Discover Florence with Kids, Florence

Florence is a wonderful city to visit with kids! We’ve gathered all our best tips and tricks to help you entertain the entire family. You’ll visit the main sights, including the Duomo, plus the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery in a kid-friendly way. Spend time at the best museums for kids, play in safe and relaxing parks, and enjoy the most interesting outdoor activities. Have fun with your family as you walk this remarkable city on your own with the help of our expert advice.

Florence's Main Sights and Museums for Kids:

• The Uffizi and Accademia Galleries are incredibly popular and a great place for kids to explore art!
  
  
• Kids can ride an antique carousel at Piazza della Repubblica. Also nearby is the delightful toy workshop, Bartolucci, where you can buy wooden toys and Pinocchio souvenirs made by the namesake family.
  
  
• Palazzo Vecchio (also known as Palazzo della Signoria) is one of the best family-friendly museums in Florence. “Life At Court” is a fantastic guided tour of the Palazzo for families. A highlight on the tour is a secret passage leading to a costume room, where kids can dress up in clothes that the royal family's children might have worn. Other fun things include fresco painting workshops and painting on wood with egg tempera.
  
  
• Explore the Leonardo da Vinci Museum near the Duomo. The museum displays reconstructions of Da Vinci's civil engineering, military, and flying projects. Many of the exhibits are interactive — unlike most museums in Florence — and kids can play with the machines and actually test them out!
  
  
• Peek through Ancient Telescopes at Museo Galileo: Older school-age kids and teens, especially maths, science, and gadget enthusiasts, will enjoy this little museum just around the corner from the Uffizi Gallery.
  
  
• La Specola (Natural History Museum): Europe's oldest science museum is a great choice for older kids who are burned out on paintings and palaces. The museum lies adjacent to Boboli Gardens, so you can take a picnic lunch here and let the kids blow off steam after your visit.

Outdoors in Florence with Kids:

• Boboli Gardens: Exploring the gardens alone can take you hours, but afterward, you can take the kids to watch Florentine artisans embossing leather, marbling paper, and making mosaics in the streets of the nearby Oltrarno neighborhood. Some studios offer classes and workshops.
  
  
• Street Art: Trace the street art of Clet Abraham, transforming Florence’s traffic signs into works of art. Look for the other street art by Blub, showing Florence underwater with figures from Renaissance paintings wearing snorkel masks, and Exit Enter signs with thin black and red figures, usually with hearts or balloons onto walls.
  
  
• Playgrounds: Two of the best playgrounds in Florence include the Giardino alla Carraia Playground and Lungarno Santa Rosa Playground.
  
  
• Visit the adventure park, Il Gigante, in a magical forest located in Florence's hills for aerial courses, fun, and adventure outside the city center.

Where to Eat with Kids:

• Mercato Centrale is a two-floor market in Florence’s San Lorenzo Market. The top floor has amazing dining options in a food-court-style eatery with high-quality local delicacies!
• Sant’Ambrogio Market is also good for entertaining and feeding kids.
• Santo Spirito is a kid-friendly neighborhood with good restaurants. On the second Sunday of every month, the antique market takes over the square.

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