But if the apertivo does not fill you up, head over the Arno River to the Oltrarno.

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And the increasing gentrification of the Oltrarno is not all bad news.

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Most of the Oltrarno was not included in the building and restructuring work that took place in Florence between the 1850s and 1950s, which helped the neighbourhood maintain its local, old world feel.

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