Italy is an antique collector's dream destination. Check out the best places and tips to go antique shopping when in Italy.

1. The Antique
Collector's Guide
to Shopping
in Italy

2. Italy is an antique treasure hunter’s dream destination. With
history dating back thousands of years all around, you are
sure to find the perfect piece to bring back home.

3. Rome

4. On the via Coronari hunt for crystal chandeliers and
furniture from the 19th century furniture and shops filled
with decorative art.

5. The streets via Baubuino and via Margutta in the Tridente
neighborhood are best for gilded 18th century furniture and
detailed oil paintings.

6. The daily outdoor market in the Piazza Fontanella
Borghese dotted with market stalls is the venue for antique
books, magazines, engravings and prints.

7. Florence

8. Visit the Oltrarno side of town for some of the best antique
shopping, particularly the via Maggio, in the shadow of the
enormous Pitti Palace.

9. More than 100 stands are set up selling items as small as
skeleton keys from 100 years ago to enormous piece of
17th century furniture in the Piazza Ciompi during the last
Sunday of the month.

10. Arezzo

11. The Tuscan town of Arezzo has hosted a monthly antiques
market that is now one of the best in Italy for the past 40
years.

12. During the first weekend of the month, the town center is
transformed with over 500 vendors selling paintings, furniture
and jewelry filling the Piazza Grande and the streets
surrounding San Francesco.

13. You will still be able to visit at least a few of the over 100
antique dealers that have stores in the town during regular
days.

14. Lucca

15. Head to the Via del Battistero known for its antique
furniture shops. On the via Fillungo you will find antique
jewelry stores.

16. On the third weekend
of the month, the town
hosts an important
antique market.
Dealers from around
the region display
vintage textiles,
tableware and gilded
frames.

17. Venice

18. The narrow calle in the San Marco and San Paolo sections
of town are where you can find antique shops selling
furnishings from the 16th century, old masters’ paintings
and antique Murano glass items.

19. Antique glass chandelier from Murano, Venice

20. A visit to Old World
Books in the Jewish
ghetto located in the
sestiere Cannareggio
is a treasure trove of
rare books and
poetry.

21. Naples

22. The small shops in the Quartieri Spagnoli are where you
will find precious Capodimonte Italian Porcelain.

23. The via San Gregorio Armeno, also known as Christmas
Alley, is the place for nativity figurines as far back as 150
years ago.

24. The via San Sebastiano is lined with workshops making
handcrafted violins and mandolins where you can
occasionally find antique musical instruments.

25. Along the via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli are antiques
shops specializing in Baroque and Rococo furniture.

26. Dealers of World War II memorabilia, porcelain and
furniture sell their collections during the 3rd and 4th
weekends of the month in an open-air antique market at
Villa Communale Park.

27. Modena

28. For the antique lover who is looking for something offbeat
and unusual, Nautilus is the shop for you.

29. The shop is filled with items such as Victorian mourning
jewelry and antique medical instruments. There is a second
shop located in Turin.

30. Here are a few good words to know when shopping for
antiques in Italy:
Antichità - Antiques
L’antiquario - antique dealer
Lo Prendo! - I’ll take it!

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