Back from two weeks near Florence I thought of sharing info on certain factory outlets. The Gucci outlet is at Leccio just across the Arno river from Rignano sull'Arno which is about 10 miles from Florence. Nearby on the Rignano side of the river Dolce & Gabbana are creating a factory/distribution center which will also have a big outlet apparently full of orange and lemon trees (they are both Sicilian) but this won't be ready for at least a year or two. <BR>Not far away Ferragamo is converting some old Villa I gather. I will post more info when I have it. <BR>Up the Arno valley at Levane (exit "Autostrada" at St. Giovanni Valdarno) one can find the Prada outlet. <BR>Prices are about 50% of Main Street Italian prices and the outlets are open in August. <BR>I stayed at an "Agritourismo" near to Rignano which you can check out at www.fattoria-pagnana.com The place is wonderful and for those interested it has a free weekly tour of its wine cellars and private agricultural museum followed by a fantastic wine and extra virgin oil tasting. <BR>The staff was extremely helpful (they even printed out precise maps from the net showing exactly where the outlets were) and the spoke English. <BR>Does anyone have other names of big name factory outlets near Florence? <BR>Bibi for now, Ian