Medieval Florence Tour for kids

With this entertaining family-oriented tour, every member of the family will have fun with your top child-friendly guide and Academy skip the line tickets! It will be like you're in a time machine going back throughthe centuries to Medieval and Renaissance Florence. You will also be able to choose to take part in an artisan workshop to experience what it was like to live and work in Florence at that time. Fun and learning are guaranteed!

With our Medieval Florence Tour for Kids you will transported back to the time of Medieval Florence, which was ruled by the powerful Medici family and became the cradle of Renaissance power. During this entertaining tour, your children will actually experience what it would have been like to live in Florence between 14th and 16th centuries.

During this fun family tour you will be accompanied by a child-friendly private guide who will explain history to your kids in a way they can understand. Your first stop during this 4 hour walking tour will be Palazzo Davanzati.

Built in the 14th century, it belonged to the Davanzati Family, a household of rich merchants, until 1838. Today it houses the Museum of the Ancient Florentine House. In the Museum you will actually witness how a Medieval Florentine family used to live. You will admire the beautiful wall decorations and visit the rooms of the palace, such as the Room of the Parrots, the bathroom, the bedrooms and the study.

Your Medieval Florence Tour for Kids will continue to the impressive Palazzo Strozzi. You will admire one of the most beautiful Renaissance palaces in Italy from the outside. Filippo Strozzi, head of the Strozzi household, had the palace built in the 15th century. The palace was so huge that 15 buildings nearby were demolished to make enough room for Strozzi Palace. Your private guide will tell you all about the history of the Strozzi family and what it was like to live in a wealthy family in Florence at that time.

After the visit of the exteriors of Palazzo Strozzi, you will take a break to taste a delicious ice cream, before immersing yourselves in one of the most important must-sees in Florence, the Academy Museum, where the famous 'David' by Michelangelo is preserved.

On request: we can organize for you a first-hand experience in an authentic artisan shop. Usually we arrange for families to stop in a local workshop where Florentine artisans produce the world famous Florentine hand-decorated paper. Your children will learn from a real artisan how to create this precious paper.

• Meeting point:

  Palazzo Davanzati, Florence

• other information:

  DRESS CODE: in order to enter religious sites, such as Churches, shoulders and knees must be covered.

  We also suggest you wear comfortable shoes, as a moderate amount of walking is involved in this tour.

   Entrance tickets to Palazzo Davanzati to pay on site.