Record stores in Florence

Vinyl hunting in Florence, Tuscany? There are 9 record shops mapped here. That's 9 record shops mapped around Florence. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. The new-arrivals bin is always the first stop — that's where the good stuff lands before anyone else sees it.

This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Florence (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Rock Bottom records and New Symphony, plus Casa Musicale Niccoli. If a record shop's missing from Florence's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Florence record lineup

9 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Florence

3 of the 9 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

4 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.

The Florence record crawl

Making a day of it in Florence? Work this order: Rock Bottom records on 16r Via dei Giraldi, New Symphony, Casa Musicale Niccoli, Occasioni Musicali on 33r Via dell'Oriuolo, 1994 Music Store on 6060 Piazza Mercatale, Sleeve Records on 15r Via dei Banchi, Lettera 22 on Via Felice Cavallotti, and Data Records 93 on 15 Via dei Neri. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 1 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Florence

A few things worth knowing before you work through Florence's record stores:

• Don't overlook cassettes and CDs at Rock Bottom records. The tape and CD sections are chronically underpriced. The format revival hasn't hit them the same way.
• Handle records properly in the shop at New Symphony. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
• Bring cash for the small shops. Some independents prefer it, and a cash offer on a stack can occasionally move the price.
• Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Florence — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new record store in Florence can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 9, or a record store we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 9 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.