Firenze Trip Overview
Discover Florence in full fun with this 3-hour Renaissance and Medieval Safari Tour for Kids!
A child expert, engaging guide will lead you through the discovery of Florence’s wealthiest, most powerful families as well as the Artists that contributed to its rich Heritage and Beauty.
Each member of the family will enjoy this interactive game of uncovering history and architecture through anecdotes, riddles and shared stories.
Give your children the gift of discovering magnificent attractions of Florence, such as Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Della Repubblica, Pig Market, Old Bridge, Piazza Della Signoria, Piazza Degli Uffizi and many others.
Have fun discovering the wonder and peculiarity of statues of animals from past times and discover the hidden stories behind the coat of arms they represent.
Join us in a personalized, creative exploration of Florence!
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Discover Florence in full fun with this 3-hour Renaissance and Medieval Safari Tour for Kids!
A child expert, engaging guide will lead you through the discovery of Florence’s wealthiest, most powerful families as well as the Artists that contributed to its rich Heritage and Beauty.
Each member of the family will enjoy this interactive game of uncovering history and architecture through anecdotes, riddles and shared stories.
Give your children the gift of discovering magnificent attractions of Florence, such as Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Della Repubblica, Pig Market, Old Bridge, Piazza Della Signoria, Piazza Degli Uffizi and many others.
Have fun discovering the wonder and peculiarity of statues of animals from past times and discover the hidden stories behind the coat of arms they represent.
Join us in a personalized, creative exploration of Florence!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Santa Maria Novella, Florence Italy
The tour will start in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, where the guide will play with the kids asking them to look for the first animal of this amazing tour. Also, the guide will explain the history of the Medici family and show where to find Cosimo I de’ Medici’s symbols and motto: “Festina Lente”.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi, 50123, Florence Italy
The tour will continue to Palazzo Strozzi, the rival family of Medici’s palace. The Strozzi family’s building is incredible with its many decorations and interesting symbols.
Nearby there is also the Corner of the Devil, with curious figures decorating the corner.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Della Repubblica, Florence Italy
The next stop of the tour will be Piazza Della Repubblica, which is the center of the city and the ancient forum.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Mercato del Porcellino, Piazza del Mercato Nuovo, Florence Italy
Later, the kids will admire the famous “pig market”: Here, they not only admire the gigantic statue of a wild boar, but they also will enjoy discovering the many other animals’ representations.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ponte Vecchio, 50125, Florence Italy
From the Pig-market, the tour will proceed to the incredible Ponte Vecchio.
And later the guide will take you and your kids to Georgofili building, where he or she will show and explain to you both the building and a modern statue that it is the symbol of what happened here in 1993.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza della Signoria, 50122, Florence Italy
The next stop of the tour will be at Signoria Square where the guide will also show you the very famous Palazzo Vecchio, the symbol of the political power of the Republic of Florence. Here, many beautiful statues represent many interesting stories and symbols.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Gallerie Degli Uffizi, Piazzale Degli Uffizi 6, 50122, Florence Italy
Then, the tour will proceed to the Uffizi square to discover what the mines represent and the guide will explain how it is possible that they look so real that could be statues.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Church and Museum of Orsanmichele, Via Arte della Lana 1, 50123, Florence Italy
Next step of the tour will be at the Orsanmichele Church: the headquarter of the Guilds of Florence where artists of various types worked to deliver incredible statues still standing there.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Duomo – Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Via della Canonica, 1 Piazza del Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy
The tour will continue to The cathedral and the kids will have to find all the animals represented on the front and on the side of the church.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Via Camillo Cavour 1-3, 50129, Florence Italy
Finally, the tour will end at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, where the guide will show to you and your children the incredible decoration on the window invented by Michelangelo.
Duration: 15 minutes
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