdarno, piazza M. Ficino
Massa, piazza degli Aranci and old historic town
Monteroni d'Arbia
San Miniato
Sansepolcro
Sinalunga, piazza Garibaldi
Sorano
Wednesdays
Bucine
Certaldo, piazza Boccaccio
Chiesina Uzzanese
Chianciano Terme, via della Pace
Lucca, near the market of via Bacchettoni
Pontremoli
Pisa, piazza Vittirio Emanuele II
Piombino
Pistoia
Pitigliano, piazza delle Fiere
Roccastrada
Siena
Thursdays
Bibbona, piazza del Mercato
Cascina Terme, piazza Mazzini
Empoli
Giglio Castello, Giglio Island
Lucignano, via Matteotti
Monteriggioni, Castellina Scalo
Pietrasanta, piazza dello Statuto
Poggio a Caiano, piazza IV Novembre
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
San Gimignano
San Marcello Pistoiese
Fridays
Castiglion Fiorentino
Colle Val d'Elsa, piazza Arnolfo
Follonica
Montaione, piazza della Repubblica
Montemurlo, piazza Amendola
Signa, viale Mazzini
Pienza
Pontedera, corso Matteotti
Portoferraio, piazza della Repubblica
Torre del Lago
Villafranca di Lunigiana, piazza San Giovanni and piazza della Repubblica
Serravalle Pistoiese
Saturdays
Asciano
Arezzo, piazza Sant'Agostino
Castiglione della Pescaia
Castiglione d'Orcia
Castelfiorentino, piazza Kennedy
Cortona
Fiesole, piazza Mino
Greve
Impruneta, piazza Buondelmonti
Lastra a Signa,
Marina di Pietrasanta
Montelupo Fiorentino, piazza VIII Marzo
Montopoli Val d'Arno, piazzale della Repubblica
Pescia, piazza del Mercato
Pistoia
Pontremoli
San Vincezo, via Vittorio Emanuele
Sundays
Marciana
Montemignaio, Pieve
Pieve Fosciana
San Godenzo
