Arezzo Antique Market

Piazza Grande

The small Tuscan town of Arezzo, known as the location for the film "La vita è bella" ('97), hosts a two-day antique market on the first weekend of every month. Held in the Piazza Grande, a small square sloping down into the hills of Arezzo, the antique market is said to be quite famous in Tuscany.

Antique Market Scenery

Besides the regular antique shops around the piazza, antique furniture and clocks, silverware and paintings, book stalls and stands line the piazza and its corridors during the two days of the market.

You can also enjoy a glass of wine or beer and a bite to eat in the open-air stalls built to one side of the market. During the late autumn/early winter season when I visited, firewood was being stacked and sausages and meats were being grilled, and the delicious smells wafted through the town in clouds of smoke, making it hard just to watch. :)

In 2018, the June Antique Market (2 and 3 June) was held specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Antique Market, which was celebrated with a larger festival and market called 'Back to 68', which took place in the Grande Piazza and throughout the streets of Arezzo. The 50th Anniversary Festival is bigger than the regular season market, but the atmosphere is similar enough that I thought I'd give you a taste of it in this video.

One thing to know about Arezzo

P.S. On the day I visited, in addition to the market, there was a buzz of activity, with people in matching outfits in every alleyway, which turned out to be the day of a local choir competition. Arezzo may be a small town, but it's also a city of art, home to Guido d'Arezzo, a medieval monk who created the first four-note notation and music theory.

On one side of the Grande Piazza, where the market is held, you'll find a statue of Arezzo and Renaissance painter Giorgio Vasari's house.

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