Florence Kids Tours

Traveling with children? I’ve got you covered! Whether you’re traveling with young children or teenagers, I will modify the itinerary and content to make sure the younger crowd stays engaged and interested throughout the tour. Coming from an extremely large family (we’re talking cousins by the dozens) and having taught and coached children for many years, I have plenty of experience with kids of all ages. Any tour on my site can be tailored-made as a kids tour for any age. I use illustrations, books, and clipboards to make the city come alive. Below are the descriptions of a couple specifically kid-friendly half day tours. Contact me for more information.

Kids Walking Tour: I-Spy Scavenger Hunt in Florence

This Walking Tour is all about understanding the city’s history and monuments while having fun! Kids will be armed with a clipboard and a list of things to find on this I-Spy Scavenger Hunt. We will hunt for family crests, explore 1000 year old crypts, look for ancient Roman leftovers, and possibly ride a beautiful carousel. Even the youngest tourists can help us count horses and lions throughout the tour. We’ll have the option to say hello to Michelangelo’s David at the end of the tour and learn about how David defeated Goliath. The reward for completing the Scavenger Hunt? Gelato!

Bite-Sized Uffizi and Palazzo Vecchio Tour

This tour is great for those who want to take their kids into the Uffizi to see the paintings of the Renaissance Masters without testing their child’s attention span. We’ll start in the Uffizi Gallery focusing on a handful of the most important works of art like Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished Adoration of the Magi. Please keep in mind this is not a full tour of the Uffizi, but rather a bite-sized visit aimed at children. Once we’ve made it through the Uffizi Gallery we’ll head into Piazza della Signoria to learn about the sculptures in the piazza before going into Palazzo Vecchio to see the Salone del Cinquecento, the main audience hall of Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici. Again, here we will do just a bite-sized visit of Palazzo Vecchio. How to finish the tour? With a gelato of course!