Walked in with my wife and the smell of the place is great due to all the leather on the inside. Bought my wife a nice leather bag and swapped stories with the owner and his son. Both real nice guys. They provided documents to...More

I first met Signor Umberto way back in 1973 during one of my first trips to Firenze. I remember a young energetic man in his mid-thirties, totally committed to his craft. Over the course of the following decades I visited Umberto’s cavern on numerous occasions...More

Pelleteria Umberto offers excellent quality and high style leather goods and accessories. You can find lots of cheap leather products all over Florence, but Umberto offers real made in Italy products with classic designs. If you want low prices, go somewhere else. It's a must...More

I stumbled upon this store by accident while looking for the antique district. I walked in and was immediately transported to leather bag heaven. I purchased the most exquisite leather bag that had just come off the runway in Milan. Forget about the plastic/vinyl purses...More

The shop is quite nice and the selection of premium Italian leather brands is quite large (I would even say the largest in Florence in my case). But the staff of the shop really likes to surround its goods with "mythology". An old man working...More

We were trying to find some thoughtful gifts for people back home. We settled on some leather boxes as they could be used for a variety of different things. In fact, the gentleman who helped us ( Umberto's son-in-law) explain that leather boxes used to...More

Visited this shop several times during visit to Florence and noticed some extremely well crafted and designed saddle leather handbags. As I was examining several bags, a charming older gentleman behind the counter pointed to the bags and said those are my bags, I designed...More