i'd love to hit a few of your favorite flea markets in Palermo, Naples, Olbia, Sardinia, LaSpezia, Marseille, Cannes, Nice, Eaz. I know this is a long list of cities but if I could find recommended ones, maybe my family will indulge me a liitle pleasure of local life n culture. Thx 4 sharing your found treasures!
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Pacifica, CA, US
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I'm wonder the same for Rome, Venice, Milan, Florence. Any great flea markets/street bazaars that are fun and interesting?? Thanx!
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Ottawa, Canada
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Rome.....Piazza di Portaportese in the Trastevere district (south of the Vatican), huge flea market on Sundays, about 630 am to 2 pm, enter from Piazza di Portaportese or Piazza Ippolito Nievo....Mercato di Via Sannio on Via Sannio, Monday thru Saturday mornings.... Rigattiere per Hobby, a real "garage sale" type of market, Piazzale della Marina, Sundays except during July and August, within walking distance of Piazza di Spagna or Piazza del Popolo. Florence......San Lorenzo market, not far from the SMN train station, from Piazza San Lorenzo to Via dell'Ariento all around the San Lorenzo Basilica, this is where to get your handmade Italian leather goods for a good price, and don't hesitate to haggle!, Tuesday thru Saturday....Mercato delle Pulci, Piazza dei Ciompi (less than a mile from San Lorenzo), open every day from 9 to 7:30), a real flea market.