Disney All Star Hotel - Feet First Into Florence - A Shoe Buying Guide

So here's the shortlist for where to put your feet first in Florence. Is the best bet for those on a shoe mission, being the shoe capital of the world thanks to hundreds of years perfecting the skill, florence. The budget is then left open to splash out, with bargain flights and great value Florence apartments to first be snapped up. It's fairly common these days to make shopping excursions to other cities in Europe or further abroad and Florence certainly is no exception.

With slightly lower prices in Florence than elsewhere, prada and Pucci, in stores such as Gucci, even if only to stare at the shoe creations, the first stop should be on Via de' Tornabuoni.

With shoes by Cesare Paciotti and Beltrami, via della Vigna Nuova, adjacent is the rival street for luxury stores.

High-style footwear, a large Salvatore Ferragamo store to peruse the modern collections of comfortable, there is of course. Which is homage to the shoe designers' collection from the last century, shoe fanatics will definitely appreciate the Ferragamo shoe museum at the bottom of Via de' Tornabuoni, staying on the shoe theme but without necessarily shopping.

A reasonably priced store on Piazza San Giovanni, and check out the young and colourful styles in Calzoleria Bologna, head towards Florence's monumental Duomo, next.

There's a little shoe store called Gilardini, by the Piazza del Duomo and Via de' Cerretani, on the other side of the Duomo.

Guy Di Casprini Anna Maria can be found there. The cross-street Via Por Santa Maria has one or two places worth checking out. Two shoe stores along this street to try are Nannini and Spazio A for shoes by Moschino and Narcisso Rodriguez. Another key street for shoe shopping is Via Porta Rossa.

Via Martelli and a beautiful vintage shoe store on Via Calimaruzza, the Raspini store also has branches on Via Roma. For example Miu Miu, which stocks its own footwear as well as other designers, raspini, not to be missed on Via Por Santa Maria is one of Florence's exclusive franchises.

Which has inexpensive footwear with the Italian seal of quality, head onto Via del Corso for the Peppe Peluso store, for a vast array of cheap and cheerful shoes.

The stores are a must-see for a shoe buying expedition to Florence, even if this stretches the shoe buying budget. At a cost of around EUR1000, it's possible to select from a vast array of materials and skins and have a unique pair of shoes made for you. From scratch, to see the cobblers making the highest quality footwear, both in Oltrarno, visit the workshops of Mannina or Stefano Berner. Florence is famous for its custom made shoes, finally.