Family activities in Florence

Family activities in Florence

Family activities in Florence

Family activities in Florence

Family activities in Florence

Family activities in Florence

• Rates and commission to agencies - on request
• Tours and workshops are held in English
• Possibility of russian-speaking guide - on request
• Interpreter for workshops - on request
• Supplement for transfer from hotel to meeting point and back

1. FLORENCE WALKING TOUR
2. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UFFIZI GALLERY
3. MISTERIES OF THE PALAZZO VECCHIO
4. GALILEO AND THE STARS
5. THE ARTISAN CRAFT WORKSHOPS OF FLORENCE
6. FLORENCE FOOD TOUR
7. GOLD LEAF PAINTING
8. FLORENCE COOKING CLASS

1. Florence Walking Tour

  • Price per family (6 people max)
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Minimum age: 5 y.o.
  • Included:
    • A walking tour through all the city’s highlights
    • A private licensed guide
    • A fun-packed game booklet for the children
  • Visited places: Palazzo Vecchio, Ponto Vecchio, Piazza del Duomo, Giotto Bell Tower...
Overview:
Walk in the footsteps of Michelangelo, Da Vinci or the Medici family and let expert guide take you to the most iconic monuments of the city on this fun-filled walking tour.

Description:
Have you ever dreamed of walking in the footsteps of Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci?
This Florence Walking Tour is the perfect way to discover the beauty of Florence and enjoy its rich artistic history.
A fully licensed private guide will lead you through the small pedestrian streets of Florence and tell you all about how the city became the birthplace of Renaissance art. Needless to say that in such a great historical city, artistic masterpieces and exciting discoveries are found around each corner.
Discover the city’s highlights, including the Piazza Della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio, Florence’s oldest bridge. Gaze at Bruneslleschi’s distinctive dome and the imposing multi-colored marble cathedral on Piazza del Duomo. The Giotto Bell Tower, along with other hidden gems are also on the list of marvels you will discover.
To keep your children engaged and entertained, they will each receive a fun-packed game booklet including challenges and riddles. They’ll just have to listen to the exciting fun facts and stories told by guide to complete their mission!
Michelangelo, Da Vinci and the Medici family once walked these pedestrian streets in Florence with great pleasure. Now it is your family’s turn…

2. Highlights Of The Uffizi Gallery

  • Price per family (6 people max)
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Minimum age: 6 y.o.
  • Included:
    • Priority access to the Uffizi Gallery
    • An experienced private guide
    • A highly entertaining game booklet for kids
Overview:
Discover the highlights of the Uffizi Gallery, including works by Boticelli, Da Vinci and Michelangelo through a fun, educative and family-friendly private tour.

Description:
Come and have a look inside one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world?
After meeting experienced and fully licensed guide, follow him/her as he/she takes you through all the major highlights of the Uffizi Gallery. This 2 hour private guided tour is a chance to see wonderful works of art such as Boticelli‘s Birth of Venus, Da Vinci‘s Annunciation and Michelangelo‘s Doni Tondo. And with the entertaining explanations, both you and your children will have a really good time!
Another important details worth mentioning is the sheer beauty of the building. Finished in 1581, it was opened to the public in 1765, making it one of the oldest art museums in the world. From the terrace, you will have a magnificent view on Ponte Vecchio and the river.
To make it extra special for the children, they will each be handed out a game booklet. This will surely keep them highly engaged, and this visit to the Uffizi Gallery will be a visit they will not forget any time soon!
Because the Uffizi Gallery is a must do in anyone’s list when coming to Florence, Highlights Of The Uffizi Gallery tour is undoubtedly the best way to visit this iconic museum when in Florence with kids.

3. Mysteries Of The Palazzo Vecchio

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  • Price per family (6 people max)
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Minimum age: 6 y.o.
  • Included:
    • Priority Access to the Palazzo Vecchio
    • An experienced private guide
    • An interactive game for kids
Overview:
Learn about the mysteries of the Palazzo Vecchio through an engaging and entertaining private cultural visit for all your family members, and see if you can reach the top!

Description:
Imagine taking a journey through time, from Ancient Rome to today’s modern world. Wouldn’t that be amazing?
Mysteries of the Palazzo Vecchio tour will take you through 3 very different but very important and entertaining historical periods. This trip through time is something you and your children are not about to forget!
The Palazzo Vecchio is one of Florence’s landmarks, and also one of its highlights. Today, it serves as the town house of Tuscany’s capital city, but it has been dominating the city’s skyline for centuries!
Along with your fully licensed guide, discover the secrets and highlights of the Palazzo Vecchio: once a Roman ruin, it was turned into a mighty fortress to protect the city from possible enemy invasions. And during the 16th century, the Palazzo was partly transformed with Renaissance chambers and paintings.
In order to keep this visit equally entertaining and fascinating for children, they will each get a game booklet and play an interactive game to try to get to the top. The more mysteries they solve, the closer you will get to finding the secret stairs that will lead you and your family to the top of the tower. From there, just enjoy one of the most beautiful views of the city!
Mysteries of the Palazzo Vecchio is simply the best and most engaging way to visit this highlight when in Florence with your children.

4. Galileo And The Stars

  • Price per family (6 people max)
  • Duration: 1.5 hours
  • Minimum age: 6 y.o.
  • Included:
    • Priority Access to the Galileo Museum
    • A specialized guide
    • A highly interactive visit
Overview:
Come and discover a world of scientific inventions at the Galileo Museum of Florence, and enjoy an interactive and fun-filled visit with a private specialized guide.

Description:
How about discovering the inventions of one of the most famous astronomers in the world: Galileo?
What Galileo brought to the world of science is immense. Not only did he fight to tell the world that the Earth and planets of our solar system revolved around the Sun, but he also contributed to numerous astronomical discoveries.
The Galileo and the Stars tour is an interactive experience that will take you through the most interesting and fascinating areas of the Galileo Museum (Museo Galileo). Your private and specialized guide will tell about the life of the famous astronomer and explain the real functions of the instruments with demonstrations performed in an interactive and dynamic way.
But the Galileo Museum is not entirely dedicated to the Florentine scientist. The museum is home to one of the biggest collections of scientific instruments in the world. From telescopes and thermometers to huge globes and mathematical objects, you and your children will bathe in a world of impressive discoveries and inventions that have brought us to the world we live in today.
The tour ends with more interactive experience in a room filled with life size inventions that both you and your children will be able to play with.
Galileo and the Stars is the perfect way to discover the scientific legacy of Florence and offer a great educational and entertaining moment for everyone in your family.

5. The Artisan Craft Workshops Of Florence

  • Price per family (6 people max)
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Minimum age: 6 y.o.
  • Included:
    • A walking tour and access to 3 private workshops
    • An experienced private guide
    • Behind-the-scenes look at the making of some crafts
Overview:
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the artisan craft workshops of Florence and dive into the legacy of fine crafts that have made the world-wide reputation of the city.

Description:
Florence is, and always has been, a major contributor to fine artisan crafts, and therefore has really interesting artisan craft workshop awaiting to be visited.
Discover the artisan craft workshops of Florence through this amazing walking tour. After meeting our special, family-friendly guide, let him/her take you and your children to 3 of the most iconic workshops in the city, and meet face to face with the people that keep these old traditional crafts alive today.
Take a behind-the-scenes look in these workshops where goods have been produced for countless generations of kings, queens and noble families from all over the world.
During 2 hours, walk into charming and secret workshops such as leather workers, silversmiths, shoemakers, and milliners (visits depend on the time and day of the visit). These people all continue to produce goods following methods passed down from generation to generation.
Your children will be fascinated to see how the craftsmen work… A great way to keep this fascinating tour both educational and entertaining for all!

6. Florence Food Tour

  • Price per family (6 people max)
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Minimum age: 6 y.o.
  • Included:
    • A private food tour
    • 4 stops, pastry, central market, winery and gelato parlor
Overview:
Come taste the culinary delights of Florence through this fantastic, family-friendly food tour of Florence’s central market and neighboring typical wine shops and gelato parlors.

Description:
Food is one of the main reasons why Italy is so popular for visitors, and Florence has many local specialties that will make both you and your children want to eat it all!
Once you have had a quick breakfast (with tea, coffee or orange juice and a typical pasty) at a typical cafe, follow your private guide (which also happens to be a passionate foodie) as she takes you through the stalls of Florence’s central market in search of the city’s finest culinary delicacies. From pasta making stalls to cured meats and cheese, from traditional seasonal vegetables to the purest olive oils, you will see and taste it all.
During this first leg of the tour, you will also get to feel the energy and particular ambiance of this lively area, as well as taste some of the local specialties. And once all this is done, climb up to the second floor to sit down and taste the famous Trapizzino, which your children will love.
The second part of the tour takes place in a beautiful wine shop just a stone’s throw away from the market. There you willbe able to taste some delicious local cheese, olive oil and cured meats accompanied by a nice glass of wine or two. The children will have juice and will be able to gaze at the thousands of wine bottles on display in this private part of the wine cellar.
Finally, because every meal should end with a sweet note, head out to one of the most famous (and therefore most delicious) gelato parlors in the city. Here, the ice cream is made fresh and no artificial flavor is added!
Florence Food Tour is really the best and most family-friendly way to discover the tasty secrets of Florentine food and specialties.

7. Gold Leaf Painting

  • Price per family (6 people max)
  • Duration: 2.5 hours
  • Minimum age: 6 y.o.
  • Included:
    • A private art teacher and workshop
    • Each member of your family recreates a masterpiece using paint and gold leaves
Overview:
Discover the art of gold leaf painting, an old technique used by masters such as Giotto, and enjoy a fun-filled hands-on workshop in the heart of Florence.

Description:
Gold leaf painting is a technique that was used by the most famous painters of the middle ages, such as Giotto. Gold Leaf Painting hands-on workshop is an incredible opportunity to learn about this art and dive into a world of gold!
After meeting private art teacher in his charming atelier located near Palazzo Pitti, start painting one of the most beautiful paintings you will ever make.
Each member of your family will be able to work on his or her own creation. All you need to do is choose a model, and follow the instructions of your art teacher to recreate the selected model using paint and… gold leaves.
This art is trickier than it looks as the gold leaves are so thin that they are very fragile and can blow away as you exhale! But it nevertheless remains a highly interesting and fun-filled hands-on workshop that everyone in your family will love.
Needless to say that at the end of this 2,5 hour course, you will leave the workshop with your own copy of an Italian masterpiece.
Gold Leaf Painting is truly the best way to understand how painters of the middle ages would paint what we now consider as being true masterpieces.

8. Florence Cooking Class

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  • Price per family (4 people max)
  • Extra person: supplement on request
  • Duration: 3 hours
  • Minimum age: 6 y.o.
  • Included:
    • A private chef and kitchen
    • A private cooking class, where you will get to make pasta, pizza or a traditional Florentine meal • A lunch or dinner with your dishes on the menu
Overview:
Enjoy a delicious Italian menu prepared by your family with an experienced chef in a professional cooking class located in the heart of Florence.

Description:
How about learning how to cook a real traditional Italian meal with all your family during your stay in Florence?
Florence Cooking Class is the perfect and most family-friendly way to get everyone interested in Italian food!
Right after meeting experienced and highly entertaining chef, it’s time to get your hands deliciously dirty.
So what’s on the menu? A traditional child-friendly Florentine meal, such as gnocchi with pesto sauce (starter), veal with zucchini soufflé (main) and tiramisu (desert). Every member of your family will participate in the preparation of this child-friendly meal… and have a lot of fun.
And once everything is ready, why not sit down, relax and enjoy what you prepared! Nothing tastes better than home made cuisine, especially when you have help from an expert chef!
Florence Cooking Class is a great way to enjoy delicious homemade Italian or Florentine food and have fun while preparing it!